| Believe me when I say that I have looked all over | | | | designs, like lyrics or parody, then you might need to |
| because I am a dedicated fan of artists like Slick | | | | make your search a little more specific and type in |
| Rick, UTFO, Eric B and Rakim, RUN DMC, Beastie | | | | "the rap artist name" lyric shirts to find some original |
| Boys and many other early Hip Hop artists. Online | | | | gear with the rhymes or throwback artwork on it |
| offers lots of fresh sites that carry original designs | | | | from that rapper or crew. |
| from the old school Rap era. Although there are a lot | | | | What other styles of artwork are available besides |
| of uncool sites to look through to find that true "Old | | | | rap artist shirts that represent Hip-Hop? |
| Skool" gem that many true fans of Hip-Hop will want | | | | Alot of people like shirts, backpacks and hats with |
| for humor and credibility. "To the tick tock, ya dont | | | | graffiti text with HIPHOP slang and some of the |
| stop, HIT IT"... know what I'm saying? | | | | other common symbols used in Hip Hop shirts and |
| Many sites carry shirts with lyrics from rappers that | | | | artwork such as microphones, Boom boxes, |
| had hits in the eighties. A great place to start is at | | | | turntables, City outlines, Brick walls, Break dancers, |
| Zazzle.com, they carry many cool custom t-shirts, | | | | Poppers, cartoon characters. All of these elements |
| hats, hoodies and other items that you can | | | | are found in old school rap covers and pictures. |
| customise. I have found some very cool early era | | | | Old school rap has had a comeback and is becoming |
| Hip-Hop t-shirts as well as a few mouse pads and | | | | popular again, what is its future? |
| dope stickers. They also allow you to add your own | | | | This is hard to answer easily because the true nature |
| text and pictures to the product. | | | | of Hiphop is to take bits of existing media and create |
| What kind of Hip Hop t-shirt designs can I expect to | | | | something new from it. There are a lot of top 40 |
| find online when I do a common search? | | | | pop artists that are placing reference to old school |
| Well, as of writing this article, you will come across a | | | | music in current songs. Underground Hip Hop artists |
| lot of the new Electro style throwback designs with | | | | also continue to help Hip Hop grow by adding new |
| bright colors and graphics of Biggie smalls, Tupac, | | | | styles to the artform as well as keeping older styles |
| NWA and Easy e shirts from sites like Hot and a few | | | | alive. No matter what, wheteher old school or new, |
| other well known sites that promote a lot, But if you | | | | Hip Hop is here to stay! |
| really want to find some funny off the cuff style | | | | |