Wear They At?
Rapper clothing lines that haven't panned out.
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Not So Custom Fit - Not every rapper can make a Sean John, Roc-A-Wear, or a G-Unit brand, but it hasn't stopped most from trying. We recall some notable hip hop stars who tried their hand at fashion, but learned the fashion world wasn't the right fit for them.
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Snoop Dogg's Rich & Infamous - Launched in the summer of 2008, Snoop Dogg launched a menswear line, Rich & Infamous. But by 2010, the company shut down, with Snoop telling reporters, "The recession is effecting everybody."(Photo: Bruce Gifford/FilmMagic)
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Outkast's Outkast Clothing Co. - Promise of Andre 3000's turban and fur Afrika Bambaataa looks never surfaced in Outkast's 2002 clothing line. And when the duo was never pictured wearing the uninspired wares, interest in the brand quickly fizzled.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
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Tupac's Makaveli - Started by the late rapper/actor's mother Afeni Shakur, Makaveli Clothing was a tribute to Tupac's legacy. The line launched in 2003, seven years after Pac's death and is still available online. The line has yet to be as popular as the star himself.(Photo: REUTERS/Mike Segar/Landov)
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Jim Jones' Nostic - This Christian Audiger-esque line of menswear replaced the Dipset's signature throwback jerseys and flossed bedazzled skull and cross bone designs in 2007. But when Jimmy struck gold with "Baallin'" Nostic fell to the wayside.(Photo: Nostic by Jim Jones)
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Young Buck's David Brown - Poor Young Buck can't seem to catch a break, just as quickly as he gained the limelight, he was whisked off into the shadows. His clothing line David Brown, which planned to launch in 2008, diappeared with his career as a member of 50-Cent's G-Unit.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Andre 3000's Benjamin Bixby - Inspired by 1930s football memorabilia, Dre successfully developed one of hip hop's first high end brands. With his line selling almost exclusively at Barney's, the line stopped production three years after it's launch in 2009 due to the prohibitive cost of production for the detail oriented line.(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)
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Ol' Dirty Bastard's Dirt McGirt - After his release from prison in 2003, O.D.B. signed to Dame Dash's record label, who also promised him a clothing line, Dirt McGirt. The Wu-Tang Clansmen also started an underwear line Ol' Dirty Drawers but neither was released before the rapper's 2004 death due to congenitive heart failure. In 2007, the line produced a small collection but no additional seasons.(Photo: Evan Agostini/Getty Images)
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Mr. Cheeks' GLS - The Lost Boyz's Mr. Cheeks came out with a clothing line in 2007 and named it after a song from the crew, "Ghetto LifeStyle." Cheeks said, "We gonna put some thing out we like to see, that we feel comfortable in, like suits." Not sure if GLS ever even made a t-shirt.(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Busta Rhymes' Bushi - Busta's clothing line came at a career high for the swift-tongued rapper. With a few film credits and two hit albums, Busta was set to release Bushi, Brooklyn slang for "bourgoise" and a Japanese term for warrior. The bold graphics on the designs worn by Busta in 1999 weren't so mass market friendly and never made it to see the new millennium.(Photo: Ben Rose/PictureGroup)