Nathan Cabrera

Nathan "Nacho" Cabrera (born April 18, 1976) is an American graphic designer and toy sculptorNelson, Steffie (December 23, 2007). "Double Dose of Cool". Los Angeles Times. who did the entire artwork for Lupe Fiasco's sophomore studio album, Lupe Fiasco's The Cool (2007). He made a cameo appearance in the music video, "I Gotcha," alongside Pharrell Williams and Bishop G, and was given a shout-out on "Outro"."Nathan Cabrera (@cabreezy)". Instagram. September 19, 2020. He also attended the Glow in the Dark Tour and collaborated with Japanese Cartoon.
== Background ==
In honor of the 7th anniversary of The Cool, Cabrera shared, "When I first started designing The Cool I told Lupe I didn't want to make a typical rap record cover - I wanted to make Led Zeppelin IV and he was totally down. I dug in deep and and as simple as it seems-it was all about iconography, sacred geometry, trinity pentacles, the power of three and beautiful traditional Islamic Thuluth calligraphy. I wanted to realize the lyrics of the characters stories Lupe told on the record and retell the same story in one cover image that made people think. Thanks to Lupe trusting me to make this record and letting me get weird and be myself. It is one of my fondest memories designing a record not to mention a few months later it went Gold on my Birthday.""Nathan Cabrera (@cabreezy)". Instagram. December 19, 2014. Regarding the interior design of the album, he explained of each character, "I art directed photographer Andrew Paynter for shots I needed of the main characters featured throughout the entire record […] These are the real versions of the characters I designed and dressed and added digital effects too.""Nathan Cabrera (@cabreezy)". Instagram. December 19, 2014.
On June 10, 2015, he was brought onstage, where Fiasco announced their future work on The Cool 2. Nacho wrote in his Instagram post, "I'm usually the guy working in the shadows and tonight was extra special to see a crowd of fans roar for the guy who designed tons of stuff for the very artist they loved and came to see. Thank you very much Lupe. It's a pleasure to have been part of your history thus far and it has been amazing to see you grow from a chi town young'n I met in a comic book store one afternoon to the amazing entertainer you are now.""Nathan Cabrera (@cabreezy)". Instagram. June 10, 2015.
In 2022, for the 15th anniversary of The Cool, he wrote, "I spent countless hours on the entire package for Lu and it would be the first time Atlantic records let someone out of office fully design and layout the entire record , promo material , logos ect. And I dove in head first wanting to design a record that was more Led Zeppelin IV than a classic hip hop record. In honor of the anniversary I've dug into my archives to share a little bit of the original art ,concept drawings and more.""Nathan Cabrera (@cabreezy)". Instagram. December 18, 2022.
== Gallery ==
File:Nathan Cabrera - January 29 2012.jpg|@cabreezy: "Russian roulette 2007 - @zerodarkthirty lupe, me and Ian."
File:Nathan Cabrera - January 24 2019.jpg|@cabreezy: "Just found some old files of these Street team posters I whipped up in 2007 for @lupefiasco's “The Cool”. Just filed away a pile of original art we created this record. I was told this was the first time Atlantic records let someone design the entire record - logos - AD posters - and street team posters -out of house. I made some insane stuff for this Lupe record and enjoyed every sleepless night doing it. #thecool"
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== References ==
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