Jean-Michel Basquiat was born on December 22, 1960, in Brooklyn, New York, to a Haitian father and Puerto Rican mother. Raised in a culturally rich household, he was exposed early to art, language, and music. His mother, Matilde, nurtured his creativity, taking him to museums and encouraging his artistic curiosity from a young age.

The Shoot: The shoot took place in 1984 at Andy Warhol’s Studio at 57 Great Jones Street in New York’s Lower East Side.