Nobody hands you the mic.

The DJ was the star. The MC was staff.

At a Kool Herc party in 1973 the man on the microphone wasn't there to rap. Coke La Rock called out names, kept the room moving, filled the space between breaks. Master of Ceremonies was the job title, and it described a support role. How the help became the headline took about six years.

Know the history, link to the free Vault article: Earn the Mic: How the MC Became Hip-Hop's Voice

THE DETAILS

• 80% acrylic, 20% wool
• Structured, 6-panel, high-profile
• Flat visor with green undervisor
• 6 embroidered eyelets
• Black cap, white embroidery
• BX Originals mark embroidered on back panel
• Element name embroidered on front left panel
• Plastic snap closure, one size fits most.
• See chart for sizing details. Head circumference: 21 5/8″–23 5/8″ (54.9 cm–60 cm)
  
• Blank product sourced from Vietnam or Bangladesh

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BX ORIGINALS — TRUE TO THE CULTURE
Hip-hop has four elements: DJing, MCing, Breaking, Graffiti. Each cap in this series carries one, set in that element's own lettering tradition. Not four versions of one graphic — four distinct hands held together by one system.

THE BX VAULT
Every BX Originals piece connects to the BX Vault — our library of long-form writing on hip-hop history and practice. Not marketing copy. Real research on the people, places, and decisions that built this culture. The culture on the cap. The context behind it.

FROM THE BRONX
BX Originals documents hip-hop's four elements from where they started. We're not a fashion brand borrowing an aesthetic. We're building an archive that happens to make things you can wear.