Artist Chaz Guest On Legacy, Integrity, And What It Really Means To Be Brave

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By Keyaira Boone ·Updated March 20, 2022

When classmates used words to “play the dozens” Chaz Guest dominated through pen and paper. “I just used to draw caricatures of everybody,” the self-taught artist told ESSENCE. “I used to win every time. ‘Cause if you had a big head or big ears, it was over.” 

Drawing helped him communicate with “a very severe speech impediment.” His “nine sisters and brothers” made him feel

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