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Rap Mania 1975-1990 T-Shirt
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Rap Mania 1975-1990 T-Shirt

Producer Van Silk
Date1990
Mediumcotton (textile)
DimensionsOverall (Width x Length): 28 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (72.39 × 44.45 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1998.827.3
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Rap Mania: 1975-1990 Rap showcase promo t-shirt

Recorded at New York's Apollo Theater in 1990, Rap Mania was  one-time-only Hip-Hop reunion, bi-coastal simulcast concert. Created by Hip-Hop ambassador and promoter Van Silk, Rap Mania brought together some of the biggest names in rap history and was one of the most historic concerts of its time. The live Pay-Per-View concert featured 23 of the biggest artists in old school Hip-Hop. like Sugarhill Gang, Kurtis Blow, Run DMC, and LL Cool J.

 

 

Black t-shirt. Rap in red font on the left side of shirt. Mania is outlined in red font on bottom of shirt. 1975-1990, 15 Years, Hip-Hop, is printed in green front inside two circles.
CopyrightThis work is issued under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License. For more information, go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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