Kangol Hats gained notoriety as a brand for providing berets to the British army in WWII, Synonymous with the fact that Kangol had an identifiable
kangaroo logo when sales reached a record high, was the fact that a famous young rapper named James Todd Smith, better know as LL Cool J, wore a Kangol Bermuda Casual on the cover of his sophomore album. He stayed rocking Kangol Hats in his videos and public appearances throughout his overwhelmingly successful music career, making it an integral part of Hip-Hop history. In the years to come Kangol would cover the heads of such hip hop greats as Slick Rick, Erik B and Rakim, Grand Master Flasand more recently
Samuel L Jackson's Hat of choice