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It Was All A Dream

Naskademini presents Hangin' Pictures On My Wall

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Between 1989 and 2002, hip hop underwent a meteoric rise. From a misunderstood outcast, hip hop started to mature and expand into mainstream youth culture – from a single two-hour daily program, it grew into an entire TV network, series of Hollywood films and television sitcoms, video games and entire clothing lines.

The culture shared a parallel trajectory as the one we experienced in our teenage years. If hip hop was a person, the ‘golden era’ would have been its puberty.

An entire generation of millennials grew up alongside hip hop. They shared the same hallways in high school, had crushes on the same girls, dealt with the same bullies and for some, shared the same bedroom.

When you put up a poster of Jay-Z and he’s posing in front of a luxury vehicle we aspire to go out and be that.

-Naskademini

MEET NASKADEMINI

In the 90’s, photographer/artist Naskademini found his identity in hip hop. Like so many teenagers, his walls were an evolving collage of self-expression, aspiration and teenage rebellion, “covered in posters from the ceiling to the floor,” he explains.

He described his walls growing up as, “a mixture of cutouts from magazines, posters, album artwork, hip-hop paraphernalia… I even made a collage out of X-Men posters, but I cut the heads off Cyclops and Wolverine and pasted rappers’ faces there instead”.

In 2013, Naska found an old photo of himself in his teenage bedroom which triggered an unshakeable sense of nostalgia. To most millennials this photo would have ended up as a “#TBT” post, after all, his work has earned an impressive 55k followers on instagram, but the lingering memories demanded more.

If you had that poster in jail you were the man. Someone would try to take that from you.

-Naskademini

I NEEDED A GALLERY

“One day, Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy was playing,” recounts Naska during our sit down, “when Biggie rapped the line, ‘Hangin’ pictures on my wall / Every Saturday Rap Attack, Mr. Magic, Marley Marl,’ at that point it came to me that Biggie also lived the same childhood experience and it clicked, I knew that I had the name for my gallery.”

Even after interpreting the verse from Juicy as an affirmation, it took over two years for Naskademini to put together the pieces to match his vision.

He explains his vision behind the gallery as a story of aspiration and inspiration, “every time you put up a poster on your wall you’re creating a mood board or vision board. When you put up a poster of Jay-Z and he’s posing in front of a luxury vehicle we aspire to go out and be that.”

HPOMW is a time capsule of hip hop’s teenage years, an homage to the period in our lives when we first started to discover who we wanted to become.

HARDCORE MEMORABILIA

Surrounded by hundreds of back issues of The Source and boxes piled to the ceiling with posters, cassette tapes, and CDs I ask Naska, among all these memories, what piece he’s most excited about sharing in the gallery.

“One piece I’m proud to have in the show is Lil Kim’s promo poster for her debut ‘Hard Core’. She’s crouching in a bikini, it’s very provocative for the era, if you had that poster in jail you were the man. Someone would try to take that from you.”
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photos by - Photo: Chi Modu

Another highlight will be a series of photos contributed by seminal hip-hop photographer Chi Modu. Chi held the title of Director of Photography for The Source for over two years in the 90’s and has captured some of the biggest artists of the golden era including Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and L-L Cool J among other rap legends.

Hangin’ Pictures On My Wall promises to be more time capsule than gallery. Naskademini hopes to transport attendees back to their own childhood bedrooms and with that, evoke the same nostalgia and memories he felt when gazing upon that photo.

Hangin’ Pictures On My Wall will be open February 12-14 in Toronto, Canada. Location and hours available at shopify.com/open

The show is a presentation of OPEN, a monthly speaker series bringing inspiring influencers and industry leaders to people with limitless potential—like you. Powered by Shopify.

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Between 1989 and 2002, hip hop underwent a meteoric rise. From a misunderstood outcast, hip hop started to mature and expand into mainstream youth culture - from a single two-hour daily program, it grew into an entire TV network, series of Hollywood films and television sitcoms, video games and entire clothing lines.

The culture shared a parallel trajectory as the one we experienced in our teenage years. If hip hop was a person, the ‘golden era’ would have been its puberty.

An entire generation of millennials grew up alongside hip hop. They shared the same hallways in high school, had crushes on the same girls, dealt with the same bullies and for some, shared the same bedroom.

When you put up a poster of Jay-Z and he’s posing in front of a luxury vehicle we aspire to go out and be that.

-Naskademini

MEET NASKADEMINI

In the 90’s, photographer/artist Naskademini found his identity in hip hop. Like so many teenagers, his walls were an evolving collage of self-expression, aspiration and teenage rebellion, “covered in posters from the ceiling to the floor,” he explains.

He described his walls growing up as, “a mixture of cutouts from magazines, posters, album artwork, hip-hop paraphernalia... I even made a collage out of X-Men posters, but I cut the heads off Cyclops and Wolverine and pasted rappers’ faces there instead”.

In 2013, Naska found an old photo of himself in his teenage bedroom which triggered an unshakeable sense of nostalgia. To most millennials this photo would have ended up as a “#TBT” post, after all, his work has earned an impressive 55k followers on instagram, but the lingering memories demanded more.

If you had that poster in jail you were the man. Someone would try to take that from you.

-Naskademini

I NEEDED A GALLERY

“One day, Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy was playing,” recounts Naska during our sit down, “when Biggie rapped the line, ‘Hangin' pictures on my wall / Every Saturday Rap Attack, Mr. Magic, Marley Marl,’ at that point it came to me that Biggie also lived the same childhood experience and it clicked, I knew that I had the name for my gallery.”

Even after interpreting the verse from Juicy as an affirmation, it took over two years for Naskademini to put together the pieces to match his vision.

He explains his vision behind the gallery as a story of aspiration and inspiration, “every time you put up a poster on your wall you’re creating a mood board or vision board. When you put up a poster of Jay-Z and he’s posing in front of a luxury vehicle we aspire to go out and be that.”

HPOMW is a time capsule of hip hop’s teenage years, an homage to the period in our lives when we first started to discover who we wanted to become.

HARDCORE MEMORABILIA

Surrounded by hundreds of back issues of The Source and boxes piled to the ceiling with posters, cassette tapes, and CDs I ask Naska, among all these memories, what piece he’s most excited about sharing in the gallery.

“One piece I’m proud to have in the show is Lil Kim’s promo poster for her debut ‘Hard Core’. She’s crouching in a bikini, it’s very provocative for the era, if you had that poster in jail you were the man. Someone would try to take that from you.”
img_chimodu

photos by - Photo: Chi Modu

Another highlight will be a series of photos contributed by seminal hip-hop photographer Chi Modu. Chi held the title of Director of Photography for The Source for over two years in the 90’s and has captured some of the biggest artists of the golden era including Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and L-L Cool J among other rap legends.

Hangin’ Pictures On My Wall promises to be more time capsule than gallery. Naskademini hopes to transport attendees back to their own childhood bedrooms and with that, evoke the same nostalgia and memories he felt when gazing upon that photo.

Hangin’ Pictures On My Wall will be open February 12-14 in Toronto, Canada. Location and hours available at shopify.com/open

The show is a presentation of OPEN, a monthly speaker series bringing inspiring influencers and industry leaders to people with limitless potential—like you. Powered by Shopify.