CHINX
DRUGZ
CHINX
DRUGZ
How do you shape the identity of an artist over time? From 2013 to 2017 I worked with Lionel Pickens aka Chinx and his respective teams on his albums and image, including 2 posthumously after his tragic and untimely death in May of 2015. For a full download on my time working with Chinx, give this article on Medium a read. For now, the work:
How do you shape the identity of an artist over time? From 2013 to 2017 I worked with Lionel Pickens aka Chinx and his respective teams on his albums and image, including 2 posthumously after his tragic and untimely death in May of 2015. For a full download on my time working with Chinx, give this article on Medium a read. For now, the work:
COLLABORATORS
Clients:
NuSense Music Group
Executive Producer: Rick Steel
Four Kings Productions / eOne Music
Executive Producer: Doug Ellison
My Role:
Creative Direction, Art Direction & Design.
Photography: Kent Miller
Styling: Duckie Confetti
I'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE
For his debut EP, there was the question of Drugz in the name Chinx Drugz. “Pepsi’s not going to do a deal with Chinx Drugz” - Chinx himself said knowingly in an interview. With the purpose of the release to push him into a more commercial space, we dropped the offending word for the EP’s logo, while still making a nod to its roots. The single Feelings would go on to be one of Chinx’s biggest records.
My favorite track from I’ll Take it From Here:
Wake Up f. Dafina Zeqiri
CR5
The fifth installment of Chinx’s Cocaine Riot mixtape series took a more subtle, and in hindsight ominous, approach to mixtape graphics. Put together and approved in under 24 hours using a past photo series.
My favorite track from CR5:
America f. MeetSims
WELCOME TO JFK
Billed as his first full length commercial album release, Welcome to JFK was complete, but unreleased at the time of Lionel Pickens’ murder in May of 2015. Shortly after he was laid to rest, myself and the rest of the team completed and released the work on his behalf.
My favorite track from Welcome to JFK:
Don’t Mind Me f. MeetSims
LEGENDS NEVER DIE
Chinx’s second full-length posthumous release, Legends Never Die was released on the first anniversary of his death in May of 2016.
My favorite track from Legends Never Die:
WTF They On
BEHIND THE SCENES
Lionel ‘Chinx’ Pickens
December 4, 1983 – May 17, 2015
