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Is Hip-Hop Fashion Going Backwards?
The final episode of GIANT Magazine’s exclusive, six-part online look inside the creation of “DEFinition: The Art and Design of Hip-Hop.”
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Hip-Hop Design Drives Cars Over The Edge
The hip-hop auto aesthetic is something distinctive, say the authors of “DEFinition: The Art and Design of Hip-Hop (Collins Design).” Part Three of a six-episode an exclusive GIANT video series.
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Ice-T and Run Examine Hip-Hop’s Classic Album Covers
Run talks about getting money on “Raising Hell,” Ice-T shows you Darlene’s front and back!
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Making Hip-Hop’s Classic Album Covers: Part One
Watch the first episode of GIANT Magazine’s exclusive six-part look inside the creation of the book, DEFinition: The Art and Design of Hip-Hop, with narration from artists like Ice-T and Rev. Run.
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Old-Man Rap
Hip-hop has often been described as a young man’s game. Since its humble beginnings, the genre has always been about the now, the flash of what’s new and what’s next, without ever truly paying homage to what came before. The rampant success of young acts such as Soulja Boy and Plies had me, a 31-year-old recovering hip-hop addict, headed right to easy-listening rehab. No Ice-T on me, but the fact that Lil Wayne is considered a veteran at the ripe age of 26 should tell you something.
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