With the recording industry selling fewer artists to the masses and creating more "name-brands" to dominate the field, the question has to be asked... where do "stars" go when they've been dismissed by the big guns who once owned them?

The last time I saw John Wayne was a few weeks before his death. He said good-bye and strode out the door against a backdrop of dark-pink evening clouds, unmistakable death all around him.

As it relates to music, I always seem to measure time by a distinct period. I call it A.T.: After Tupac. There's so much that Tupac Shakur accomplished in his 25 years of life that it would be a disservice to narrow his existence down to one label.

It is my hope that ICON, a mixed-media series that celebrates the life and style of Sharon Tate, will challenge your beliefs. Art can change the world, and everybody can live artfully.