Playboi Carti and Mitchell & Ness Team Up for Throwback NBA Jersey Collection
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As the beginning of the 2025-26 NBA season continues to deliver nonstop action, Playboi Carti and Mitchell & Ness have teamed up for a throwback NBA League collection. The limited-edition collaboration celebrates Carti’s love for basketball while reimagining classic NBA jerseys through his lens.
Known for wearing basketball jerseys backwards, similar to hip hop group Kris Kross back in the ’90s, the collection offers a fresh take on basketball culture with a design sensibility rooted in authenticity, originality and individuality. The collection showcases exclusive designs from the Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks, New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers and two Toronto Raptors styles.
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Marked with “YVL”, each piece pays homage to Carti’s Young Vamp Life—a record label, collective, and clothing company built on his pure unfiltered individuality. Through his avant-garde, punk-inspired approach to style, Playboi Carti has redefined the boundaries between streetwear and high fashion for this generation of hip hop heads. Often seen pairing vintage sportswear with edgy, oversized silhouettes, Carti is known globally for his bold statement pieces and unexpected textures that mirror his disruptive musical energy. This brings that similar DNA to the sports world merging basketball nostalgia with his raw, genre-defying vision.
The Playboi Carti x Mitchell & Ness NBA League Collection will be available exclusively on Fanatics.com, Complex Shop and MitchellandNess.com, beginning November 6th. Make sure to check back here as we will update this story with our favorite NBA jerseys from the collection below. Spoiler alert, it’s the Philadelphia 76ers jersey.
As we patiently wait for the collection to drop, Billie Eilish also released a multi-piece headwear NBA collaboration with Mitchell & Ness. Shop the playful and nostalgic snapbacks below.
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