Born in East New York, Brooklyn, Edwin PHADE Sacasa studied
photography at the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan and
graduated from Savannah Collage of Art and Design with major in
video production.
PHADE has been airbrushing for the entertainment industry for more
than two decades and founded the Shirt Kings store in the mid
1980s, where he serviced many of todays Hip Hop stars and pioneers,
such as Jay Z and Run DMC.
PHADE is working with youth in the inner city and have developed a
program that teaches urban fashion through airbrushing, art therapy
and entrepreneur skills. Alain KET is an artist, photographer,
author, artistic consultant, marketing professional and frequent
lecturer on the topic of graffiti. His photographs have appeared in
Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine and The Source. Ket
launched Stress, a hip-hop magazine credited for breaking such
artists as Jay-Z, Foxy Brown, Eminem, and Raekwon, among others. In
2001, with Marc Ecko, he created the men's fashion magazine
Complex.�
Ket is the author of Graffiti Planet, � New York City Black Book
Masters, Graffiti Tattoo and Rockin' It Suckers.
Ket is also a blogger on 12ozprohet.com.
"Shirt Kings brought the Hip Hop element into the clothes for real
and integrated it, and it was the first time I saw Hip Hop culture
completely merged with clothing." �" LL Cool J
"The first shirt I ever threw on that had anything on it that
represented my heart was Shirt Kings." �" KRS One
"The Shirt Kings network was fashion TV of the times, and
advertising and promotion way before it became trendy." �" Chuck
D, Public Enemy
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