Why?

“This book is all pictures of Tupac, and Tupac wasn’t even really my favorite rapper back then, but Chi Modu managed to capture these contemporary moments that later became historical.. He's shooting Tupac just chillin' and these studio sessions are so honest, with Pac smokin' bogies, all these different shots and even though they're minimal they're everything to me.

Who can ever say that they ever documented Tupac this honest and genuine? And Chi Modu just didn't do this with Pac, he has a catalog with so many different other artists as well that like he's built up these kinds of different relationships with.

This work is timeless and everything that I aspire to. I want somebody to nerd out over my work in the next 50 years as much as I nerd out over these dudes' work. And I mean not even as a jealousy thing because I'm a fan of it.”
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- Steve “Sweatpants” Irby, Photographer