Painting on clothing has become as diverse as hiphop music itself. Urb1 views styles from many different designers but finds Rohaun Designs to be one of the most innovative out. Find why Urb1 celebrates Rohaun Designs creativity and why this clothing line has fully blown out in Florida with needs to expand. Also find out how their clothing ended up in the hands of Diplomat JR WRiter via illegal claims.



( URB1 ) WHAT'S GOOD ROHAUN? LET’S START BY TELLING WHO YOU ARE AND YOUR POSITION IN THE ROHAUN DESIGNS COMPANY.
( ROHAUN DESIGNS ) First thing, my name is Robert. But to get the name out and make sure people know who we are we all say we are rohaun. I am one of the head designers. There are two other people who work with me. The other head designer and our Agent.



( URB1 ) BEING ASSOCIATED WITH URB1, WE TALK CONSTANTLY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON FOR BOTH ENDS. YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A BEEF WITH THE SCAM SITE JUST 4 KICKS, J4K, SHOEGASM, OR WHATEVER PEOPLE MIGHT KNOW THESE CANADIAN SCAM ARTISTS AS. WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED AND DO YOU FEEL J4K IS SCAMMING CUSTOMERS AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE?
( ROHAUN DESIGNS ) Well, first Ill say this. Chris of J4K was cool in the beginning, and we did straight business, but after a while he started to slack. He still owes us money and he doesn’t keep good contact. I didn’t like that he was using our work to promote his business like it was his. He says he didn’t try to steal the work, but in the same instance, if you use it like it’s yours and don’t give credit to the creator, then you’re stealing. Also, he says that he can’t keep track of everything so that’s why people sometimes don’t get there product. So if you feel like your getting scammed, email, call, do whatever. Get in contact with him if you can and tell him, and if he still doesn’t take care of you then he is scamming you.

( URB1 ) AIGHT, LETS MOVE BEYOND BEEF. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW. A LOT WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ROHAUN CURRENTLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE PAUSED OPERATIONS. WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU ALL DOING DOWN IN THE SUNSHINE STATE?
( ROHAUN DESIGNS ) Well, we are getting legit. We are taking care of our licensee, registering our business, and finishing our copyrights. We can better serve our customers this way, and keep track of what’s going on with us. We got to put this word to the customers, we are not clothing designers, we are artist. You are buying art work (bet you didn’t know that)

( URB1 ) THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ONLINE PUTTING THEIR ARTWORK ON CLOTHING, BUT FEW HAVE COME TO CREATE A UNIQUE STYLE. IN SHORT, YOU HAVE 2 KINDS OF ARTISTS: CREATORS AND BITERS. ROHAUN HAS NO DOUBT BEEN A CREATOR, TRUE TO THE GAME! WHAT DO YOU PERSONALLY FEEL, AS THE ARTIST, SEPARATES ROHAUN FROM OTHER ARTISTS USING CLOTHING FOR CANVAS?
( ROHAUN DESIGNS ) Man, I have no doubt in my mind that those guys are good, but they are about the money, and they have no vision I feel. I mean rohaun is more that just tee shirts and we have been in the art and design game for ever. So we have experience and style. You wouldn’t believe it, but our youngest person just turned 20. Our mission is to make a name and to make a self sustaining business, not just to make profit.

( URB1 ) SPEAKING OF CANVAS, ROHAUN IS GOING TO START SELLING ACTUAL PAINTINGS! I PERSONALLY AM EXCITED FOR THE LAUNCH OF YOUR COLLECTION. WHAT INSPIRED THIS MOVE AND WHAT KIND OF ARTWORK SHOULD CLIENTS EXPECT TO SEE?
( ROHAUN DESIGNS ) Well, that’s what we are. Artist/Designers. We want to open the art world up to African Americans. People got to understand, that there is a world out there that has been barley touched by young black hands. Just like Russell, and Diddy, trying to get us to vote. I want us to become sensitive to another lifestyle.

( URB1 ) MY FAVORITE WORK FROM ROHAUN IS PROBABLY THAT JIMI HENDRIX JOINT. I LOVE REALISTIC-ABSTRACTISMS MYSELF AND FEEL THAT YOU ALL HAVE A LENGTHY CAREER IN THE PRODUCTION OF THOSE SHIRTS. CAN YOU DO ANYONE'S FACE IN THIS STYLE? AND WHAT WILL THE AVERAGE COST BE?
( ROHAUN DESIGNS ) We can try to do anything. We will not say we can reproduce anything, but we will try. As an artist you are always growing, and u never stop. So we attack it with all of our talent and energy. Man the prices still at 40 bucks. But sometime soon, Production must meet Work capacity, and when that’s rises then we have to hire more artists, and raise the price. Its just business, and In order to survive you work like a business.