Pelle Pelle and Avirex Are Back: Here’s How Hip-Hop Popularized Leather Jackets

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  • Leather jackets by Vanson, Pelle Pelle, Fubu and Karl Kani from Monica Morrow’s closet. (Image via Complex Original/Photography by David Cabrera)

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  • Omaur “O Fresh” Bah with Avirex jackets at his store O Fresh. (Image via Complex Original/Photography by David Cabrera)

  • Two attendees show off their vintage Pelle Pelle jackets at Pelle Pelle Day in Chicago. (Image via @Ratchet_Professor)

A Timeline of Drake’s History With Nike

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    OVO x Jordan Brand

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    OVO x Jordan Brand (The Exclusives)

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    Stripes Over Checks?

  • ‘The Story of Adidon’


  • Drake Shows Off Custom OVO x Nike ‘Scorpion’ Jerseys

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    Nike Air Max Plus ‘For Stage Use’

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    Nike Zoom Vomero 5

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    Air Jordan 4 ‘Raptors’

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    Nike 2020 Forum


  • ‘Only You Freestyle’


  • ‘Laugh Now Cry Later’

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    Nike ‘Certified Lover Boy’ Merch

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    NOCTA

  • Drake’s triple-white Nocta Hot Step releases on March 3. Image via Nocta

    Nike NOCTA Hot Step

8 Things We Learned From Tyler, the Creator’s Wide-Ranging ‘All Star Series’ Interview

  • Artists need “cheerleading” to keep them going, like Jasper did for Tyler

  • Tyler believes the internet “ramped up” in 2016, making surprises harder to pull off

  • He’s not a fan of artists using snippets to crowdsource their creative process

  • The NFT space isn’t of interest to him

  • Tyler saw Kanye “building up” to ‘Dark Twisted Fantasy’ as far back as Trina’s “B R Right” in ’02

  • Tyler, the Creator made an “indie rock” album in 2012

  • He says Hype Williams’ greatness was “hindered” after early reactions to ‘Belly’

  • Tyler shares his thoughts on Ye’s Black Future Month