Roll Up – Wiz Khalifa

🎤 ARTISTIC SHEET

Title of the Artwork: Roll Up – Wiz Khalifa
Artist: FAIR FAB
Technique: Digital collage, urban texture layering, mixed media

Year of Creation: 2015
Style: Street Pop / Urban Expressionism / Postmodern Collage

🧩 Artwork Description:

Roll Up – Wiz Khalifa is a densely layered digital collage that celebrates and critiques modern hip-hop culture, materialism, and identity. The central figure, clearly based on rapper Wiz Khalifa, is immersed in a visual storm of roses, dollar bills, tattoos, neon textures, and graffiti aesthetics. The face—constructed from spiraling textures and symbolic overlays—serves as a visual metaphor for the multiplicity of identities in the public persona of modern rap artists.

Elements like the “Live Free or Die” skull, the Brooklyn badge, and references to his single “Roll Up” reinforce a narrative of rebellion, regional pride, and fame. The cap marked Pittsburgh anchors the work in personal geography, while the rose growing through the facial features evokes both romanticism and decay—a recurring duality in street culture.

🌐 Influences:

This artwork draws on a diverse range of artistic, musical, and cultural references:

• Jean-Michel Basquiat – for the chaotic energy, coded symbols, and layering of text and image.

• Andy Warhol / Pop Art – in its use of celebrity imagery and commercial motifs (dollar bills, logos).

• Hip-Hop & Street Culture – referencing mixtape art, tattoo design, urban fashion, and graffiti styles.

• Postmodern Identity – fragmented and constructed self-image as influenced by media, fame, and consumerism.

• Photomontage traditions – similar to David LaChapelle or Takashi Murakami’s urban crossovers.

🧠 Curator’s Note:

"In this piece, FAIR FAB fuses glamor with grime, icon with illusion. The image is not merely a portrait of Wiz Khalifa—it’s a deconstruction of fame itself, stitched together with symbols of power, rebellion, and consumer culture. Every element—from the tattooed rose to the layered dollar bills—challenges the viewer to confront the paradoxes of hip-hop celebrity: the freedom it promises, and the systems it’s built upon. In a world where identity is currency, this collage becomes both mirror and mask."

This work is ideal for exhibitions exploring celebrity culture, urban art, hip-hop evolution, or identity in the digital era.

✍️ Signature and Credits:

• Artist’s signature: FAIR FAB, bottom right

• Includes visual/textual elements referencing: Wiz Khalifa, Roll Up, Pittsburgh, dollar bill symbolism, and street slogans

• Original artwork, not official album cover or promotional material