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Royce da 5'9" Curates J.Dilla Inspired Detroit Pistons Retail Collection

Royce da 5'9" Curates J.Dilla Inspired Detroit Pistons Retail Collection

Published Wed, March 6, 2024 at 5:50 PM EST

Today The Detroit Pistons announced a six-piece retail collection, curated by Grammy Award Nominated producer, and songwriter Royce da 5’9”, celebrating the life and legacy of Detroit-born producer, songwriter J. Dilla.

The retail capsule features a two-piece in-arena exclusive available only at the Team Store at Little Caesars Arena on March 13 as the Pistons celebrate 313 Day against the Toronto Raptors, as well as four additional designs available at both the Team Store at LCA and Pistons313Shop.com.

“When designing the capsule for the J. Dilla Pistons partnership, our aim was to honor Dilla's essence,” Royce said. “Our interpretation of the iconic Donuts album cover was pivotal to the collection, as the album holds significant historical importance within Hip-Hop circles.”

The six pieces: a t-shirt, two hats and three hoodies each pay homage to J. Dilla, his work and his non-traditional style including re imagined looks to his classic album cover Donuts, a nod to the Detroit Stars hat he proudly wore, a unique design which includes two of his favorite instruments, the Minimog Voyager Synthesizer and Akai MPC3000 MIDI.

In other Royce da 5'9" news, DJ Premier recently announced his plan for the duo to make their PRyme collaboration a trilogy. On an episode of The Idea Generation Premier stated: "PRhyme 3 is a doozy. That’s all I can say. That one we are not going to announce until it’s done. But you are definitely going to be like, 'Oh, shit, okay!'”

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