Music & Fashion

Music and Fashion are both forms of art that coexist within each others world by Kailand De La Cruz

Young Thug is a 31 year old rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. Young Thug has been making music for a long time but on August 26, 2016, Young Thug dropped his album Jeffery. The cover art consisted of Young Thug wearing a dress made by Alessandro Trincone. The dress was very different, and Tom Franco, junior, said that “I think it’s cool because it’s something people aren’t used to seeing.” This was really big for people into cross dressing because it opened more eyes to it. Cross dressing is still something all people won’t accept, but it slowly is getting accepted more and more every day., And Young Thug was a big reason for that.

Kanye West is a very controversial artist. Kanye is a musical genius, but his actions are very questionable. His 2013 album Yeezus was a very experimental album. Jayden Kendall, junior, says that if he were to describe the album with an emotion it would be “anticipation.” The album was about finding the beauty in chaos. During the Yeezus tour Kanye would wear these masks that were covered in jewels. Kendall says that the masks were “very different and a big influence in fashion at the time.” The masks were made by famous fashion designer Maison Margiela. Kanye’s meaning for wearing the masks is that he wants to depersonalize himself and focus on his dreams. These masks were truly a piece of art and will always be remembered for being worn by Kanye.

Playboi Carti is an artist who doesn’t seem to release a lot of music, but when he does he makes a big impact on the music and fashion scene. With his recent album “Whole Lotta Red,” he really changed the fashion scene like no other artist has before. For his album, he went for a very hardcore “punk” look that consisted of all black outfits. He made designer brands like Rick Owens, Balenciaga, Issy Miyake, and Maison Miharah way bigger than they already were, especially with his label “Opium” consisting of artists Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely, and Homixide Gang also pushing this new punk rockstar aesthetic.