ISLAMABAD: Pakistani visual artist Sara Shakeel designed the debut album of Chance the Rapper which was released on July 26, 2019.
Chancelor Jonathan Bennett, more popularly known as Chance the Rapper, is an American singer and songwriter who has been using SoundCloud to share his music with his fans for many years.
Despite his large following, however, he did not release an album before, making “The Big Day” a huge sensation for music lovers, Chance devotees and the industry at large.
The album cover was designed by Shakeel, a Pakistani dentist-turned-visual artist with tens of thousands of followers of her own on Instagram.
Shakeel has made a name for herself, both in her country and abroad, by doing multimedia artwork that usually incorporates crystals, as seen on Chance’s album.
“This cd was inspired by and designed by the great [Sara Shakeel] I really hope u enjoy it,” wrote Chance while sharing the image on his Instagram account which has over 10 million followers.
Shakeel, whose work has been praised by Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and Forbes, recently won an influencer award for “Best Visual Artist.” Her work started to go viral after she digitally applied glitter over images of stretch marks and replaced mundane daily things, such as water from a tap or toilet paper, with diamonds.
The Pakistani artist originally completed her studies to become a dentist, but she also started pursuing art on the side until it grew into a full-fledged career with epic possibilities.
Chance recently invited her to Los Angeles where she worked with the rapper to create a stunning cover for his debut album.
