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The uniform for a rap show has three rules: you will be standing for four hours, it will be twenty degrees hotter inside than the forecast says, and everyone is getting photographed all night whether they planned to or not.
Start with a heavyweight tee. If the season calls for more, a hoodie or crewneck over it, but only if you can tie it off or take the hit of carrying it, because by the third opener the room is a furnace.
Nobody has ever regretted good pants at a show. Relaxed denim, cargos or quality sweats all work; anything stiff stops being fun by the hour mark.
Wear shoes you can defend or shoes you can lose. The pit does not respect retail price.
A structured cap does three jobs at a show: it completes the silhouette, it survives conditions that wreck a hairstyle, and it photographs.
Here is the move the veterans make: land in the city with time to spare and hit a local shop before doors.
Every shop, address and detail is in the full guide, and the store map covers 21 states.