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Ask anyone to recite the lyrics to PinkPantheress’ chart-topping “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2” featuring Ice Spice they usually’ll just as likely — if not involuntarily — conjure up the image of Ice Spice’s flurry of reddish-orange curls.
Since splashing onto the scene last fall together with her viral song “Munch (Feelin’ U)” the rap newcomer has enraptured audiences not only together with her distinctly Latest York delivery and down-to-earth attitude, but her look.
Between her signature afro, always-primped nails and Y2K aesthetic, Ice Spice is amongst a rising wave of female rappers — including Flo Milli, GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion and others — whose expressive hair and makeup looks are as key to their musical personas as their...
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It’s the late ‘80s in Latest York City, graffiti is the omnipresent art, Run-DMC is coursing through boomboxes at block parties from its birthplace within the Bronx to Brooklyn, and off-the-rack fashion isn’t quite delivering on the vibe without the necessity for a remix.
Several of the young, gifted and Black had already been getting into Dapper Dan’s in Harlem to see the designer give their suits more flavor — but April Walker wanted something for her borough and her community to call its own.
And hip-hop was the thread that wove through all of it.
Now, because the musical genre that became much larger than artists and albums turns 50, hip-hop’s longstanding influence on fashion is evident — but what’s at times...
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