This month, The Dazed gallery hosts Too Black For BET, the debut London solo exhibition by Jayson Scott Musson of the Philadelphia hip hop trio Plastic Little. Here, the dark observations and hilarious wordplay of songs like "Crambodia' are translated into radically subversive poster art. "The themes deal with race, politics, war, sex, oral sex, art..." he muses, "...I think?" Back in Philly, Jayson is part of the prolific Space 1026 art collective/gallery/studio, whose in-your-face aesthetic combines print-making, drawing, sculpture, design and video. "Space 1026 is like a second home. Places like 1026 are important to Philly and any city because it illustrates that if you really want to start something, with the strength of you and your friends, you can actually do it," explains Jayson, of their die-hard DIY spirit. "Just to see all of the history and love, the intertwining relationships, it's just fucking awesome and seriously makes me want to cry. The Space gave a home to the aesthetic of my generation... is that too cliche? Following this exhibition and its accompanying book, published by Free News, Jayson plans Too Black For BET: ANZ. "The ANZ will be revealed closer to show time," he says cryptically. "But as of right now, I'm just promising some fucked-up shit. It's like a circus that you're imprisoned in, and this clown just chose you to be his jail bitch. You gotta suck off his red nose to keep him from putting a shiv in your belly."



Too Black For BET is at the Dazed Gallery, 112-116 Old Street, London, from November 21