Dave Halili is a contemporary American fine arts illustrator,

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and

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er of album cover paintings, posters, logos, T-shirts along with other forms of representational merchandise. His best-known works are album covers for Body Count ('' Body Count'', ''

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''), Ice-T (''

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'', ''

VI - Return of the Real ''Ice-T VI: Return of the Real'' is the sixth studio album by American rapper Ice-T. It was released on June 4, 1996, via / Priority Records. The title is a play on words based on the movie '' Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi'', with the "VI" ref ...

''), The Skeletones (''Skeletones Red'') and Moon Ska Records compilation ''California Ska-Quake''. An array of collaborations in the

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entertainment industry and indie music scene have garnered him a Diamond record plaque, three Platinum awards, three Gold records and two Gold Europe plaques certified and registered by the

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Career

Halili has also worked with N.W.A, No Doubt,

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, Kurtis Blow, Donald D, King Tee, Stone Temple Pilots,

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, Monie Love, Ednaswap, Fishbone / Angelo Moore,

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, Gripsta,

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, Afrika Islam, DJ Evil E , Prince Whipper Whip,

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D-Roc the Executioner Body Count is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1990. The group is fronted by Ice-T, who first established himself as a rapper but co-founded the group with lead guitarist Ernie C out of their interest in heavy metal music ...

, Tim Story & T.D.F.,

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, Dance Hall Crashers, The Toasters, Royal Crown Revue, Hepcat, Let's Go Bowling, Robert "Bucket" Hingley , Reel Big Fish, DJ Yutaka, DJ Honda and

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''Body Count'' album cover

Halili's artwork on the cover of ''Body Count'' came to symbolize the band's song " Cop Killer", which was widely criticized by the authorities, and raised questions about the boundaries between artistic freedom and censorship. This controversy, together with an executive clash over Halili's proposed montage for the jacket of ''

'', forced Ice-T to leave Warner Bros. Records. On March 23, 1993, Ice-T released the album with Halili's original illustration, produced by his own record label Records.

Personal life

Halili resides and works in Orange County, California, where he runs a studio and

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workshop named Halili-Style Graphics & More. Halili is also a lifetime member of the Universal Zulu Nation and the original Los Angeles-based . A friendship between Halili and TV producer Michael G. Moye led to a fortuitous business co-op where Halili designed and manufactured media publicity products for

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's first prime-time T.V. sitcom '' Married... with Children''.

References

External links

Smithsonian National Museum of American HistoryNorman Rockwell MuseumArtist Discogs Profile
American illustrators Album-cover and concert-poster artists Painters from California American graffiti artists American graphic designers 20th-century American painters American male painters American artists of Japanese descent Japanese graphic designers American artists of Filipino descent Filipino painters American contemporary painters American printers American people of German descent American people of Chinese descent Ice-T Body Count (band) People from Fullerton, California Living people 1968 births {{US-illustrator-stub