SHIRT KINGS: PIONEERS OF HIP HOP FASHION - A new Dokument Press book by Edwin PHADE Sacasa & Alan KET Foreword by MC Serch

SHIRT KINGS: PIONEERS OF HIP HOP FASHION

A new book by Edwin PHADE Sacasa and Alan KET


Foreword by MC Serch



LL reppin Farmers Blvd!

"Shirt Kings brought the hip hop element into the clothes for real and integrated it, and it was the first time I saw hip hop culture completely merged with clothing."
- LL Cool J

Jamaica, Queens, New York in the mid 1980s. Rappers and hip hop fans came from all over the city to get their own customized t-shirt by The Mighty Shirt Kings. The style traveled all over the world through record covers and music videos, and the Shirt Kings designs soon became synonymous with hip hop and the 

culture of making something out of nothing.

Shirt Kings "Strictly Buisness"

SHIRT KINGS: PIONEERS OF HIP HOP FASHION looks at the early days of urban fashion through the lens of the pioneering group of artists known as the Shirt Kings. By adapting the graffiti skills from the trains and spray cans to shirts and airbrush they created a new look for a new generation. At the same time they laid down the ground for the streetwear industry of today. Edwin PHADE Sacasa is a founding artist of the group and it is through his archives that we are transported to the 1980s in New York City where the fashion was loud, colorful, and filled with cartoon imagery; but not just any cartoon imagery for the cartoons where urbanized. Mickey Mouse with a Fila suit, Casper the Friendly Ghost with gold teeth and Pink Panther with gold chains.

The Shirt Kings with a young MC Search (3rd Bass) who also writes the books forward

People from across the city made their way to Jamaica, Queens to a small shopping mall known as the Coliseum where you could easily bump into the biggest names in hip hop of the day. From DJ Red Alert to LL Cool J to Big Daddy Kane to Mike Tyson ˆ they all had to have their Shirt Kings designs.

Audio Two "What More Can I Say" the Shirt Kings most well known work

"Milky Fresh" Dookey Fat Chain, 3 finger ring & Jordan 2's

The Audio Two Album Backdrop

"Milk is chillin"

SHIRT KINGS: PIONEERS OF HIP HOP FASHION chronicles the art, the styles, and the people who where loyal supporters of the Shirt Kings, and takes us on a trip down memory lane to when customization and art reigned supreme in New York City.



The Shirt Kings with Video Music Box's Ralph McDaniels



Born in East New York, Brooklyn, Edwin PHADE Sacasa studied photography at the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan and video production at the Savannah Collage of Art and Design. PHADE has been airbrushing for the entertainment industry for more than two decades and founded the Shirt Kings store in the mid 1980s, where he serviced many of todays hip hop stars and pioneers, such as Jay Z and Run DMC.



Ket "cruisin' J-Train"

Alan KET Maridueña is an artist, photographer, author, artistic consultant and marketing professional. His photographs have appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine and The Source. KET is the author of Graffiti Planet, New York City Black Book Masters, Graffiti Tattoo and Rockin‚ It Suckers. KET is also a frequent blogger on 12ozprohet.com

"The Shirt Kings network was fashion TV of the times, and advertising and promotion way before it became trendy."
- Chuck D, Public Enemy



Big Daddy Kane Juice Crew, Roxanne Shante Ghost Writer & Smooth Operator

"When you got your first Shirt Kings shirt, that's when you knew you had really made it as a Queens rapper, but when other people put your face on their Shirt Kings shirt, that's when you knew you'd be a legend." - Roxanne Shante

Prince Markie Dee (left) rocking a Shirt Kings jammy alongside The Fat Boys at The Grammy's

"Phade has been my go to guy since the 80s for all airbrush collaborations."
- Dapper Dan

The Mighty Zulu Nation's Kool DJ The Red Alert B.D.P. down with The Shirt Kings

"The first shirt I ever threw on that had anything on it that represented my heart was Shirt Kings."
- KRS One



"Phade and the Shirt Kings are pioneers of Hip Hop Fashion and it is duly noted that the graffiti element has been elevated and made fashionable thru their work."
- RZA



"They would transform your whole look into a superstar."
- Nas

Edwin PHADE Sacasa is available for interviews and features.
To request review materials or discuss feature opportunities, contact Björn Almqvist at bjorn@dokument.org or call 0046 (0)8 133330.

Press images available at www.dokument.org



SHIRT KINGS: PIONEERS OF HIP HOP FASHION
978-91-85639-57-1
144 pages,  $ 44.95, £29.99, • 34.90
Published by Dokument Press

BUY IT HERE

Change The Beat: The Celluloid Records Story - Grandmixer DST & Bill Laswell interview DOCUMENTARY

DJ pioneer Grand Mixer DST is one of the first known turntablists. His cuts can be heard on jazz legend Herbie Hancocks ‘Rock It’. DST recorded ‘Crazy Cuts, ‘so why is it fresh‘ and a third release ‘Mean Machine‘ which featured the infamous Jalaluddin from the group The Last Poets. More info on Grandmaster D.ST – “Home Of Hip Hop”, “Megamix II”, “Mean Machine” - HERE

Celluloid Records is one of the most revered, open-minded and influential labels of the 1980s, with foundational releases spanning the genres of hip-hop, disco, post-punk, electro, world music and more. Filmed in Paris and New York City, this two part series features key players in the history of the label including producers and musicians Bill Laswell and DXT (formerly Grand Mixer DST) and founder / owner Jean Karakos. A double-disc retrospective of the label, Change The Beat: The Celluloid Records Story, is out now on Strut.
In depth article from Holly Roller Productions about Celluloid can be found HERE

Change The Beat: The Celluloid Records Story BUY IT HERE
http://www.youtube.com/user/strutrecords


The Celluloid Records Story (part 1 of 2)

The Celluloid Records Story (part 2 of 2)

GRANDMIXER DST. MICHAEL HOLMAN 1983 TV NEW YORK SHOW 
Grand Mixer DXT (born Derek Showard) is an American turntablist. He was formely known as Grand Mixer D.ST. "D.ST" is a reference to Manhattan, New York City's Delancey Street on the Lower East Side. He was featured in the influential hip hop film Wild Style.

Widely recognized as a pioneer, GrandMixer DXT is credited for being the first to establish the turntable as a fully performable and improvisational musical instrument (Alberts 2002). Especially important is his technique of altering the pitch of the note or sound on the LP record.

He is also credited with greatly helping to popularize DJing through his scratching on Herbie Hancock's single "Rockit" from the Bill Laswell and Material produced album Future Shock. He is featured in the 2001 documentary.


Infinity And Grandmixer D.St.- Grandmixer Cuts It Up! (Video) 

Kay One GT/93NT Interviews Mode2 (In English & Francais)

Kay & Mode2 in Paris Early 90's

In London many people know Kay One for the his Underground French Hip-Hop Shop in Seven Dials - Covent Garden or his early work for Maharishi that gave it its street style, or the early 90's Paris/London DJ Battles. But for those that don't know, Kay One was/is a Parisian Graffiti/Hip-Hop Legend, DJ, worked at the original Deal Real, Journalist. 

Check out the Kay One interview with Mode2 HERE

He has a new site too HERE If you don't know "Nick Da Mere!" 


Suprême NTM - Authentik 1991
http://www.supreme-ntm.com/site.html
http://www.youtube.com/user/NTMVEVO


"Haine T Aime" Kay One & Mode2 early 90's
Check out his Blog http://destroyalltoys.blogspot.co.uk

"Stop Stitchin'!!!!!" Key & Peele: Dueling Hats

"Stop Stitchin'!!!!!"

Key & Peele: Dueling Hats

UNIVERSAL ZULU NATION'S OPEN LETTER TO WORLDSTAR HIP HOP

RE: FALSE ADVERTISEMENT AND MISLEADING INFORMATION ABOUT HIP-HOP CULTURE

Mr. O’Denat,

On behalf of the thousands of members of the Universal Zulu Nation, of which I am Minister Of Information, I write you this letter in peace and hope these words find you in the best of health and spirits. Brother, we at UZN have the utmost respect and love for all who choose to take our Culture to new heights, and we thank you for your part in creating new media that preserves our culture. It is with great sadness that we bring to your attention the obvious ills of your site, WorldStarHipHop.com.

Mister O’Denat, you are well aware, or should be well aware that many are viewing your site’s content as very graphic and extremely violent. Before you brush this off as just another person’s opinion of your site and the content you publish, please do not get it confused. This is not the case.

As I mentioned earlier, Mr. O’Denat, I am a representative of the Universal Zulu Nation, and we take our Culture quite serious. You are a Black man who has accomplished quite a lot without a formal education, and I’m quite sure when you dropped out of New York’s Grover Cleveland High School, you would never have imagined that you’d be as successful with your company, World Star, LLC. Doesn’t it bother you just a little that another Black man (that man being yourself), has “made it” out of the “ghetto”, only to display unnerving images and videos of young adults berating, belittling, and beating each other solely for the purpose of the enjoyment of who you are led to believe are “millions of Hip-Hoppers?”

Mr. O’Denat, the followers of your site are impressionable young men and women who “follow” you for a reason. As salacious as you may want your site to be, our youth are looking for answers and solutions to the many problems that plague our communities. The young people use your site as an outlet to escape the world they are living in, only to find that you place them right back at the starting point. Brother, you are well aware, or should be aware of the way Haitians are treated all over the world, including their own country. After all,

Mr. O’Denat, you are Haitian, and you have even labeled yourself as a “Haitian Ghetto Nerd”, to gain God knows what kind of accolades. I am not Haitian, but I find it deplorable for a Haitian to associate such a dignified people with the “ghetto”, when Haitians come to this country to escape ghetto life.
Brother, I am sure you heard God speaking to you when the earthquakes in Haiti destroyed so many lives, and many of us di a fair share of work to help those in need. The repair for the damage done physically, emotionally, spiritually and financially will be an ongoing process that will take decades. But one of the brilliant brothers of Haitian decent is instead showering the world with what you call “the CNN of the Ghetto”. Brother, you are sadly mistaken if you would like the world to believe that hype. If you understand journalism 101, news is reported with two sides. Your excerpts of ghetto life, your lack of morality when accepting uploaded material, and your drive to maintain a site for the sole intent to destroy our Culture’s standing in these Americas is both uncouth and unacceptable by all of us at UZN. We are hereby separating ourselves and our followers from your site and what it supposedly stands for. Brother, if you were in fact the “CNN of the ghetto”, then you, as a former resident of Queens, NY should already know who Zulu is and what real Hip-Hop Culture is. Mr. O’Denat, there are many real Hip-Hoppers from Queens who laid the brick in the wall that you are trying to tear down.

You should already know about Run-DMC, Larry Smith, Salt-N-Pepa, Nas, MC Shan, LL Cool J and the founders of FUBU Clothing, to name a new. These men and women purposed to create a platform of expression for our Culture, and through the years, they have maintained and preserved that Culture. Mr. O’Denat, you are a Haitian, so you should know how serious Haitians are about their Culture. We are just as serious.

This is a new year, and the Universal Zulu Nation has begun a movement against anyone who is against us. Mr. O’Denat, either you are for Hip-Hop Culture, or you are not. There is no in-between, and no matter how many people have hyped you to believe that WorldStarHipHop is anything close to what this Culture is, they told you a lie. Mr. O’Denat, Hip-Hop Culture is FOUNDED on four spiritual principles. In case you haven’t already been schooled on what those principles are, they are: Peace, Unity, Love and Havin’ Fun. Mr. O’Denat, I pray that you do become a “CNN of the ghetto”, and that you someday get a camera and go to the ghetto yourself to record both sides of our neighborhoods. We still do have neighborhoods, brother.

Mr. O’Denat, can you imagine how much more hits WorldStarHipHop would have if you were intuitive enough to record rising Black political stars and activists, and some of the issues they discuss when trying to fix our problems nationwide? Or videos of Black political superstars like Barack and Michelle Obama. I would have loved to see the behind-the-scenes footage of the President at home with the wife and kids – on your website. I invite you to meet me in The Bronx, Boston, Virginia, The Carolinas, Chicago, DC, Maryland, Detroit, or any place that you feel more comfortable, so we may discuss the realities of “the ghetto” and how you can be better involved.

Mr. O’Denat, in closing I am asking you to remove the footage of the young man being forced to strip naked outside while people look on and another young man beats him with a belt while the camera man pours water on his fully naked body.

This is the link in question, Mr, O’Denat:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=375073675924908&set=vb.100002668367738&typ
e=2&theater

This is not the first time you have posted content that has been of this nature, and from the looks of it, this is probably Child Pornography. Therefore, I will forward the link and the video to the proper authorities to be sure that these young people are in fact of age and in full consent of being on your site in such a demeaning fashion. I’m unsure if this will bring about any charges, as there is a huge rumor on the streets that you are in fact working for the feds and are using your site as a cover up. But who knows? Mr. O’Denat, I again ask that you look into the fact that you and your site have misused our Culture’s name, committed fraud and falsely advertised your site as “Hip-Hop”. You have forced the hand of the Universal Zulu Nation to take further action should you continue to promote your “CNN of the ghetto” as “Hip-Hop”, and we are asking with all due respect that you include a disclaimer at the bottom of the front page of your website concerning your company and Hip-Hop Culture. A great
footnote on your site should be:

“World Star Hip-Hop is in no way affiliated with real Hip-Hop Culture or its’ founders or the Universal Zulu Nation. This site solely for entertainment purposes, and does not promote Hip-Hop Culture”

Mr. O’Denat, you are free to use the above language, or you may use any language you see fit that parallels the language above. Please contact me at your earliest convenience, should you have any questions or concerns. I can be reached at quadeershakurmedia@gmail.com or 617-297-7423.

Respectfully,
Quadeer “M.C. Spice” Shakur
Minister of Information
Universal Zulu Nation

@OfficialMCSpice

Found here: http://238beats.blogspot.co.uk

Swagger Rap Is Dead Part 4 - "The Winged People" (New Conscious Hip-Hop Videos)

Swagger Rap Is Dead Part 4 - "The Winged People" (New Conscious Hip-Hop Videos)

DJ LORD JAZZ FEAT. AAROPHAT - EAGLE EYE

FROM DJ LORD JAZZ - "THE PLAIN DEALER" 
PREMIUM RECORDS 2012

COP 'THE PLAIN DEALER' ON iTUNES

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the...

TWITTER: @djlordjazzlotug @Aarophat



FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/Aarophat
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dj-Lor...



DIRECTED BY: AAROPHAT & CELINE COLSTON
EDITED BY: TODD KELLEY

Killah Priest: The Winged People (Music Video)

Fresh off the release of his new solo effort, The Psychic World of Walter Reed, Killah Priest debuts a brand new music video from the project, choosing the cut "The Winged People." Directed by St. Peter, the clip offers up an animated visual of KP's belief in ancient human history, where aliens came down from the clouds and shaped the course of the human race.

The Psychic World of Walter Reed is out now. Order your copy now below.

http://pwowr.com/index.php?option=com...
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/psy...

Also, follow Killah Priest on Twitter: https://twitter.com/killahpriest

Produced by: St. Peter
Animated and Directed by: Orign of Futprnts Workshop

First Light "Hold On" (Official Music Video) 

Pep Love and Opio are: First Light.

Album Fallacy Fantasy in stores 3/26/13

Free Download: http://hieroglyphicsimperium.bandcamp...


More music and information is available at http://www.fallacyfantasy.com 


Produced by: Unjust

Video by: Austin Steele

@HieroImperium

Music video by Ras Kass performing The Great Recession (feat. Doc Hollywood). 
2012 Cre8yte Corporation
@RasKass

Public Enemy - Get Up Stand Up Featuring Brother Ali [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

Get Evil vs Heroes now http://j.mp/12GXIKa



Get Up Stand Up
Produced by: Gary G-Wiz
Written by: Chuck D, Brother Ali & Gary G-Wiz

@PublicEnemyFTP

@BrotherAli

Saigon - Our Babies 2 (Its A Crazy World) Official Video

Saigon releases his 6th video off his sophomore album Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2 Bread & CIRCUSES... 

Here he gives a vivid description of some of societies ills. This video is as real as it gets people.. Pay ATTN.... DEEP STUFF



DIRECTED by Peter Dmitriyev 



www.saigoneverything.com


Twitter: @therealsaigon


IG: RAPPERSAIGON

Scram Jones - Hour Glass (Official Music Video) Producer/rapper extraordinaire Scram Jones presents the official video for his track "Hour Glass" off his mixtape "The Hat Trick." New album from Scram coming soon on Nature Sounds.

@naturesounds

@SCRAMJONES

Megadon - Resurrection Featuring Tragedy Khadafi, Shabaam Sahdeeq and Black Smoke - New Music Video

Buy This Song: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/res...
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/megadon2

‪http://www.facebook.com/OfficialMegadon‬



Directed by: Donald Robinson Cole


Twitter: @DonaldRCole


www.donaldrobinsoncole.com

@tragedykhadafi

@ShabaamSahdeeq


Wyclef Jean - Mentality Of A Lion (Official.Video)
@wyclef


Dean Atta - I Am Nobody's Nigger (SB.TV Official Video)

Dean Atta's controversial poem, 'I Am Nobody's Nigger', gets a visual from SBTV's production arm, Sudden|Black. Featuring prominent figures within the uk music scene, Scorcher, Clement Marfo, Random Impulse, Mic Righteous, Roxxane and Jamal Edwards.


http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/i-am... Buy 'I Am Nobody's Nigger' on iTunes all proceeds will be donated to the Stephen Lawrence Charity



Poem by Dean Atta @deanatta


Directed and Produced by Paris Zarcilla @pariszarcilla


Executive Producer Jamal Edwards @jamaledwards


Production Company @SuddenBlack

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