Stussy has linked up with the classic Yo! MTV Raps to produce a series of tees, hoodies, and crewnecks featuring 10 unique hip hop artists from back in the day. Yo! MTV Raps was on television from 1988 to 1995, and was responsible for bringing hip hop into the homes of America. The Stussy x Yo! MTV Raps collection includes MC Lyte, Public Enemy, Slick Rick, Queen Latifah, Digital Underground, Eric B. and Rakim, Brand Nubians, Gangstarr, De la Soul, and Ice-T.
Read more about the inspiration for the collection below at Stussy.com:
On August 6, 1988 Yo! MTV Raps debuted on MTV and changed the world. It’s hard to imagine, but back then Rap music was not what it is today. It was an underground genre of music that challenged what was going in popular music at the time. Yo! MTV Raps transmitted the culture of Rap to millions of homes at a time when there were only a handful of local outlets to see a rap video. The style, the trends, the language of Rap began to influence popular culture and by the time the show left the air in 1995, the genre was no longer the best kept secret. Rap music has grown to being the biggest and most popular genre of music today, and a lot of this is due to Yo! MTV Raps.
For the Stüssy X Yo! MTV Raps collection, we have selected 10 seminal artists from Yo! MTV Raps’ time on air for a series of t-shirts and fleece pieces available now at EndClothing.com, UrbanOutfitters.com and Sneakersnstuff.com.
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Stüssy x Yo! MTV Raps – Part 1 – The Importance of Yo! MTV Raps from Stussy on Vimeo.
In conjunction with the release of the Stüssy/Yo! MTV Raps collection, Stüssy produced a 2-part documentary entitled We Were All Watching. Part 1, The Importance of Yo! MTV Raps, takes a look at the history of MTV’s groundbreaking music program, and Part 2, Fashion in the Golden Age of Hip Hop examines the trends and styles from that era and how they changed the world.
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Alchemist – Producer
Bill Adler – Author & former Director of Publicity Def Jam Recording
Chris Robinson – Director
Dante Ross – Producer/A+R
Ed Lover – Co-host Yo! MTV Raps
Evidence – Dilated Peoples
Janette Beckman – Photographer
MC Lyte – Rapper
Peter Dougherty – Co-creator of Yo! MTV Raps
DJ Premier of Gang Starr
Questlove – The Roots
Rakim – Eric B & Rakim
Shock G & Humpty Hump (Digital Underground)
Sway – MTV VJ/Radio host
Credits
Directed & Music by Adam Jay Weissman
Edited by Anthony Cava
Camera by Raj Debah, RB Umali, Marque DeWinter
Stüssy x Yo! MTV Raps – Part 2 – Fashion in the Golden Age of Hip Hop from Stussy on Vimeo.
