Designed by Austrian designer Cari Zalloni, these glasses were oversized, often geometric, and featured transparent lenses that came in many shapes and colorways. Aside from McDaniels, Spike Lee was also a big fan of these glasses. Get the above 5 items and your 1980s rapper Halloween costume is complete! But of course, your clothes and accessories aren’t the only things that you need. Throw in a 80s boombox, put it over one shoulder, and play 80s hip-hop music for the complete look! Before we begin our list, the items we provide here are based on the famous B-Boy fashion, straight from the streets of the Bronx to rapper’s music videos, to center stage in stadiums, to iconic status in the fashion world.

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For a Halloween costume, you don’t need to spend a lot to look as fly as these 1980s rappers. All you need to do is wear these pieces, and exaggerate them a little, such as wearing supersized gold chains or a fake boombox attached to your shoulder.The most popular of the “Large Frame Sunglasses” of the 1980s were “Cazal Sunglasses” or “Cazals” for short. Worn famously by Darryl McDaniels of Run DMC, Cazal sunglasses were another fashion accessory that carried a status symbol for the wearer and was one of the most popular sunglasses of the 1980s. In fact they were so pricey and sought after that rappers had to worry about people literally snatching them off their faces!

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The 80s was the Pandora’s Box of hip-hop. Merging street culture with rap music, the hip-hop revolution along with hip-hop fashion rose from the ashes and became one of the most famous movements of the decade.If you’re planning on putting together the perfect 80s rapper Halloween costume, then you’re in for a treat. We’ve put together the best list that will make you look like a banging rapper from the 80s, complete with gold chains and Adidas sneakers that defined the look of the golden era in hip-hop. 80s Rapper Costume