Iconix Brand Group, Inc. and Jay-Z, who together make up Scion, LLC, announced today that it has acquired the brand Artful Dodger(R) from Sovereign State, LLC. The purchase price for the brand was approximately $15 million, paid in cash by Scion. Artful Dodger is an exclusive, high-end apparel brand sold in boutiques and specialty stores such as Harvey Nichols in the UK and at specialty stores and boutiques in the United States. Scion has also begun a multi-year exclusive license with Signature Apparel Group for Artful Dodger men's and women's sportswear. In addition, Scion is currently evaluating a number of licensees beyond the core sportswear license including footwear and outerwear to transition Artful Dodger into a lifestyle brand.
Jay-Z stated, "Artful Dodger is an incredible brand with a lot of room for growth and Scott Langton is a visionary designer. They represent what's next and new in fashion and we are glad to have both the brand and Scott as a part of our family. Artful Dodger represents the first of many acquisitions that will begin to shape our joint venture with Iconix."
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Neil Cole, Chairman and CEO, Iconix, stated, "Artful Dodger is the perfect deal to launch Scion as we look for brands that have the potential to become lifestyle brands. The combination of Scott's design talent and the marketing strengths of Jay Z and Iconix will create exciting growth opportunities for the brand including distribution at high-end department stores and expansion into new product categories. " Artful Dodger is named for the 19th Century Artful Dodger who led a group of cunning young men in mischief throughout the UK.
In other Jay-Z news, the Brooklyn MC will be hosting a FREE mini-concert in his hometown of Brooklyn, NY. Jay has teamed up with BET's 106 & Park and will perform tracks from his new album, American Gangster, as well as older tracks from his previous hit albums. The performance will take place at an undisclosed location. For those interested in snatching one of these hot tickets, you can send an email to audience106@bet.com. The show will also air this Friday (November 9) on BET at 6:00 p.m.
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u gotta respect this mans hustle damn jay killing niggas.....Deeeetroit
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STRIP YA SPOUSE
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been trying find this artful dodger jacket for years
He's almost ganranteed to be the first Billionaire Emcee.
Never heard of Artful Dodger.
they make some nice jeans and shit man real nice clothes
dam dis like the 10th move jay has made in a fukin 3-day period he doin the dam thang!
This dude is a business man, and it's almost like anything he touches is golden. I'll say this shit again, invest stocks in Sirius. It's only a matter of time that it merges with XM, and blows the up. It's at $3.50 a share, don't be surprised if in 6 months it jumps to $10 a return of 300%+
Jay-Z is that dude, closet thang u gonna get to an outside ROLE MODEL for the urban youth. AND ima check that sh*t u sayin bout Sirrus stock too, might have ta jump on that....sheeeet, i wanna be a Rocafeller too!
siriusto makeup to more cloths
doin big things
BIG CHIPS!
I hope them acquiring it doesnt turn the product to shit. IMO its draw was Artful Dodger not being something everybody has, now it is sure to become mainstream. If you dont know what it is check it out at karmaloop.com
Mo Money Mo Money Mo Money LOL Get It Jay
damn how do you stop this man
you don't lol
jay is THAT nigga, AD is a dope ass clothing line, he is breakin that BREAD, handin out 15 mil like it was for some shoes at the mall or something LOL hov...
Rags to Riches? very much so...
I wanna be like Jay when I grow up, haha, this nigga stay gettin gwap
Artful Dodger has nice clothes, this is a good move for Jay.
MAn Jay should've bought LRG instead. Hes sure 2 make money off dat
artful dodger killing LRG
Nice Move for Hov
forget Mike I wanna be like Hov
Wow... Jay caking up! dammmmn.. Artful Dodger!
all imma say is I hope he doesnt turn it into some pseudo-Rocawear. I buy Artful Dodger and enjoyed the fact that a lot of niggas dont have it. So if they collectively try to make it mainstream I won't be fuckin wit em like that anymore.
jay is annoying as hell i love artful dodger i love the fact that niggaz dont have that shit or never heard of it thats really the reason i buy it aside from it being one of the hardest clothes lines ever jay is finna ruin that brand talking bout shoes and outerwear WAT THE FUCK he finna turn it into some rocawear bullshit thats like turning prada high tops into vans it's retarded
I'm glad I don't wear artful dodger, it seems to make it's customers extremely dumb with the inability to used punctuation in their sentences.
He's The fucking Greatest Plain and Simple.
yes sir dat sho was 2 poppin damn hovs da nigga he released we was standin in da cold so he went frm doin 2 songs 2 8 brooklyyyyn! lol
Hova the god...any questions? And, yeah he killed the storytellers show on vh1
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Jay-Z stopped by shade 45 today and said he was working on a song with Ja, and maybe even getting X on it as well... he also said that Gotti was at the Roc Boys Video shoot, and that hes gunna be working with him on Gotti's Way... Big News..
Ja is coming back in a major way...people hate just to hate ja. Y'all are just obeying 50 when he jacked the ja rule formula to success. I know the song they recorded together and I've read about it...just be on the look out ...
..."Can I Get A ..." is classic...
That's what's up!
I've been rocking that shit for like a year and some change now... hopefully not too many people will try to get up on it... Then I'll have to find something else...
Jay's making moves...PERIOD!
It doesnt even matter if you buy his cd or not... he gets paid off of everyone on DefJams cd...and clothes...and basketball games...and wine...and sneaks...and cars...etc etc et-fucking-cetera!
He needs to teach a college course or something!
~Be Eazy!
THIS WILL PROBABLY BE SOME MORE TIGHT FITTING JEANS THE HIP HOPPERS ARE WEARING THESE DAYS. HIP HOP IS DEAD.
hip hop is going through change man.. its slowly coming back, with albums comin from Styles P, The Wu, even G-Unit.. but ye, tight fitting jeans are wack!
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damn Jay moving up even higher. At the in he might own like a state or something. Yall need to get that american gangsta i sure yall herd its fire and yeah this shit is. Let that bitch breathe haha cop that album.
yes dis is a dude we shud all look up too, i mean he came from the hood, the gutter where most of us know too dam well n fought his way into corporate america and he basically takin over so respect to this dude rite here
yeah jay ballin...
Nas " Nigger " track Listings
01.Kunta(Intro)
02.Whips & Chains
03.The People Under The Stairs ft Lil Wayne & The Game
04.Nigg..er ft Jay-Z
05.Wigg..er ft Eminem
06.U.B.H.T (Unauthorized Biography Of Harriet Tubman)
07.Underground Railroad ft Stevie Wonder
08.Roots (Skit)
09.George Washington ft Ghostface Killa
10.Please Daddy No ft Keyshia Cole
11.Africa
12.Slaves ft The LOX & Diddy
13.Bare Foot
14.Peace Pipe ft Method Man & Redman
15.Kill Whitey ft Plies & 2Pac
16.Adoption (Skit) ft Brad Pitt,Angelina Jolie & Madonna
17.Save The World (We R The World 2008) ft Cam'Ron,Sound Scan Killa,Jay-Z,Ja Rule,The Game,Lil Wayne,Jadakiss
18.(BONUS TRACK)Bonfire (Sticks & Stones) ft The Fugees
19.(BONUS TRACK)Back O' Bus ft AZ