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‘What’s That Jacket, Margiela?’: Ten of the Best Fashion Lyrics in Hip-Hop



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This information might come as a surprise to the folks over at Vogue Italia, but rappers have been vocal about their love for high-end fashion labels for years.

And the love affair continues. On Nicki Minaj’s latest album, Pink Friday 2: Roman Reloaded the bewigged rapstress shouts out Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour:

When I’m sitting with Anna, I’m really sitting with Anna / Ain’t a metaphor punchline, I’m really sitting with Anna / Front row at Oscar de la Renta, posture / Ain’t a b*tch that could do it, not even my imposter

And even more recently, fashion fanatic Kanye West boasted about his fashion exploits on his new track “Theraflu”, from dinner with Anna Wintour to racing go karts with Anja Rubik:

Dinner with Anna Wintour, racin’ wit’ Anja Rubik / I told you ma’f****rs it was more than the music / In the projects one day to Project Runway

They might be fashion’s current hip-hop darlings, but Nicki and Yeezy aren’t the first, and certainly won’t be the last to rhyme about fashion. We scoured the archives (read: our iTunes Library) for 10 of the hottest rhymes talking about one of rap music’s favorite subjects: fashion.

Can you think of any other good lines?



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