First time I saw Medhane preform was at a Chadie Boy rooftop function in Bushwick in 2017. We had 150-200 people filling three roofs, big speakers, a DJ set up, and live performances. As usual it lasted until the cops shut it down. From that performance I knew I would be hearing that name again. I’ve been keeping up with Medhane’s career since then. His last two projects “Own Pace” and “Full Circle” are phenomenal. All around Medhane is a master at saying a lot with a few words. His songs are dense and meaningful. As a New Yorker you can feel his roots in the music.

Medhane and I linked at the XL Recording studio where he and his engineer where working on an upcoming project. He told his engineer to play the whole project through. I photographed slowly and casually while it was played. I’m grateful I got to listen to that in the studio and I’m hyped to see how people react to it. We talked about Corona Virus and media of course since that’s been the main point of conversation these days. We took a walk to get some food, restaurants had not been shut down in NYC yet. We found a few spots to capture photos. Luckily we found some good golden hour light.

Excited to see what Medhane has in store for us in the coming year. Thank you for photographing with me!