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Brandon Deener: the hip-hop producer turned Afrofuturist artist

Brandon Deener, former producer for hip-hop and R&B royalty such as Timbaland, Missy Elliott and Lil Wayne, wears the multi-hyphenate badge well. He’s now known more as a visual artist and musician among other titles, dedicated to painting the Black community and carving its people a place in modern history by illustrating both boundless beauty and agency.

It’s been nine years in the making and now Deener is bringing his third solo exhibition, , to Adam Cohen’s in Manhattan, New York. Last year, Brandon was behind two solo exhibitions in Los Angeles where he and his studio reside – in West Hollywood and in Malibu.

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