Photo Mitchell & Ness
Hip Hop artists design NBA jerseys
Basketball and Hip Hop are synomn with each other rappers want to ballers and ballers want to be rappers is one of the many sayings. Bleacher Report merged the two with their NBA Remix edition of some of the NBA teams that represent some of the major cities that have contributed to Hip Hop.
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Bleacher Report partnered with Mitchell & Ness and some of Hip Hop’s notable artists from their hometown to help design the NBA jerseys. These artists put their designer skills to test Future(Atlanta Hawks),ScHoolboy Q(Los Angeles Lakers),Big Sean(Detroit),E-40(Golden State Warriors),Wale(Washington Wizards), No Limit (New Orleans Pelicans),The Diplomats(New York Knicks), andDJ Khaled(Miami Heat).
“Bleacher Reportlives at the intersection of sports and culture. The NBA Remix Collection is probably the best physical representation of this mission,”BR‘s chief marketing officer Ed Romaine said. “It fuses hip hop music and basketball at the local level with innovative designs that will drive conversation amongst a community of fans who are the new vanguard of style.”
The NBA Remix Collection is not just limited to jerseys, but that also have long sleeve shirts, hats, t-shirts, & hoodies prices range from $40-$175 at Bleacher Report’s website
