League of Legends Gets a New Hip-Hop Group

Following the success of K/DA - POP/STARS, Riot decided to form a hip-hop group called True Damage. The studio has even teamed up with Louis Vuitton to design some of the unlockable skin designs.

True Damage is a band made up of five League heroes: Qiyana, Akali, Ekko, Yasuo, and Senna. Starting November 10th, you will be able to get their new looks as in-game skins. What is more, the group will perform at the Worlds 2019 opening ceremonies. Artists Becky G, Keke Palmer, Soyeon, Duckwrth, and Thutmose joined the project to lend their voices. 

Carlos Giffoni, lead producer for skins at Riot, states the success of K/DA inspired the new project, and that is quite obvious “Shortly after that we started working on True Damage,” he saids. “It took a while to figure out what we’re doing, what’s the story behind it.” Akali, a member of K/DA, wanted to find new partners and fromed True Damage. “We wanted to have a group of people that felt really eclectic, and that felt like they had really unique roles to bring into it,” Giffoni added.

Qiyana and Senna will have “prestige” skins designed by Louis Vuitton artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière. Please noted that Qiyana’s skin will only be available by playing a Worlds 2019 in-game event.

“It started off more as a question,” Riot art director Seth Haak said. “Could we do this? Would it make sense? We just wanted to feel it out at first, I think on both sides.”

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