RAP MUSICIAN is a derivative brand launched for Spring/Summer 2002 by LAD MUSICIAN, a Japanese brand originating in Tokyo. It began as a collaboration with the design unit ILLDOZER (Keita Ishiguro, Shuhei Abe, and Akinobu Maeda), with Isenee Hihinee joining in 2004. Emerging from LAD MUSICIAN’s activities connecting music and fashion, the line offered apparel featuring graphics, among other items. An exhibition was held at the LAD MUSICIAN Harajuku store in 2005, and a Spring/Summer 2006 product offering is also documented, but the line is now considered discontinued.
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- 1995
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Brand
Category
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1995
LAD MUSICIAN
Parent brand
Clothing
An experimental line expanded through collaboration with external designers
RAP MUSICIAN is a collaboration brand launched by LAD MUSICIAN from the Spring/Summer 2002
RAP MUSICIAN is a collaboration brand launched by LAD MUSICIAN from the Spring/Summer 2002 season in collaboration with the design unit ILLDOZER. It was a separately named apparel label that adopted a collaborative format with an external design unit, distinct from the main line; in 2004, イセネエヒヒネエ participated in place of ILLDOZER. An exhibition was also held at LAD MUSICIAN Harajuku in 2005, confirming that it was a derivative project active over multiple years rather than a one-off product initiative. It can be positioned as a line that expanded LAD MUSICIAN’s experimental approach through collaboration.
1995
Parent brand
LAD MUSICIAN
Clothing
An experimental line expanded through collaboration with external designers
RAP MUSICIAN is a collaboration brand launched by LAD MUSICIAN from the Spring/Summer 2002
RAP MUSICIAN is a collaboration brand launched by LAD MUSICIAN from the Spring/Summer 2002 season in collaboration with the design unit ILLDOZER. It was a separately named apparel label that adopted a collaborative format with an external design unit, distinct from the main line; in 2004, イセネエヒヒネエ participated in place of ILLDOZER. An exhibition was also held at LAD MUSICIAN Harajuku in 2005, confirming that it was a derivative project active over multiple years rather than a one-off product initiative. It can be positioned as a line that expanded LAD MUSICIAN’s experimental approach through collaboration.
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Country of origin, founding year, categories and parent brands.
RAP MUSICIAN is from Japan.
RAP MUSICIAN was founded in 2002.
RAP MUSICIAN covers the following categories: Clothing.
RAP MUSICIAN is a sub-brand of LAD MUSICIAN.