Huey’s Re-Mix is a project that explores the multiplicity of appropriations of the original photograph of Huey P. Newton, co-founder and Minister of Defence of The Black Panther Party of Self-Defence depicted as a “Black Urban Warrior” (As said by Kathleen Cleaver). Taking the ‘copy’ as starting point the project seeks to answer the question: what message is sampled here?
Photo courtesy of Jenny Risher. Revolution Tribute, 2017. Hip-hop artists Mahogany Jones, Che, ReddBone, Alexis Allon, Ellie Sandiego, Piper Carter and Lakia Nicole
In January 1968, in Los Angeles CA, USA, Bunchy Carter unfurled a poster of Huey Newton on his wicker throne at a poetry reading to declare Huey Newton was the leader of the Black Liberation Struggle.
