The Exploration of African American culture.

Rashaad Newsome modern day take on heraldry, centuries of European tradition mashed up with hip hops latest traditions. It represents the peak of his work, history applied to side by side of high and pop art. Newsome is not just exploiting these rappers and the hip hop world in general, but likening them to medieval time warriors in a way. Adding the theme from hip hop culture of struggle and breaking out of the lower class, it seems that Newsome is in fact celebrating these people and their successes, showing them as victorious soldiers.