Following a collaboration with Run the Jewels for a series of comic covers, Marvel Comics decided to pay homage to hip-hop’s greats. The classic comic company recently released a series of reinterpreted covers from album covers for artists such as The Notorious B.I.G., Ol’ Dirty Bastard, A Tribe Called Quest, A$AP Rocky, Wu-Tang Clan, Tyler the Creator, Lauryn Hill, and more.
According to Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso,
“For years, Marvel Comics and hip-hop culture have been engaged in an ongoing dialogue. Beginning this October, we will shine a spotlight on the seamless relationship between those two unique forces.”
A$ap Rocky’s Long Live A$ap
Extraordinary X-Men #1 artwork by Sanford Green (De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising)
Howard the Duck #1 artwork by Juan Doe (Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version)
Invincible Iron Man #1 artwork by Brian Stelfreeze (50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’)
Ms. Marvel #1 artwork by Jenny Frison (Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill)
Doctor Strange #1 artwork by Juan Doe (Dr. Dre’s The Chronic)
Spider-Man/Deadpool #1 artwork by Dave Johnson (Eric B. & Rakim’s Paid in Full)
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 artwork by Phil Noto (Tyler, the Creator’s Wolf)
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 artwork by Phil Noto (Tyler, the Creator’s Wolf)
Amazing Spider-Man #1 artwork by Mike Del Mundo (A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders)
Ant-Man #1 artwork by Mark Brooks (The Notorious B.I.G.’s Ready to Die)