The fact that the original BAPE Camo is inspired by Black culture is ironic. Nigo was inspired by rappers who wore Camo jackets from the army surplus store or sporting goods store in the early 90s — So he designed his own version

Reselling parts of the culture?

Eye mean BAPE’s Camo is arguably one of the most famous patterns of the 21st century + it has roots in Black culture + hip-hip culture. That’s important when we look at who profits from that culture, who’s selling it + if they are investing back into the community who inspired em

Here’s some examples to illustrate how saturated Hip-Hop was with Camo at the time Nigo was inspired

PAC punctuates it in 94’s Above the Rim — Mystikal ‘Out That Boot Camp (95), Capone n Norega ‘War Report’(97) + Juvenile Solja Rags (97)

LL Cool J — Yo MTV Raps issue 45 1991

And we absolutely could never have a convo about Camo in hip-hop without recognizing No Limit Records + how huge No Limit Souljas + those full Camo fits were

MAJOR to the culture!

Just one more thing -- Remember when Kevin Powell interviewed Pac for VIBE about the Quad Studio shooting? Pac said he knew the guys who ran up on them were from Brooklyn because they had on fatigues