Fahamu Pecou presents "Shiny Things" from 'ALL DAT GLITTERS AINT GOALS'

Fahamu Pecou

Fahamu Pecou presents "Shiny Things" from the ALL DAT GLITTERS AINT GOALS EP (Produced by ILLASTRATE): A collection of original music inspired by Pecou's painting series of the same title.

Director/Videographer: Maurice EvansProducer: Fahamu PecouCinematographer: Maurice EvansEditing: Maurice Evans, Fahamu PecouMusic: Illastrate
Featuring: Fahamu Pecou with Jamila CrawfordYoung Him: Ahamson DunianiTeenage Him: Iamme DunianiMom: Jamila CrawfordVideo Vixen: Nefertiti NiemahThug 1: Jourdan OrtizThug 2: Terrance Foster
Styling: Jamila Crawford
Fahamu Pecou sifts through rap music, hip-hop culture, and mass media to challenge and critique the lifestyles that serve as a bar upon which an entire segment of today's society measures their worth. Controlling images in hip-hop culture privilege hyper-materiality and often celebrates iniquitous behaviors through popular rap music, videos, magazines, and other media ultimately infecting the overall perception of "success" in contemporary black male culture. Though some argue that these images are merely entertainment, to many on the outside looking in, there is no clear distinction between fact and fiction. The reading and performance of black masculinity is often greatly dependent upon the reflected images of black men in the media--where hip-hop culture becomes the demonstrative construct.
Through paintings, music, videos and a forthcoming mobile app, Pecou provokes viewers to engage critically with popular images and ideals as articulated through contemporary hip-hop culture.
VISUAL: www.fahamupecouart.com/#!2012/c1iy6AU... www.fahamupecouistheshit.bandcamp.com