It's All Love

It all started with the "I <3 NY" shirts...then other cities got into the mix. Peep Mark (one half of M&M, the handsome hosts of the Thursday night parites at Barna (26th & Park) - just found out he was one of the "American Boy"s in Estelle's video!) and I in a prime example:



Things got so crazy, even whole countries got in the mix! I'm sure you've seen the PR and DR ones at the parades this summer...I think this next tee says it best:



But then you got the derivatives, that had nothing to do with cities.





(dope tee worn by the even doper Sucio Smash!)



(you can pick up the above-featured shirt if you run into Ciph Diggy and/or K. Gaines, who make up the Sleepwalkas. That shouldn't be too hard; they're all over the place!)

So after the cities and the variations on that concept, other tees started popping up around the same concept. No love lost? Maybe so...



(as worn by Poison Pen at the EOW Awards)



Nowdays, the love has returned, but no longer is confined to cities. The next tee is the logo for lovemoneyandmusic, 8THW1's excellent album, as worn by Cion of Brokn.Englsh (center) and Homeboy Sandman (right):



Stay tuned for more tees exploring self-promotion!

Hip Hop

Since I cover a lot of events centered around hip hop, I've come across many tees that are hip hop-oriented:



(At first, I really thought this shirt read "Yes, I am a rapist" because it's hard to see the "O")







Mr. "I Am Hip Hop" is none other than Wordspit, a dope MC from Brooklyn. I think he embodies the spirit of hip hop in terms of his energy and stage presence while performing (my two most important critera for a good show!) - check him out!







Excellent tee as worn by Ciph Diggy of the Sleepwalkas



(as worn by the lovely Miss Kalae... look out for her!)



The latter tee is worn by Green-Eyed Bandit, Mr. Eric Sermon! I caught him wearing this one after EPMD's performance at Black August this summer. Stay tuned for more tees exploring the heart...