About Me
FLIP THE BIRD.
Born on the remote island of Iriomote, Japan and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii...Tassho Pearce is much more than a designer he is a renaissance man. In 2004, the multi talented artist started printing up T-shirts to promote his record label Flip The Bird. The clothing line took off like wildfire attracting skaters, hip hop heads, sneaker addicts, and others who readily identify with the fun yet rebel-in-your-face brand. Embraced by other artists, his limited edition T's have been sported by Kanye West, Redman, Method-Man, Dilated Peoples, and world famous DJ Q-Bert. Flip the Bird can now be found in chic, upscale hip-hop boutiques in New York, Chicago, Melrose, Beverly Hills, Philadelphia, Portland, Houston, Canada, Tokyo, and of course, Hawaii.In response to the overwhelming demand for his new clothing line Tassho, a gifted Rapper in his own right, decided it was time to put his music career on hold. He made a conscious effort to shift his energies into creating new designs. With the taste of success still fresh on his lips, he was curious to see just how far Flip the Bird could go.In June 2006, while en-route to meeting Hip Hop Mogul Russell Simmons, Tassho met Rasheed Young,, one of the Executives in Mr. Simmons’ entourage, and President of Run Athletics . Rasheed asked Tassho about the T-shirt he was wearing and his comment was " I Love It!". In less than Five minutes, they were discussing doing a collaborative sneaker between Flip The Bird and Run Athletics, a high end sneaker line headed by Russell Simmons and Reverend Run of the world famous rap group RUN-DMC. Flip the Bird designed four limited edition sneakers, which are being released, worldwide in Spring/ Summer '07.
