Jaquell is a New Yorker, rapper, songwriter, and producer. He has been producing and songwriting hip hop, dance music, techno, etc. for many years and now has some popular songs. Over the years he has amassed almost 200k monthly listeners. His new project Pieces is great, go check it out and he has a lot more to come.

Jaquell and I have known each other since high school. We first met in 2015 when he was hosting parties for a studio in Bushwick. My friends and I used to go to those events pretty often. Once I moved to Harlem Jaquell was at my spot here and there. In 2017, earlier in Jaquell’s music career we linked up and shot in East Harlem. We both loved what we made together. We hadn’t seen each other in maybe over a year so it was great to catch up and see what he’s been making. I met him at his studio in Brooklyn and was met with some great energy. He showed me his next project with entirely with Fatboy Slim song by song. I was hyped to see his progression as an artist, both in talent and the scale of his projects. We talked about all the bullshit we got up to at his old studio parties, moving apartments, new roommates, prior projects, passions, goals, and of course Corona Virus. When we shot this we weren’t on lock down yet so we were predicting what was to come. Jaquell wrapped his whole head and face in a scarf as we left.

My guy! It was great seeing you and thank you for letting me photograph you!