Editor’s Note (08/13/2025):
After publication, The TRiiBE was contacted by parties named in this story who requested the removal of certain details related to the Doechii installation hiring process due to circumstances beyond our control. We have updated the story.
Doechii left her mark on Chicago. Not only did she put on a show worthy of headliner status at Lollapalooza, but she also announced her forthcoming 12-city “Live from the Swamp Tour” with the help of a local Black carpentry company.
BC Chicago Carpenters, a carpentry company founded by Austin-native Cameron Harbin, helped build two swamp-themed installations for Doechii’s tour announcement. On the streets of Chicago, passersby caught a glance at a Nissan Altima — also the name of Doechii’s 2024 single — sitting on a wooden bed carried by a pickup truck that looked like it drove right out of the swamp. The car was wrapped in material emulating alligator skin with the words, “Doechii Tour,” written on it.
On the Chicago River, many spotted an inflatable alligator floating on what looked like a wooden pontoon boat down the body of water.
Harbin said he got the opportunity to work on the Doechii promotional pieces through a random phone call.
“It’s really by word of mouth,” Harbin said. “So I get these phone calls, and I don’t ask no questions, I just say, ‘it’s God,’ and then we come together and put something together.”
Harbin said he received a call about the Doechii project just two days before they wanted the installation to go live.
Although most entertainment jobs come at the last minute, Harbin said it doesn’t deter him from getting the job done. “It’s like, no, just put your head down and get it done,” he said.
Through his business, Harbin has done set work for the annual Summer Smash music festival that’s put on by Chicago-based media company Lyrical Lemonade. For this year’s Summer Smash, he was tapped by G Herbo’s team to do a fabricated light pole representing 76th and Essex, the East Side cross streets that the rapper grew up on.
Before starting BC Carpenters in 2023, Harbin was a union carpenter for 12 years. He left the position to follow his calling and showcase his work on a different scale.
Originally, Harbin said he wanted to use the name “Brother’s Construction,” but the name was already taken. Harbin has since transformed the meaning of BC to Bespoke Creations, with the help of his marketing director and company CEO, Ace Wallace.
“The meaning of [the word] bespoke is creating something from an idea out of thin air,” Harbin explained. “And I’m like, to be honest, that’s perfect.”
Harbin began creating set pieces for entertainers five years ago when a creative director named Andre Taylor reached out after finding his work through Instagram. Taylor does entertainment services for the company All Creatives Welcome. Harbin was asked to build the set of NBA YoungBoy’s video for “AI Nash,” which was shot by Lyrical Lemonade.
“After that, [Andre] liked my work, and he’s just been locking in with me, from doing work with Eminem to doing work with Kanye West to doing work with Lil Durk, and I just been going and going,” Harbin said. “Me being in the union, my time was limited; so I’m like, I have to see what’s out here or I’ma regret it. So I end up quitting the union and starting my own business.”
Harbin works as the solo laborer for his company, bringing in help as each project sees fit. Through BC Carpenters, Harbin touts custom pieces created for Durk’s 2023 Summer Smash performance, which featured a replica of his granny’s house, and pieces for the reality competition TV show “Shark Tank.”
In addition to his notable work for entertainers, Harbin has done work for the Chicago Blackhawks to bring to life an outdoor space at Spry Community School, as well as creating a custom piece for the NFL during the 2025 Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
As the manager of properties for Chicago-based nonprofits ConTextos and MYSI Corporation, Harbin notes that it is his community and commercial work and residential projects that keep him afloat.
“Those fabrications and the entertainment, all that’s in the air, up and down,” Harbin said. “I also do residential and commercial construction.”
Harbin said the community projects he’s been a part of are most essential to his daily operations and his bottom line, “It’s me helping, giving back with the community, and doing projects with them,” Harbin said. “I think that’s one of the main things.”
Doechii’s tour will kick off at Chicago’s Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom on Oct. 14. Her mixtape, Alligator Bites Never Heal, won the 2025 Grammy for Best Rap Album; the victory included engineers Jayda Love and Bryan Schwaller and producer Monte Booker, all of whom call Chicago-based Classick Studios their music home.
