please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message fubu is an american clothing and hip hop apparel company . it includes casual wear sports wear a suit collection eyewear belts and shoes . the name is an acronym for for us by us referring to the african american community . 1 contents 1 history 2 collection 3 fubu records 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was founded in 1992 by daymond john j. alexander martin keith perrin and carlton brown with a line of hats made in john s house in hollis queens new york . according to the company website john mortgaged his own home for 100 000 and with that seed money he and his three friends and co founders turned half of his house into a factory and the other half into living space . 2 in 1995 south korean company samsung invested in the new york based clothing company . 3 at its peak in 1998 fubu grossed over 350 million in annual worldwide sales . 4 fubu has received several honors for their entrepreneurial achievements . these include two congressional awards two naacp awards the pratt institute award the christopher wallace award the online hip hop award and a citation of honor from the queens borough president . in 2003 fubu mostly left the u.s. market and concentrated its efforts overseas also taking over other apparel brands . in 2009 annual revenue of the company was around 200 million . 4 in 2010 fubu relaunched in the u.s. rebranding itself as fb legacy . 4 collection edit the fubu collection consists of t shirts rugby shirts hockey and football jerseys baseball caps shoes and denim jeans . all are embroidered with the fubu logo . most of the products such as the jeans are imported from around the world . fubu has now expanded to include various lines such as platinum fubu fubu footwear for men and women intimate apparel active wear swimwear watches fubu suits and fubu tuxedos . the platinum fubu collection also includes the m. ali fat albert and harlem globetrotters clothing models . fubu records edit from 2001 to 2003 co founder carlton brown also established a record label first releasing a compilation album entitled the good life in 2001 and then an album by the 54th platoon entitled all or nothin in 2003 . both albums made it on the billboard charts . the fubu good life album was the highest selling compilation album composed entirely of original tracks that year . year title chart positions u.s. billboard 200 u.s. r & b 2001 the good life released september 25 2001 label fubu universal 52 9 see also edit african american portal hip hop portal fashion portal southpole clothing references edit http www.snopes.com business names fubu.asp fubu mainpage who we are the company company profile . archived from the original on march 4 2000 . archived site samsung c & t america inc. fubu . retrieved 2012 09 03 . a b c nance nash sheryl 2010 07 24 . fubu founder daymond john stages his next act . dailyfinance.com . retrieved 2012 09 03 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fubu & oldid 740571218 categories 2000s fashion2010s fashionclothing brands of the united statesclothing companies of the united statescompanies based in new york citycompanies established in 1992hip hop fashionproducts introduced in 1992underwear brandshidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2007all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 22 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view