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Kadir Nelson May 15, is a Los Angeles -based painter, illustrator, and author who is best known for his paintings often featured on the covers of The New Yorker magazine, and album covers for Michael Jackson and Drake. His work is focused on African-American culture and history.

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The New York Times described his work as "sumptuous, deeply affecting work. He has twice been a Caldecott honor recipient and won the Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in The Undefeated. In , Nelson began his career as a conceptual artist for Steven Spielberg 's feature film Amistad , and the animated feature film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.

Nelson was born in Washington D. He received his early training in art from his uncle, Michael Morris, who is an artist and art instructor. Both his uncle and his high school art teacher taught him important artistic principles and techniques, including how to paint with oils. They were some of the first paintings in a series of works that led to Nelson writing and illustrating a book commemorating the history of the Negro Baseball Leagues entitled, We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro Leagues Baseball, published by Jump at the Sun in The painting was exhibited at the Reginald F.

Lewis Museum in Baltimore , Maryland and other venues. The commission was delayed and shelved for several years until the untimely death of the singer in