This East Coast rap shirt honors the Brooklyn voice that rewrote what a rapper could sound like, effortless flow over hard beats with storytelling nobody has matched since. The Notorious B.I.G. made two albums and became permanent, which tells you everything about how far ahead of everyone else he was. It is a 90s rap icon tee for people who can still recite whole verses on command and regularly do. If you want a Brooklyn legend shirt with real reverence built in instead of a generic portrait print, this is the one. Every real head recognizes it instantly.
This tee works everywhere a graphic shirt belongs. Wear it to a concert, a festival, a house party, a cookout, a barbershop, a bar crawl, a block party, a record store run, a college campus, a road trip or a normal weekend errand run. It fits a hip hop night, a 90s throwback party, a listening session, or a cookout where the East Coast versus West Coast debate restarts on schedule. Friends buy these in sets so the group reps different hip hop legends. Underneath the tribute it is a soft, comfortable everyday graphic tee.
As a gift this hits an enormous and loyal audience. It works as a Christmas gift, a birthday present, a Father's Day gift, a graduation gift, a housewarming present, a secret Santa pick or a white elephant grab. Give it to a best friend, a big brother, a cousin, an uncle, a coworker, a barber, a DJ, a producer, a record collector, or anyone raised on 90s hip hop. Pair it with the matching sticker for a small hip hop gift set, or bundle it with a vinyl record and a pin. Cut unisex with youth sizes available, it covers a whole family.
Every design in this shop is an original Street Rebirth concept, drawn from the artist outward rather than pulled off a template, which is why our hip hop shirts keep their likeness where cheaper prints flatten a face into nothing. This is printed direct-to-garment on soft, breathable cotton so the ink lives in the fibers instead of sitting on top as a stiff plastic slab that cracks by the fourth wash. The artwork uses sharp linework, bold flat color and heavy contrast so it stays crisp and readable from across a room. Over a decade of designing graphic tees for collectors, event vendors and gift buyers goes into every drop. Create. Inspire. Empower.
Care: White shirts need no special washing, just wash cold with like colors and tumble dry low. Black shirts print over a white ink underbase and are more delicate, so turn inside out, wash cold on a gentle cycle, skip bleach and fabric softener, and hang dry or tumble dry low. Never iron directly on the printed area.
Details: Unisex direct-to-garment printed tee in white or black, with youth sizes available. Soft, breathable cotton with a classic everyday fit and taped neck and shoulders. Printed with water-based, eco-friendly DTG ink for a soft hand feel. Original Street Rebirth artwork, designed and printed in Los Angeles.