2020 US First-Class Forever Stamp - Hip Hop: DJ Wedding and Flower

2020 US First-Class Forever Stamp - Hip Hop: DJ Wedding and FlowerIn 2020, the U. S. Postal Service celebrates hip hop. Since its inception more than four decades ago, the electrifying music, dance, and art movement has profoundly influenced American and global popular culture. This pane of 20 stamps features Cade Martins photographs depicting four elements of hip hop: MCing (rapping), b boying (break dancing), DJing, and graffiti art. The bold, digitally tinted images on the stamps are intended to appear in motion.

along with guitar

The star in the center of the ox’s head references the celestial themes of the Chinese zodiac

Sesame Street celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019 and was honored by the USPS with a se-tenant set of 16 stamps

teaching children to overcome adversity and earn respect by hard work

Several of the patterns were created with the style of Asian textiles in mind as well as purple flowers that represent the arrival of spring

Postal Service celebrates hip hop

and Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River

Woolworth's five-and-dime stores began to import handblown ornaments

Reminiscent of the 50 flags encircling the Washington Monument

the public loved it

Understanding the roots of hip hop became a defining part of the culture itself

US Post Office Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamps with existing art by Robert Papp