FARFETCH, the leading global platform for the luxury fashion industry, with iconic rapper Nas and contemporary artist Futura, hosted a dinner to launch FARFETCH BEAT 010 celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop.
For BEAT 010, Nas has curated an exclusive 12on12 vinyl collection featuring the 12 most influential Hip Hop tracks of the past five decades. While Futura, whose influence is interwoven into the fabric of Hip Hop, provides artistic direction and contributes his painting “FUTURE LOOK FOR FLASH” for the cover art, depicting a robotic DJ scratching on turntables.
Guests at the event were welcomed into the garden of Amant, a non-profit arts organization in Brooklyn, New York, with a DJ set by Stretch Armstrong. Cocktails and a three-course dinner menu inspired by Nas’ chosen tracks were curated by Ghetto Gastro, a Bronx-born culinary collective from John Gray, Pierre Serrao and Lester Walker.
Notable guests included Nas, Futura, Timbaland, Jeff Koons, Brian Donnelly (KAWS), Eric Haze, Doug E. Fresh, Vashtie Kola, Tomi Adeyemi, Kimberly Drew, Tschabalala Self, Charlie Ahern, Stretch Armstrong, Danny Báez, Peter Bittenbender, Brandon Blackwood, Emil Boye, Jane Dickson, Ghetto Gastro (Jon Gray, Lester Walker, Pierre Serrao), Carlos Mare, ShiLei McGurr, Tim McGurr, Claudia Moross, Josh Peskowitz, Lee Quiñones, Sindhura Sarikonda, Laura Sartor, Nick Tran, Matt Winton, and more.
FARFETCH BEAT is a concept retail series that introduces exclusive product experiences to a global audience. The tenth iteration celebrates the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop and the genre's rich history and global impact with a collaboration between Nas, Futura and lifestyle brand 12on12.
Available exclusively on FARFETCH.com and in-store at Stadium Goods, BEAT 010 features a run of 500 of the curated vinyl records, a limited set of 20 hand-finished vinyl records co-signed by both artists, and a limited edition set of 12 art prints hand-finished by Futura and co-signed by Nas.
