Astros releasing Bun B-designed hats
Published 1:08 pm Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Port Arthur native and UGK rapper Bun B will meet with Houston Astros fans and sign autographs from 1-2 p.m. Thursday at the Astros’ team store, located in the lobby of Union Station at Minute Maid Park at the corner of Texas Avenue and Crawford Street in Houston.
A new @BunBTrillOG x #Astros collab is dropping tomorrow at 1pm in the Team Store. 👀
Bun will be here from 1-2pm to meet with fans. 713 white/orange and navy/gold bill hats will be available. Only 150 of the navy suede caps were made. While supplies last. 🤘 pic.twitter.com/Kyd4YdiKJH
— Houston Astros (@astros) September 4, 2019
The Astros are celebrating #BunBDay tomorrow! I’ve designed 3 new @neweracap hats just for the real @astros fans y’all! Yes the first one on here is suede! Super limited! The Exclusively available at the team store!… https://t.co/rwoHPs3Xu7
— BunB.eth (@BunBTrillOG) September 4, 2019
Astros spokesperson Meshach Sullivan has confirmed the rapper has designed three New Era-brand ballcaps exclusively for the team store. The Astros released a Twitter post of the caps, adding only 150 of the navy suede caps with an Astros’ golden H-star logo were made, along with 713 white-orange bill and navy-gold bill caps.
Sullivan said more details on the promotion would come later today.
Bun B, whose real name is Bernard Freeman, is a professor in religion and hip-hop culture in Rice University’s online learning program.
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