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Article: RAPPER COOLIO TO LAUNCH STREETWEAR LINE.
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- Daily News Record
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- January 15, 2007
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Byline: AMANDA KAISER
MILAN - The jam-packed market for celebrity fashion lines is about to get even more crowded.
Artis Ivey Jr., a.k.a. Coolio, is in town to hit a few men's shows, and promote his new fashion label Gang*Star, a men's and women's line that will bow for fall/winter 2007/2008.
Coolio and his Italian manufacturing partner, Mama Industry, will present a thorough product offering at Barcelona's Bread & Butter later this month. When the rap artist met with fashion editors last week, though, samples had not yet made their way to Milan.
In the meantime, a Gang*Star-clad Coolio himself posed for photos at the Hotel Sheraton ...