My guest today say Adams, he grew up in New York City during some amazing time when graffiti

ruled the subways hip hop and new way were kind of changing the face of music and converging

with the downtown punk and like studio art meets street art scene.

And as a lover of music and an artist from young age, say found himself at the center of

it all, making a name first as a graffiti artist around the city and then becoming a part

of that legendary downtown art scene that included people like Jean-Michel Basquit

Andy Warhol, Keith Herring and so many others.

And along the way he ended up kind of becoming fast friends with the members of Beastie Boys,

started creating all of their designs for their merch, their promos and eventually even

their iconic graffiti logo.

And that launched say into the world of hip hop where he became creative director of

DeafJams in house design department and helped design the visual identities of so many

of hip hop's biggest names over the years.

And since leaving that world, he has embraced a blend of commercial work designing for many

of the world's most iconic brands and also really deepening into the fine art world.

With his work now in private collections, galleries, institutions, museums including

places like this Smithsonian, MoMA, Brooklyn Museum and so many others, he's also co-authored

definition, the art and design of hip hop, design DeafJam recordings the first 25 years

of the last great record label.

So excited to share Saison Fectius energy and passion and just his powerful pop art style

and so many of the behind the scenes stories that have defined his truly remarkable and

incredible career and life.

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