thanks for the text, my friend. >> up next, shepard fairey, stay with us. ♪ >> please welcome to shepardrey to this program. best known for his work. next month, he's the subject of a new documentary on hulu called "obey giant" and he will open his show here in los angeles, it is called "damaged." >> good to be here. >> we talked about you and your cover art and all that and those guys love you. >> i think we are on the same page of a lot of stuff, they are heroes of mine because they use their art forms to say something. i think we are all pushing in the same direction. >> everybody has seen your work and knows the obama poster. tell me about shepard far irey, give me the condensed version of who you are really? >> i grew up in south carolina, i was a frustrated kid until i discovered skateboarding and punk rock. i like to draw when i was young. seeing how art can apply to something creative and rebellio rebellious. i move to the new punk rock which is hip-hop. i like the idea of using art to reach a lot of people not in a populous way. if you are taking the time to communicate visually

good evening, i am tavis smiley, first, with sash sasha polakow suransky, then, street artist shepard fairey looking at street arts and activisms as it relates to its most iconic work his work and depicting from barack obama. we are glad you are joining us, all of that is coming up in just a moment.