And voila: Snapback hats meet EPL teams ... But the marketing student needed to find a designer who shared his vision. Turns out he’d meet his creative soulmate on the first day of school.

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And yet, somehow, they've slowly but surely usurped snapback hats as the de facto cool-guy cap of hip-hop’s most stylish stars. Don't believe us? Check out the gallery below, which shows eight ...