Typography

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Hip Hop

Here’s an interesting article about the significance of typography in various music genres. Hip hop in particular has an early relationship with album covers and typographical roots.

READ HERE

Black sign with white text, covered in graffiti and stickers, reads 'Cyclists please dismount'.
A colorful graffiti-style mural of a man wearing jewelry and a baseball cap, with wings and artistic text and symbols around him, including phrases like 'LONG LIVE DJ SHAY'.
Album cover titled "Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star" featuring two stylized portraits of the NYC rappers with headwear, a red, green, and beige color scheme, stars, and a parental advisory label. From their 1998 hip hop album.
A cartoon illustration of a pot with a face, smoking a cigar, with a distressed expression, spilled red liquid, and falling cubes, against a black background. The text reads 'Kool-Aid' with additional names Little Vic, Vinnie Paz, Billie Danze.
Woman dressed as a goddess with golden wings, white gown, and jewelry, with hands in prayer pose against a white background. Text reads 'SA-ROC GODDESS GANG' and parental advisory label in bottom right corner.