HIP-HOP STREETWEAR FOR THE REAL HEADS.
Golden Era. Underground. Boom-Bap. Deep Cuts.
Original fan art inspired by the artists, albums and moments that built the culture.
HIP-HOP STREETWEAR FOR REAL HEADS.
Golden Era. Underground. Boom-Bap. Deep Cuts.
Original fan art inspired by the artists, albums and moments that built the culture.
NOT JUST MERCH.
FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW.
We make hip-hop streetwear for the people who still dig through crates, argue about albums, recognize a producer from four bars and know the difference between a classic and a deep cut.
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A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders T-ShirtPrice range: $24.99 through $26.99 -
Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique T-ShirtPrice range: $24.99 through $26.99 -
De La Soul Is Dead T-ShirtPrice range: $24.99 through $26.99 -
Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet T-ShirtPrice range: $24.99 through $26.99 -
Wu-Tang Clan – From the Slums of Shaolin T-ShirtPrice range: $24.99 through $26.99
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Lil Wayne turned 2008 into a coronation. 👑 Tha Carter III moved a MILLION copies in one week — first since 50 Cent`s The Massacre.
The Dedication tapes built the "Best Rapper Alive" case one free download at a time. Then "A Milli" dropped — Bangladesh flipping A Tribe Called Quest`s "El Segundo" into rap`s strangest, most quotable loop of the decade. 🎤
Three Grammys followed. Young Money became an empire. Dwayne Carter turns 44 today.
Also today: Trick Daddy turns 52 🌴 and Three 6 Mafia`s Most Known Unknown hits 21 — six months before their Oscar win. 🏆
Tap the link in bio for the full story.
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#LilWayne #ThaCarterIII #AMilli #HipHopHistory #YoungMoney #CashMoney #TrickDaddy #Three6Mafia #TodayInHipHop #HipHopCulture #BestRapperAlive #RapHistory #90sHipHop #StreetwearCulture #CustomCreative
A record label born from grief became one of hip hop`s most fearless indies. Here`s the real story. In 1996, producer Peanut Butter Wolf started Stones Throw in memory of his partner MC Charizma. Thirty years later the label is still independent, still based in LA`s Highland Park, and its roster reads like a crate digger`s dream: Madlib, J Dilla, Aloe Blacc, and MF DOOM`s Madvillain project. This is what artist-first actually looks like when a label refuses to sound like anyone else. Tap the link in bio to shop the Madvillain tee.
#StonesThrowRecords #Madvillain #MFDOOM #JDilla #Madlib #AloeBlacc #IndieHipHop #HipHopHistory #BoomBap #CrateDigging #HighlandPark #HipHopCulture #VinylCollector #StreetwearCulture #CustomCreative #HipHopMerch
Pimp C had been out of prison since December 2005. Three months later he`s on "Do Your Time" with Beanie Sigel and C-Murder — reporting live from the other side. 🎙️
That`s the jewel buried in Ludacris`s Release Therapy, 20 years old today. Debuted at No. 1. Moved 1.5M copies. Won Best Rap Album at the Grammys — Luda`s only career win in that category, beating Jay-Z`s Kingdom Come the same year.
"Runaway Love" wasn`t the safe radio play either — three narratives of child abuse and domestic violence on a Mary J. Blige hook, and it still won Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. Comedian`s timing, therapist`s subject matter, same tracklist.
Tap the link in bio for the full breakdown. 🔗
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#HipHop #Ludacris #ReleaseTherapy #HipHopHistory #DirtySouth #AtlantaRap #GoldenEraHipHop #PimpC #UGK #TodayInHipHop #GrammyWinner #90sHipHop #2000sHipHop #HipHopCulture #RapHistory #CustomCreative
“Can I Kick It?” is one of golden age hip-hop`s most beloved hooks. A Tribe Called Quest never got a dime in songwriting money for it. 🎶
The 1990 Jive Records single builds its hook off Lou Reed`s “Walk on the Wild Side” bassline. To clear it, Reed`s estate demanded 100% of the publishing. Tribe agreed. The record became a defining piece of the golden age canon. The songwriting royalties never touched their hands, a fact members have confirmed on the record since.
That`s the other side of crate digging: the culture gets the classic, the estate gets the check.
#ATribeCalledQuest #CanIKickIt #GoldenAgeHipHop #SampleCulture #HipHopHistory #BoomBap #90sHipHop #LouReed #CrateDigging #HipHopMerch #HipHopVinyl #MusicHistory #JiveRecords #HipHopCulture
He was Shock G`s hype man before he ever wrote a bar about getting profiled by police. 35 years ago today, that changed. 🎤
Sept 25, 1991 — 2Pac drops "Trapped," his first solo single. Producer Ramone "Pee-Wee" Gooden flips the Bar-Kays` "Holy Ghost" and a James Brown break, and Pac tells a first-person story of being harassed and shot at by Oakland PD — a month before the record hit shelves.
The politics reached Washington — VP Dan Quayle publicly denounced 2Pacalypse Now the following year. No 20-year-old`s debut usually gets that kind of attention.
We made a tee from further back — the Digital Underground era, before the bars, before the bullets. Tap the link in bio.
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#2Pac #Tupac #TupacShakur #HipHopHistory #GoldenAgeHipHop #BoomBap #WestCoastHipHop #StreetArt #HipHopCulture #VintageHipHop #HipHopMerch #CustomCreative
Chicago just renamed a street after Dr. Donda West 📚
Not for the son she raised. For the classroom she ran.
78th and South Shore is now Dr. Donda West Way, honoring 20+ years chairing the English Department at Chicago State University. She founded the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing. Her community called her exactly what she was: a village mom.
Hip-hop`s family tree has professors in it. People who built minds before anybody built a catalog. That lineage deserves the same reverence as any discography.
Tap the link in bio to shop the culture.
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#DondaWest #HipHopHistory #ChicagoHistory #BlackEducators #HipHopCulture #StreetArt #BlackExcellence #ChicagoState #GwendolynBrooks #HipHopHeads #CulturalLegacy #CustomCreative #BlackHistory #ChicagoProud
September 24, 1991: Q-Tip put upright bass legend Ron Carter on a rap record and rewired what boom bap could sound like. 🎷🎤
The Low End Theory turns 35 today. Q-Tip produced almost the whole thing himself, stripped the drums to bone, and built the record around bass the way jazz cats build a set around a walking line. Went Platinum, Rolling Stone ranked it Top 50 all-time, and Pete Rock and J Dilla had a road map because of it.
Same date, The Roots` Illadelph Halflife turns 30 — same city they never left. We made a hoodie for that one because Philly loyalty doesn`t expire.
Tap the link in bio for the full story. 🔗
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#ATribeCalledQuest #TheLowEndTheory #QTip #PhifeDawg #RonCarter #TheRoots #IlladelphHalflife #GoldenAgeHipHop #BoomBap #NativeTongues #HipHopHistory #JazzRap #90sHipHop #HipHopCulture
TSA pulled Tyler, the Creator`s CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST merch out of the bin at LaGuardia and lined it up next to actual fake IDs.
That`s the "Permanent License of Travel" card from the Tyler Baudelaire era doing its job too well. Not a shirt graphic, a whole document. Album art built as identity, not decoration.
That`s the same standard we build to. Merch that tells a story before you open your mouth. Tap the link in bio to see the wearable-lore lineup.
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#TylerTheCreator #CallMeIfYouGetLost #IGOR #FlowerBoy #TylerBaudelaire #HipHopMerch #AlbumArt #StreetwearCulture #HipHopCulture #WearableLore #CustomCreative #HipHopFashion #MerchDesign #HipHopHeads #GraffitiArt
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