A typical look for R'n'B male artists is a simple black T-shirt. On many occasions they will have a slogan across the front. It will normally focus on their status as an artist, for example their name or something to do with money such as 'Get Rich'. They will also normally combine a simple T-shirt with silver or gold chains, sunglasses, watches, other Jewellery and hats or Bandana. All of these things are iconography for the R'n'B genre of music as they show off the artist success as they are able to afford to buy expensive things to wear. The simple black T-shirt contrasts with the extravagance of the accessories draws more attention to them.
Another common look for male R'n'B artist is the shirtless look. It is a well known symbol of masculinity and this is what many male artist brag about in their lyrics. It is also following the convention of 'sex sells' by playing on the sex appeal of the artists in the hope that the public will respond by buying whatever is being promoted because of the artist being shirtless and therefore 'sexy' and 'desirable'.
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