Year launched: 2007

David Banner spits rough rhymes over southern beats, and he’s got a clothing line that extends his distinct message. His clothing line dubbed MP Wear will begin with a jersey dedicated to a slain boy named Emmitt Till. Till’s death helped jumpstart the Civil Rights movement. Civil Rights legend Rosa Parks has stated that the thought of the 14-year-old from Chicago being murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman — while visiting family in Mississippi — made her stay in the front of the bus.
Levell Crump is an American rapper, model, occasional actor, record producer, record label executive, and philanthropist. He is better known by his stage name David Banner and takes this name from the lead character of the 1970s and 1980s CBS television series The Incredible Hulk. He released his first commercial album in 2003, Mississippi: The Album. He was recently featured on the cover of the November issue of Ozone magazine and the Winter 2008 issue of Producer’s Edge Magazine. He won the Pimp C Ozone Award recently.