Rap Radar Rewind: Dapper Dan

Rap Radar Rewind: Dapper Dan

Author: Rap Radar July 21, 2022 Duration: 55:18
No one knows fashion more than the fliest of fly, Daniel “Dapper Dan” Day. On the latest episode of the Rap Radar Podcast, the Harlem legend welcomed a sharped dressed Elliott Wilson and a rather lathered Brian B.Dot Miller to his historic Dapper Dan’s Boutique. Here, the iconic haberdasher spoke on his history in fashion, his heavily hip hop influence, the new fashion line with Gucci, recent  New York Times’ best-seller memoir, Dapper Dan: Made In Harlem and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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