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RHYMEFEST
Hip-hop pays lip service to keeping it real. Lately, though, the genre has seen a glut of performers trotting out gangster personae. Rhymefest never puts on a costume, and he doesn't pretend to be hard. "I want to fight the wackness that rap has become," he says. "What we need are rappers who are both truthful and entertaining."

RHYMEFEST: His shirt ($50) is by INDIGO RED.

FASHION BY Joseph De Acetis
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Mick Rock
PRODUCED BY Jennifer Ryan Jones
ARTWORK BY Brad Bender
WOMEN'S STYLING BY Kathy Kalafut

LOUD MUSIC, STRIKING STYLES AND
THE PLAYBOY BUNNY

In our third year of bringing together cool artists, hip designers and legendary music photographer Mick Rock, we turned up the volume. The musicians here -- and many more -- designed original concert T-shirts featuring their spin on the Playboy logo. Check them all out here.