Jim Jones has claimed that his influence on Hip Hop cannot be denied, and now, he’s claiming credit for some of the fashion that fans have seen on modern rap stars today.
The Dipset capo took to his Instagram on Thursday (February 1). There, he shared an old magazine article featuring a photo of his younger self in tight (by the standards of the time) but oversized jeans, a skull belt buckle, and a leather jacket — very similar to what many artists of today wear. This fact, Jim said, was due to his influence.
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“20 years ago I been on it just incase u don’t know why u on it now I caused a shift in th rap fashion thts even more prevalent now tht it was when we started it #RapRockStar skull & bone lifestyle @thejuelzsantana,” he wrote in the caption.
He also revealed that his sartorial choices had a deeper meaning.
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“The Skull represents all of our falling soldiers SIP The Chain gang(wallet chain) represents all of our soldiers locked up POW Just incase u didn’t know th true definition of wht ur representing when u got tht fly sh!t on Stay fly my friends.”
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Jim Jones isn’t just influential in fashion.
The “We Fly High” rapper recently shared that he’s taking the proper steps to set his record label signees up for a bright future.
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Taking to Instagram with a video on Thursday (February 1), the Dipset rapper revealed he was already in the process of helping the artists who are signed to his Vamp Life (VL) label get their credit fixed. Next up for the Capo is getting them some health insurance, and he’s turned to his followers for some assistance.
“I got all may artists’ credit being fixed and establishing that whole side of them which I know a lot of artists really don’t even have credit,” he said in the clip. “So the next thing I want do now that I got that going is find out how I get my artists some health insurance. So if anybody has any information on health insurance, please hit me up in the DM.
“I would like to get each of my artists that’s signed to VL an opportunity to have some health insurance because a lot of people don’t have health insurance and in these times where everybody’s getting sick and so much things going on, this is something I would like to do for my artists.”
He continued: “I know record labels don’t do none of this type of shit for any of their artists that they do business with. They ain’t gon’ help you with your credit, they not gon’ give you no health insurance, there ain’t no pension, there ain’t no 401k.
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“So I’m trying to fill in the gaps for my artists just as these Fortune 500 companies do for their employees and have some benefits that they could take with them.”
