Hip Hop Fashion Month Profile: Dapper Dan

Don’t let anyone tell you differently. When it comes down to 80s and 90s Hip Hop, Harlem native Dapper Dan is the originator of luxury streetwear.

His efforts transformed hustler flash and b-boy styling into the most coveted and influential apparel — designs that for the last forty years have influenced high fashion and European runways.

Women Executives in Hip Hop

The Business of Hip Hop started with women executives.

It’s true. A culture so cemented in masculine identity has been championed, shaped, marketed and financed by lady executives that saw the vision and ran with it.

Rocky Bucano

ROCKY BUCANO – FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Rocky Bucano is President and Chairman of the Board of the Universal Hip Hop Museum. He is also a licensed financial advisor who specializes in

Bill Adler

BILL ADLER – GUEST CURATOR As a writer, critic, publicist, record label executive, filmmaker, gallery owner, and archivist, I’ve managed to find a lot of satisfying work during the past

Charlie Ahearn

CHARLIE – GUEST CURATOR Charlie Ahearn a New York native is a film director and creative cultural artist. Known for writing and directing the hip hop classic movie Wild Style.

Sal Abbatiello

SAL ABBATIELLO – GUEST CURATOR Sal Abbatiello is a native New Yorker, actor, producer, and Founder of Fever Records. His club Disco Fever served as a stage for up and

Michael Holman

MICHAEL HOLMAN – GUEST CURATOR Through writings, film & television productions and talent bookings, Michael Holman helped propel Hip Hop onto the global stage. Holman managed Rock Steady Crew and

Joe Conzo Jr

JOE CONZO JR – GUEST CURATOR Joe Conzo, Jr, co-author of Born in the Bronx, has been documenting the people of his native borough since the 1970s. As the first

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PopMaster Fabel

POPMASTER FABEL – FASHION CURATOR AND ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE Urban artist, Hip Hop historian, videographer, DJ and social justice activist JORGE “POPMASTER FABEL” PABON was born and raised in NYC’s Spanish Harlem.

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