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...Frank Sinatra’s voice has been used on a version of the hip-hop song “Gangsta’s Paradise” while Johnny Cash’s has been deployed on the pop single “Barbie Girl”....
...Adopted by the sporting world, hip-hop community and Silicon Valley, the hoodie has also been associated with social inequality....
...Thanks to their adoption by hip-hop artists in the 1990s, caps from teams such as the LA Raiders and New York Yankees have become design classics....
...In the early ’80s, the latter was the ne plus ultra of covetable trainer brands, with a roster of star athletes and endorsements from pioneers of the burgeoning hip-hop scene, including Run DMC....
...News round-up FCA lays out scale of investigation into Crispin Odey (FT) PwC tipped off Google on timing of Australian tax law (FT) Diddy claims Diageo dismissed his vodka as black brand with hip hop...
...Hindenburg cited the inclusion of Cash App in hip-hop songs where rappers brag about using it for criminal activities....
...“When I wasn’t at school or the company rehearsals, I was going around doing hip-hop battles in London, but also in Paris, Germany, Holland, Morocco,” Nash continues....
...There is a touch of nostalgia in these Adidas iterations, with Balenciaga’s oversized proportions and Prada’s slick minimalism both recalling hip-hop videos of the late ’90s, and more than a touch of ’70s...
...Lofi (low fidelity) beats are soft hip-hop rhythms with no vocals, optimised to engender calm and focus....
...What’s interesting about the guys that I sell clothes to is a lot of them are quite inspired or informed by sport and hip-hop culture....
...humour and tenacity of Ukrainians, of little children singing Frozen’s “Let it Go” in their basements, or teenagers like @valerissh who shares films of her shelled home town in Chernihiv but sets them to hip-hop...
...It’s been spearheaded by independent NYC brands that draw heavily on aesthetics associated with hip-hop and skate culture: at Noah, double-breasted suits with pleated trousers are mixed with sweaters, beanies...
...Stepping outside in Paris after a long flight from Seoul, he was startled to see dozens of young fans of Epik High, a Korean hip-hop trio he was accompanying to France....
...His mentor was the hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, who brought Cohen to New York to work for his company Rush Artist Management in the mid-1980s, and then recruited him to Def Jam Recordings....
...In 2014 the company paid $3bn to buy hip hop mogul Dr Dre’s Beats Electronics — an acquisition that has proven very profitable — with Dre given an unspecified role at the company as part of the deal....
...But they carry the imprimatur cool of hip-hop rather than the patina of retirement-age golf holidays. Plus fours – or, indeed, plus twenties – may be a harder sell....
...In September, the New York-based house also presented its first collection of hip-hop memorabilia, including love letters penned by the late rapper Tupac Shakur....
...That white space has now been filled: The North Face parlayed a surge of youth interest in the 1990s, sparked by New York hip-hop culture’s affinity for the brand, into longstanding relationships with labels...
...Ini Archibong often begins work not with shapes but with sounds — homemade hip-hop, to be precise. “Sometimes I don’t even sketch,” he says. “I’ll make an hour’s worth of beats and close my eyes....
...His name is referenced in pop songs — one, by the American hip hop collective ASAP Mob, is actually titled “Raf”....
...From 2021, Gap will stock apparel from the ubiquitous hip hop star’s brand Yeezy. In exchange, Mr West will be entitled to royalties and Gap equity based on sales....
...These codes, whether pulled from punk, hip-hop, surfing, skating or graffiti, are largely inspired by movements that are no longer subcultures but have proliferated to the point where they’ve become pop....
...This is Gaga, a movement class that refuses to fit neatly into any of the commercial dance genres — such as hip hop or swing — currently in vogue....
...Viral video memes, such as the “Mannequin Challenge”, which used a song by UMG hip hop duo Rae Sremmurd, have been viewed and shared on Facebook hundreds of millions of times....
...The show’s knowingly anachronistic use of modern slang and hip-hop soundtrack reinforces the timelessness of Emily’s frustrations at the codified nature of her world, and it does well to maintain a light...
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