FashionIncomingUmbro New York Cosmos Blackout Collection With GhostpoetThe London-based DIY beatsmith works with the iconic sports brand for their new Cosmos Blackout line inspired by hip hop cultureShareLink copied ✔️July 21, 2011FashionIncomingTextTerence TehUmbro New York Cosmos Blackout Collection With Ghostpoet6 Imagesview more + With his witty, wise and laconic prose bubbling over do-it-yourself bedroom studio beats, Obaro Ejimiwe’s debut album as Ghostpoet certified the 24-year-old Londoner as one of the UK’s most distinctive, everyman rhyme slingers. “Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam” was released earlier this year on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings. With praise from, and comparisons to Roots Manuva and Mike Skinner, Ghostpoet is a mercurial voice that represents the UK’s evolution of hip hop and soundsystem culture in 2011. Re-invention, progression and originality - it’s those base elements of hip hop culture that resonate throughout such a diverse artist like Ghostpoet. Inspired by those early days of hip hop, the style and attitude of late-70s New York City, and more specifically, the New York blackout of 1977, Umbro have released the Cosmos Blackout collection. An exclusive black-on-black range celebrating the same ethos that Ghostpoet lives true today. It’s about creative pioneers who changed the game through necessity, originality and individuality - a unique contemporary British voice inspired by the essence and origins of hip hop. CREDITS Ghostpoet wears Cosmos Blackout Anthem Jacket, Cosmos Blackout Track Jacket, Cosmos Blackout Badge Tee, Cosmos Blackout Polo and Cosmos Blackout Jersey, all by Umbro, hat and watch Ghostpoet’s own The Umbro Cosmos Blackout Collection will be available in Selfridges from July 13 Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE‘Britain feels like Disneyland’ Glenn Martens on a big Brit-inspired collabGlamour and grunge: A new Dazed shoot celebrates Sisley K’s arrivalMiu Miu gets arty in Paris, plus more fashion news you missed‘He was the ultimate canvas’: Transforming Jacob Elordi into FrankensteinIn pictures: The best street style from a historic Paris Fashion WeekVivienne Westwood’s final project rejuvenates her iconic tits t-shirtIt’s official: Maria Grazia Chiuri is taking over FendiIn pictures: The wildest street style moments at London Fashion WeekJoshua Ewusie was the breakout star of London Fashion WeekTrashy Clothing’s SS26 collection is lifting fashion’s veil of glamourA cult Chicago painter inspired Kiko Kostadinov’s latest showCrack is back at McQueen! Plus everything you missed at Paris Fashion Week