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Basquiat Estate To Drop 50 Vinyls Of The Late Artist’s 'Beat Bop'

Basquiat Estate To Drop 50 Vinyls Of The Late Artist’s 'Beat Bop'

Published Thu, November 2, 2023 at 10:00 AM EDT

Fans of revered artist, the late Jean-Michel Basquiat have reason to rejoice. The Basquiat estate is releasing a limited number of vinyls from the late artist, Hip-Hop Wired reports. Basquiat was deep into the music scene in addition to being an acclaimed artist, and also launched his own label, Tartown Records.

Basquiat produced a song, “Beat Bop,” for Rammellzee and K-Rob and additionally pressed vinyl in-house. He also made cover art — today, the vinyl is regarded as among the rarest in Hip-Hop. For the sale, 50 of the 500 vinyls in existence will be hitting the market with all proceeds going to the non-profit organization A Place Called Home, benefitting arts education for youth in Los Angeles.

Starting today (Nov. 2), half of the available vinyls will be sold via Phillips’ Dropshop for $4,000 each. The other half will go on sale in December through the King Pleasure exhibition store.

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