On a picturesque morning in late July, the rapper Aminé is perched at a cobalt-blue dining table in his airy Hollywood home. As he and three close collaborators fine-tune the artist’s upcoming set lists, one of his most important musical inspirations gazes out at them from a wall flanked by floor-to-ceiling windows: In a house brimming with playful primary colors, the most commanding sight is a grayscale portrait of Aminé’s mother. The simple image is all the more striking because its source