Rushay Booysen

Port Elizabeth

The most updated version of Malcolm Gladwell.Love Photojournalism and traveling.I've been invited as a speaker to Stanford University,New York University,University of Michigan,California Lutheran University where i spoke on Hip Hop and it's social role in society.Just recently got invited as one of 20 artist across Africa by the State Department to travel through the United States to exchange and learn about Hip Hop's use by various sectors of American society http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/entertainment/2012/09/19/sa-hip-hop-performer-learns-the-business-in-usa Manager of Swedish producer Definition Baroque www.49productions.com .Guest speaker at a symposium on Hip Hop and it's social role in Hannover,Germany sponsored by the VW Foundation 11 September 2013.Worked with various artist across multiple continents.Assisted in compiling the first hip hop compilation between South African and Central American countries.My interest are using music as a educational tool.I've also got some of my photography work featured on CNN's Inside Africa.My work was exhibited in the first ever African photographers exhibition in the Middle East http://www.themojogallery.com/asitis/artist-rushay-booysen.php My work on mixed race identity is also featured in Dr Yaba Blay's new upcoming book 1ne Drop http://yabablay.com/1ne-drop-online-exhibition-now-complete/ I've also recently featured in a documentary shot by Minneapolis artist Kiersten Dunbar on the issue of Coloured identity.