So we know Lil’ Wayne is far from being a hipster. It’s possible with any pop music icon that they were a hipster before they became famous, but what they wear, now that’s an area where all musicians and artists try to form a unique image. If you’re a musician, face it, you are selling an image along with your music. Especially if you’re signed to a label, regardless of whether it’s independent or major, you are marketing an image with your music and that’s undeniable. Also, whether they like it or not independent musicians are influenced by mainstream musicians.

So, let’s get straight into an example of Lil’ Wayne’s fashion. Take his track “Pump That Bass (Dirty),” from Ear 2 Da Street Vol. 184 Here’s a video and a section of the lyrics we’re focusing on:

Yea
Eh, what you know about jeans from Japan
Handmade with the brand on the seam of the pants
And the steam in the seam of the pants soft so
And the steam gotta be more so
Don’t go no where got plenty more here and there
The shoes I wear you don’t own a pair
Get it clear like a mirror
That’s why your girlfriend’s scared
Just been elected the presidents here
Cheer, Cheers
Tangerine tequila no beers
Ye, I like this here
With Ciera on the track that’s music to my ears
That’s when I go to the store and ask for a Philly
If they don’t have a Philly
I ask for a Swisher
If they don’t have a Swisher
I ask for
That’s when I ask for a
That’s when I ask for a Dutchee
(That’s when) I ask for a Dutchee
They gotta have a Dutchee