LED it be

Nameplate belt buckles were kinda zzz...until we discovered the latest development in self-billboardization while watching the Diplomats' video for "Crunk Muzik". Out of nowhere, a quick edit flashes to one of Harlem's Finest rocking an ill LED light display as a belt buckle that scrolls "DIPSET!" across it. Holy shit. WHERE DID HE GET THAT? Chinatown was our first stop; if you have evr walked down Canal Street in New York City, you know there is no other place in the world where you can cop a fake Louis Vuitton bag next to a dried fish-head stand. There were dudes making nameplate belt buckles at every other booth, but no luck with the LED joints-we had to take it to the interweb. Sure, the actual belt buckle was constructed DIY-style in the lab, but now we can rep whatever in bright-ass red light.

JOSH PESKOWITZ

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