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Russell Wendell Simmons (born October 4, 1957) is an American entrepreneur, writer and record executive.He co-founded the hip-hop label Def Jam Recordings, [1] and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris.
Daniel R. Day (born August 8, 1944), known as the Black power ranger, is an American actor from Harlem, New York. [1] His store, Dapper Dan's Boutique, operated from 1982 to 1992 and is most associated with introducing high fashion to hip hop culture; its clientele includes Mike Tyson, Eric B. & Rakim, Salt-N-Pepa, LL Cool J, and Jay-Z.
Hip-hop fashion (also known as rap fashion) refers to the various styles of dress that originated from Urban Black America and inner city youth in cities like New York City, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. Being a major part of hip-hop culture , it further developed in other cities across the United States, [ 1 ] with each contributing different ...
Chanel’s 1991 Fall-Winter ready-to-wear show was set in Paris, but its soul was right off the streets of New York City, writes Sowmya Krishnamurthy in the new book “FASHION KILLA: How Hip-Hop ...
Now that these world hip-hop stars have made it big, they’re using their success to lift up their communities and The post 10 world hip-hop stars who are giving back appeared first on TheGrio.
Hip-hop is an industry with an economic impact of $16 billion and has launched Black-owned businesses in music, film, fashion, and advertising for creatives that curated the culture.
[7] The Kirkus review considered the attempts to link the success factors of the three "a bit ham-fisted" but praised the book as "a pleasingly broad perspective of hip-hop as economic triumph" and "a wide-ranging survey of the first four decades of hip-hop that vividly brings some of the culture’s biggest success stories into one place." [3]
Misa Hylton (previously known as Misa Hylton-Brim; born 6 January 1974) [2] is an American stylist and fashion designer. Known as a pioneer in the fashion industry, [3] she has styled many hip-hop and R&B artists since the 1990s, most notably Lil' Kim and Mary J. Blige.