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This winter, Patta has worked with longtime collaborator and graffiti legend Boris Tellegen aka Delta on a trio of collectible toy cars named Brickwheels. Delta, born Boris Tellegen, began as a Graffiti artist in the 1980s. After studying industrial design engineering at the Delft University of Tech

How would you describe your musical style? I try to create from a pure place in myself. By being open to various inspirations in life this resonates into the music I make. Wether it is Ghanian Hiplife, Atlanta trap or 90’s R&B you can hear all these inspirations back in my music. You’ve done some ty

From January 12th until February 29th, 2020, GRIMM presents Dana Lixenberg’s American Images, an exhibition of selected portraits of American icons who have been instrumental in shaping today’s cultural landscape. This exhibition opens on Sunday January 12, 2020, and marks the debut of this body of

Patta founders Edson & Guillaume are the first guests on the latest season of Jeff Staple's podcast for Hypebeast, Business of Hype. In the episode they discuss everything from how they first met to collaborating with Nike, and much more. Listen to the episode below, wherever you get your podcasts o

A recap of the Yung Nnelg in-store appearance at Patta Amsterdam on the collaboration release day, December 13th. The Patta Soundsystem x Yung Nnelg shirt is available here .

Opening on Friday January 10th is Everything OK Not OK, an exhibition by frequent Patta collaborator Piet Oosterbeek, at Melkweg Expo in Amsterdam. In Everything OK not OK, Piet Oosterbeek sketches a twofold story about young people in Tbilisi, Georgia and examines how we interpret images from a Wes

The Black Archives' co-founder Mitchell Esajas recently wrote an article on the history of the emancipation of Sranantongo, the lingua franca in Surinam that's also being used by youth in Holland. Head over to One World for the article . (Dutch only)

A call for help from Amsterdam: our homeless need decent shoes. Amsterdam’s homeless walk a lot, for large parts of the day, and often the night as well. In many places, it’s not allowed to linger; running the risk of getting fined and turned away, they are forced to stay moving constantly. Many of

An editorial featuring the members of Team Patta for the Bonne Suits Collaboration in 2019.

In 2001, amidst the Twin Towers coming down, Jay-Z and Nas battling it out over rap supremacy, The Neptunes dominating the charts and clubs with both Busta Rhymes and Britney Spears, A Bathing Ape having its first major collaboration (with Pepsi), Denzel Washington playing the role of a lifetime in

Leeroy at 101 Barz in the "Black Face Gets The Gas Face" T-shirt.

What started 12 years ago with Lil’ Vic and Danny de Funk at Bitterzoet and became one of the most notable Hip Hop parties of Amsterdam is now moving to a new location, with the original name but a new energy. After recognizing that it’s time to move on as the sound and demand has shifted as well. L

The Patta Advanced Football Jersey will be available in-store at Patta Amsterdam, Milan, London and online from Friday, November 29th.

Diggin In The Crates (D.I.T.C.) was born out of a group of artists who began making noise in the late ‘80s and into the next decade and beyond—namely Lord Finesse, Diamond D, and Fat Joe. After well-received albums, an official, wider collective was founded that also included O.C., Big L, Buckwild,