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Credentials: Best known by his stage name, Lupe Fiasco, Wasalu Muhammad Jaco is a Grammy Award–winning rapper/record producer and entrepreneur. In addition to being a Henry Crown Fellow, he is founder and president of WolfStudio Gallery & Visual Arts Studio. The Chicago native interviewed friend and cover star Hebru Brantley ["All Hail Hebru"] on page 106. Creative reuse: "It's interesting that [Hebru's work] reappropriates comic book [characters and] themes—like he was just on Instagram painting a big mural of an X-Men cover. In some of Roy Lichtenstein's work, he made reference [to] a superhero here and there or pulled a thing directly from some comic book. The narratives [between the two] are different. There's a visual relationship but also a thematic relationship as well." Thank you, Hebru: "On behalf of artists around the world, I want to thank Hebru for the sacrifice, the effort, and the beautiful, thought-provoking things he creates. We all appreciate his efforts as a citizen of Chicago, being someone on the forefront, giving the city a better name." Wasalu MuhaMMad Jaco rapper and writer photography courtesy of Wasalu MuhaMMad Jaco ...Without WhoM this issue would not have been possible Photo: Maureen Schulman. Makeup: Orlando Barsallo. Hair: Sarah English. Stylist: Laurie Davis. A mix of vintage and contemporary jewelry by Larry Vrba, KJL and Iradj Moini