Category: Hip-Hop

A vintage t-shirt gallery inspired by current events. Headline: RIP Heavy D. Sadly, Heavy D. (aka Dwight Arrington Myers) passed away today from respiratory issues. He was only 44. Thankfully the world was graced with a rare appearance by Heavy a few weeks ago at the BET Hip Hop awards. It was his first live performance in 15 years and the big man didn’t miss a step. Heavy’s biggest success came in the heydays of 80s and 90s hip hop with three platinum and two gold records to his credit. He also created the epic TV theme songs for In ... Read more

Defunkd’s exclusive collection of vintage t-shirts for sale at reasonably exorbitant prices. Item #32: Bring The Noise Spectrum Jam Era: 1980s Circulation: Rarer than all these guys being in one room. P.E, Doug E, Big Daddy, Rakim, Eric B. and Moe Dee (whose name is spelled with a C.) But this epic jam is somewhat of a mystery given we can’t tie it to any specific date. We’re assuming it was held at the now demolished Spectrum stadium in Philly sometime between 1987 and 1989. The Spectrum was host to some of the most legendary rap combo concerts ever, check ... Read more

Defunkd’s exclusive collection of vintage t-shirts for sale at reasonably exorbitant prices. Item #30: Big Daddy Kane Year: 1990 Circulation: Rarer than bad BDK lyrics. Big Daddy Kane is one of the best lyricists in the golden age of hip hop. In fact, MTV put him at #7 on their list of greatest MCs of all time and Kool Moe Dee listed him as #4 on his list of 50. Pimpin Aint Easy is a single from BDK’s best selling album It’s a Big Daddy Thing. As you can tell by the design on this tee he’s also one of ... Read more

Defunkd’s exclusive collection of vintage t-shirts for sale at reasonably exorbitant prices. Item #27: The Arsenio Hall Show Year: 1989 Circulation: Minimal A.H. began his career as a stand-up comedian in L.A. who landed plenty of T.V. work including a stable gig voicing Winston for The Real Ghostbusters cartoon. In 1987 he filled the empty seat of Joan Rivers when she was fired from The Late Show and quickly proved himself in the ratings despite cancellation. After starring with Eddie Murphy in Coming to America Arsenio was given his own show in 1989 – Roo, Roo, Roo, Roo, Roo! [while ... Read more

A photographic tribute to the legendary DJ AM and his amazing vintage t-shirt collection. Shirt #11: Wu-Tang Clan Fact: Wu-Tang was on regular rotation on AM’s decks. View the previous vintage Kool Moe Dee t-shirt.