Gakcity shot through this footage of YN give the backstory on some of Jonathan Mannion’s classic photos.

True story: last year at my old job I had the pleasure of meeting Jonathan (and I even interviewed him over at the plantation as well). Home slice was extremely down-to-earth and humble, and he even gave me an autographed portrait of one of his most known shots. That, my loyal visitors, is what you need (alongside other traits) to make it in this world. Anyways, Mannion has recently opened a 3-week exhibition at the Milk Gallery in New York City (which I will be attending once I’m out there), and he sat down to speak on how Shawn brought out that infamous blue Bentley for his Hard Knock Life album shoot. Down bottom he speaks on B.I.G. shutting down the Hollywood Palladium. SHAKE UPDATE: Added a clip of him talking about Lil Wayne’s Rebirth artwork.

So Amazon put Wayne’s upcoming album up on their site with thee above image attached. eskay and a few others picked up on it. WTF?!? First of all, just look at it. Second of all … just … look … at it. Also, my other dopeboy in crime just got done interviewing Jonathan Mannion (who did the photoshoot for the album art) and his description reads nothing like the abomination that you see above.

“I recently did a conceptual shoot with Lil Wayne [for the upcoming Tha Carter III] where he was playing both a psychiatrist and patient.” - Jonathan Mannion [via HipHopDX]

So as you all may or may not know, I tend to write non-scathing blogs for the plantation every once in a while. Right now my latest article on renowned photographer Jonathan Mannion is sitting at the front page for DX. I invite you all to check it out. Shake edit: He shot the cover for the Carter III!!!!!

READ: Jonathan Mannion: Desire (HipHopDX Interview)