Brooklyn Mint: "It Was All A Tee"

"It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up magazine..."  That one line will get people to recite all of the Notorious B.I.G's song, "Juicy".  The song is a hip hop anthem and Biggie is the instrument used to spread it to the world.  No matter who you are or where you are from the song makes you bob your head, smile, and believe you can do anything.

Brooklyn Mint (site under construction) is a clothing line started by Biggie in 1996 but unfortunately never made it off of the ground do to the passing of the rapper.  With the the efforts of Voletta Wallace (his mother), Jay-Z, and his managers Mark Pitts and Wayne Barrow, Brooklyn Mint is no longer a dream.  The brand is alive and was launched in 2006.

I was in Urban Outfitters and saw, "It Was All A Tee" and it did exactly what the song does for so many.  The image is of a young Christopher Wallace, Biggie, sitting laid back in a chair on the lawn.  On the tee in blue writing in the upper left corner it reads, "It was all a dream."

What makes this t-shirt so special and almost ironic is that it was all a dream at that point in his life.  In fact the dream may not have even been thought of.  The tee is about a rapper who made it through the struggles and became one of the best, if not the best, rapper of all time.  We all can look back to our childhood and our dreams and think are we where we wanted to be.  If yes, then good for you!  If not then why can't we change this.  We all have dreams, we have to make them a reality.  This is what Biggie did and this tee makes me smile and know that, "The sky is the limit."

The t-shirt is $28 and is exclusive to Urban Outfitters.  I will say I tried it on and the fit was a little unusual and did not fit my body well at all so I was unable to buy it.  I would suggest trying it on before you buy it.  Hopefully it fits and you love it.  Enjoy!