"Merch?" - UK Rappers With Fashion Brands (Documentary)

In recent years, there has been a significant shift within Britain's urban music industry as far as fashion goes. Since the mid-noughties, it's been commonplace for our rappers and emcees to produce and sell self-branded clothing that would generally be regarded as merchandise. Over the years, as the UK's street fashion scene began to gain traction, musicians increasingly incorporated more of the nuances of fashion into their merch-based clothing lines. Today we have a number of rappers that have developed bonafide fashion brands, blending the norms of the traditional fashion industry with tactics that stem from the practice of selling merch.

In this documentary, we explore the grey area between merchandise and fashion brands owned by UK urban artists, starting from the early 2000s, leading all the way to the present day (2023).

 

Clothing brands mentioned in the documentary include:

  • Syna World
  • The Ugliest
  • Psycho
  • PG London
  • Moschino
  • Iceberg
  • Armani
  • Avirex
  • Pelle Pelle
  • New Era
  • Boy Better Know (BBK)
  • Star In The Hood (S.I.T.H)
  • WretchroBoys
  • Skywalker
  • SN1 Wear
  • Play Dirty
  • Stay Dench
  • Trapstar London
  • Benjart
  • Supply and Demand
  • Fullypaid London
  • Corteiz (CRTZ RTW)
  • Rocawear
  • Phat Farm
  • G-Unit clothing
  • Sean John
  • Yeezy
  • Nocta
  • Nike
  • Mains London
  • Puma

  

Artists / Music Groups mentioned in the documentary include:

  • Central Cee
  • J Hus
  • Santan Dave
  • Fredo
  • Megaman
  • So Solid
  • Wiley
  • More Fire Crew
  • JME
  • Skepta
  • Boy Better Know (BBK)
  • Tinchy Stryder
  • Wretch 32
  • Scorcher Skywalker
  • The Movement
  • Giggs
  • SN1
  • Krept
  • Konan
  • Lethal Bizzle
  • Chip
  • Bugzy Malone
  • Mist
  • Jay Z
  • Ye West (Kanye)
  • Drake
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