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Who Owns Paper Planes?

Paper Planes is owned by its founders and operates under Roc Nation.

Who founded it

Shawn Carter, who records as JAY-Z, is a founder and the reason most people arrive at this question. He is also the founder of Roc Nation, the entertainment company Paper Planes sits under.

What Roc Nation has to do with it

Roc Nation is the parent organisation. Paper Planes is its apparel and lifestyle arm, which is why the brand shows up in Roc Nation's structure rather than as a standalone fashion house with an investor list.

Why the brand exists at all

Paper Planes was not a rebrand of anything.

Where the name comes from

The mark is a black-and-white American flag folded into a paper plane.

How the brand actually operates

Two things distinguish it from most celebrity-adjacent apparel. It sells wholesale to small independent retailers rather than to chains.

The full story has the receipts

Every shop, address and detail is in the full guide, and the store map covers 21 states.

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