HAVANA CLUB x SKEPTA
Collab
Havana Club and Skepta announced an exclusive collaboration inspired by the brand’s Cuban roots and Skepta’s Nigerian heritage. At the heart of the collaboration is a new limited edition Skepta Havana Club 7 bottle, which has been designed to support their shared global community.
SKEPTA
THE COLLAB'
Havana Club, Skepta and friends all connect over shared values and attitudes. At a time of global uncertainty and unrest this stands firm now more than ever, with communities – both local and global – coming together to share collective ideas, visions, and discoveries from afar.
INSPIRATION
Havana Club, Skepta and friends all connect over shared values and attitudes. At a time of global uncertainty and unrest this stands firm now more than ever, with communities – both local and global – coming together to share collective ideas, visions, and discoveries from afar.
Skepta drew upon this sense of discovery and community when he visited Cuba in 2019. In Havana, the international grime icon and Nigerian Yoruba chief found deep links between Yoruba culture and Afro-Cuban spirit. Yoruba heritage is infused throughout Cuban traditions with its links to the West African people and is experienced in the joyful energy and DIY spirit of Cuba which brings people together. It is a creative essence that Skepta also sees reflected in his own London community.
Together, this brought Skepta to the Cuban concept of ACHÉ; interpreted as the creative, universal spirit that binds all of us. It is aché which Skepta has channeled into his Havana Club 7 collaboration, with a bottle design symbolizing his vision of global community, brought to life through creativity, love, and cultural connections.
The new design features traditional Nigerian cultural symbols, including Ewe Oshun leaves used in Yoruba rituals, cowrie shells found in sacred statues of Elegua, as well as Guiro textiles and Conga drums. The bottle is dedicated to a global community of creative thinkers and doers – the people we raise toasts to the world over.
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OTHER PROJECTS


LIMITED EDITIONS
HAVANA CLUB X BURNA BOY
Havana Club and Burna Boy celebrate the power of culture and communities with a Limited Edition of Havana Club 7. Honouring one’s roots is something that the artist and Havana Club share, from Nigeria to Cuba, and Burna Boy wanted to make sure the limited edition bottle reflected this pride in one’s origins.
HAVANA CLUB X DAILY PAPER
Havana Club and Daily Paper launched a limited collection and a “creative workshop” for young talents.
Indispensable rum brand Havana Club and urban clothing brand Daily Paper have collaborated to launch a limited edition urban clothing collection and an exclusive competition for young creative talent. The unmistakable collection pays homage to Havana Club’s Cuban heritage, infused with Daily Paper’s unmistakable aesthetic. The collection was launched on 26 January 2019 at an exclusive event in Belgium.
HAVANA CLUB X SNEAKERNESS
Havana Club teamed up with the SNEAKERNESS TOUR and toured all over Europe to offer sneakerheads an ideal fair with their favourite brands and designers and a lot of experience around them. The Sneakerness creative team designed a limited edition bottle and gave it away to a lucky few.
HAVANA CLUB SESSIONS VOL. 1
In June 2019, Krisy, Darrell Cole, K1D and Saskia travelled to Cuba with Havana Club, the authentic Cuban rum brand, and hit the studio with Cuban artists Daymé Arocena and Kumar, where they recorded the new EP titled “Havana Club Sessions Vol. 1”. For the release of this album a limited edition bottle was produced using the cover design for the label creation.
HAVANA CLUB X PLACES+FACES
Havana Club and Places + Faces launched a capsule collection of urban clothing, inspired by the love both brands have for meeting new people, travelling…
HAVANA CLUB X TOMORROWLAND
Havana Club TML XV is created from a special blend of Cuba’s finest rum bases, each aged for a minimum of 12 years (up to 40 years) in 60-year-old casks. The result is an unusual, limited-edition batch of just 2,000 bottles, released at the Tomorrowland festival in July 2019. This complex, dark rum can be enjoyed neat or on the rocks to bring out the richness of its flavours, which include aromas of sweet tobacco, vanilla, butterscotch, caramelised tropical fruits, cinnamon and other darkened spices.
HAVANA CLUB X 99 GINGER
99GINGER and HAVANA CLUB collaborated with local “underground” collectives from all over the world… It was the perfect opportunity to connect with our foreign namesakes, in order to bring together our audience.
HAVANA CLUB X ARIES ARISE
Havana club x Aries Arise announced its collaboration and partnership with photographer Joshua Gordon to launch a multimedia project called “Butterfly” and, among other things, the production of a limited edition bottle.
HAVANA CLUB X SKEPTA
Havana Club and Skepta: an exclusive collaboration inspired by the brand’s Cuban roots and Skepta’s Nigerian heritage. This collaboration revolves around the new limited edition Skepta Havana Club 7 bottle, which has been designed to support the shared global community.
HAVANA CLUB X RETROSUPERFUTURE
Retrosuperfuture and Havana Club, the collaboration that embodies the union between the city of Havana, its culture and acetate. Through a limited collection and a series of online events, we celebrate the art and craftsmanship of the current scene. The city, the rum and the essence itself will reach 5 cities: Milan, Berlin, Moscow, Shanghai and, of course, Havana, Cuba.
HAVANA CLUB x PIGALLE
Pigalle Paris and Havana Club have collaborated to launch a limited edition capsule collection with an exclusive bottle of Havana Club 7 years. This partnership is a celebration of Cuba’s vibrant culture and Stephane Ashpool’s colourful and creative career….
HAVANA CLUB x SKEPTA 2.0
Havana Club and Skepta are back for another creative collaboration, with the British artist designing his second limited edition bottle of Havana Club 7. Celebrating Skepta’s Nigerian roots, the Havana Club 7 bottle presentation evokes the creative connections between Yoruba culture and the Afro-Cuban spirit.
HAVANA CLUB x BAD GYAL
Havana Club, has yet another reason to be proud: its new collaboration with Spanish artist Bad Gyal. The meeting of the brand’s Cuban roots and the artist’s authentic urban energy is enshrined in the launch of a limited edition Havana Club 7 x Bad Gyal, designed as a tribute to parties, music and peopl.
HAVANA CLUB x FRENNA
Ghanaian-Dutch artist Frenna and Havana Club have joined forces to celebrate passion, talent and the love of art throughout the campaign “A Toast To The Culture”. The collaboration resulted in an impressive video clip, a limited edition bottle with a unique and distinctive design – designed in collaboration with next generation creatives – and a special portrait painting of Frenna.