The Street Artist Who Won’t Quit: The Story Of Shepard Fairey

Fairey Creates “André The Giant Has A Posse”

During his college years, Shepard Fairey began making a name for himself with the likeness of André the Giant. Fairey said, “I thought it was funny so I made the stencil and I made a few stickers and the group of guys I was hanging out with always called each other The Posse, so it said André the Giant Has a Posse, and it was sort of appropriated from hip-hop slang.”

Strangely enough, the sticker is what would start getting Fairey’s name and his medium out there. The stickers began appearing throughout Providence (where Rhode Island School of Design, Fairey’s school was located) and other major cities on the east coast. As a result, many people began to take notice.