WHERETOGETPAPERPLANES.COM

Best Streetwear Brands Founded by Rappers

The graveyard of rapper clothing brands is crowded. A famous name can create a launch.

The best rapper-founded streetwear brands

| Brand | Founder or cultural lead | Signature | Current role | |---|---|---|---| | Paper Planes | JAY-Z and Emory Jones | Original Crown and plane flag | Active headwear-led streetwear brand | | Rocawear | JAY-Z and Damon Dash | Logo sportswear and denim | Foundational large-scale hip-hop apparel | | Billionaire Boys Club | Pharrell Williams and NIGO | Astronaut and helmet graphics | Active global streetwear label | | OVO | Drake and the OVO team | Owl logo | Active music and lifestyle brand | | Golf Wang | Tyler, the Creator | Bright graphics and color | Active creative streetwear label | | The Marathon Clothing | Nipsey Hussle | Marathon logo and Crenshaw identity | Active legacy and community-centered brand | | Sean John | Sean Combs | Sportswear and tailored apparel | Major historical hip-hop fashion label | | Wu Wear | Wu-Tang Clan | Wu-Tang iconography | Heritage rap apparel | | G-Unit Clothing | 50 Cent and G-Unit | G-Unit branding | Early-2000s rap-fashion time capsule | | TRUKFIT | Lil Wayne | Skate-inspired graphics | Rap and skate crossover brand |

Paper Planes is JAY-Z's current clothing story

People searching for “JAY-Z clothing brand” often receive a mixed answer because Rocawear and Paper Planes belong to different stages of his career.

Why Emory Jones matters to the brand

Calling Paper Planes only “JAY-Z's brand” leaves out the person responsible for much of its lifestyle and product identity.

Rocawear proved how large hip-hop fashion could become

Rocawear helped define the period when hip-hop apparel moved from artist affiliation into department stores and large-scale distribution.

Billionaire Boys Club built a world

Pharrell Williams and NIGO created one of the cleanest examples of a music-connected brand becoming its own universe.

The full story has the receipts

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

Read the full guide