"Alexis Wolfe Mbassa is a Music and Portrait photographer. She has created images for musicians, actors, corporations and families since 2001. She is known for creating intimate, real, and raw images of her clients by collaborating and immersing herself in the subject to find the essence of each shoot. Alexis has completed another book with Shock G of Digital Underground which tells his life story through his words, images, and stories. She currently lives in NYC with her husband, Sam and two spunky children: Ana�s and Lennox. Greg Jacobs/Shock G is the multi-talented artist musician, producer, rapper, vocalist, visual artist and front man of the hip-hop group, Digital Underground. He is responsible for ""The Humpty Dance"", one of the most sampled songs ever recorded by a hip-hop/rap artist and the platinum selling album, ""Sex Packets."" He was Tupac's first mentor and co-produced his debut album 2Pacalypse Now. Shock has made many appearances on film and TV, including music videos for MTV, Nothing But Trouble with Dan Aykroyd and Demi Moore (1991), numerous music documentaries and he coached Chris Clark on how to be Shock G for the Tupac Shakur biopic, All Eyes on Me (2017). Along with his musical and creative contributions, Greg is also known for his mentorship and fierce support for those around him."
"""in Emerald City Hip Hop, Seattle, Alexis Wolfe constructs an illuminating primer - equal parts photo-essay and personal scrapbook - on the contemporary Seattle hip-hop community. Through her photos and stories, we're able to witness the passion, optimism, and vibrancy of Our Fair City's scene, as well as Wolfe's own personal journey and growth as an artist."" - Jacob McMurray, Senior Curator, MoPop ""Alexis' serious yet unbiased documentation of Seattle's music scene is unparalleled. Her photographs chronicle the struggles of aspiring musicians, the conflict inherent in Hip Hop and the triumph achieved by the perseverance needed to succeed. Alexis is an amazing talent and an amazing person. Her immersion in her photography is apparent in her work produced."" - Ricardo Frazer, long-time manager of Sir Mix-A-Lot ""What I luv most about Lexy's photos is that she makes us look human, instead of the usual over-blown & exaggerated super-men/super-thugs/super-clowns that most photographers paint us as. We're just people and she catches that... She shoots the inner feelings, not the projected character, and she does it with effortless charm which is very disarming. That's why she wins."" -Shock G, Digital Underground"