Drug Dealer Sneakers (By The Decade)

When you think of status symbols in society, a few things come to mind. Big houses, fancy cars, jewelry and yes...sneakers! Fashion in general has always been all about signaling to others who you are, what you stand for and for some, how much loot you got. In the 80s and 90s when a lot of these sneakers were first coming out, hustlers on block began to gravitate towards certain silhouettes based on their price tag. Well, not only price tag as some dope boys bought the sneakers for utility but it was mostly for the flex. To be fresh and turn heads in the neighborhood. In this video, we take a deep dive into the dope boy's sneaker closet over the years and discuss some of the most notorious sneakers of the streets. Enjoy! -Bryan
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[@NachoAverageFinds]

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[@bernardogatsby6242]

Go ahead and say Nxgga and complete the video correctly. "So much invalid info"

[@thematrixcvb1419]

I'd like to collab soon with you guys. We could expand

[@antneedahitta3027]

Bro you don’t know shit bout drug dealers or anything street im tired of y’all suckas speaking on our shit you ain’t from no trenches n if you was you ain’t come outside

[@Nolia3]

@nachoaveragefinds you forgot to put my hood in New Orleans on the map with the Soulja Reebok MAGNOLIA SLIM AKA SOULJA SLIM MADE THEM FAMOUS IN MY CITY IN THE 90’s the black or white high top Reebok! Do some research for your audience ask someone from The 504 about them!!! Iconic footwear in our city! Even without them in your line up this was still a dope mini documentary.

[@NachoAverageFinds]

@@Nolia3 My bad mang haha I wish I could've made it longer and included that in there. Was running out of time. Appreciate the love!

[@alvinedwards434]

In the 80's, I remember my dad telling my aunt that my cousin's Cortez were gang member shoes. She immediately took him back to the store to return them. I'll never forget that. LOL! Dope Content right here!

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Appreciate it Alvin! And you took care of your cousin 😂😂

[@avecplaisirmusic]

LA?

[@dmac7403]

Your dad sounds like a nut case and control freak and a hater can only imagine the buddies he had you wearing .

[@ignitiusmaphalala3567]

lmfao, states really blocked your minds with the gang vibes shame i love those sneaks

[@Student0Toucher]

You think its bad for black folks, if you’re Mexican and wear cortzes to this day you will get checked because in our community its the gang banger shoe

[@joshleyva2249]

To this day I still call Cortez "Gangsta Shoes" lol. Also everyone knows if you see anyone rocking black AF1s just walk the other way, because they are about to rob you. Great video as always.

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Appreciate it Josh! And yeah man, the Nike Cortez is infamous!

[@cashmoneyforever1349]

Facts about one's

[@borncapricorn1]

@@NachoAverageFinds Why are u reportin' on this? You didn't grow up in the hoods in the 80s and 90s, you're reportin' on something you weren't even there for. You watched videos, listen to rap songs but YOU was not there I guarantee talking about some damn LA di da di dee what? Stop being a vulture report on your own culture. Tired of yall talking about things we lived I didn't see your kind around then STOP IT

[@sonsauvage]

@@borncapricorn1feel better?

[@DanganYankee]

@@borncapricorn1 I’m tired of y’all niggas acting like snowflakes tbh

[@houarig.4753]

Air Max Plus (TN) was the most weared sneakers by drug dealers in France too. If you was wearing one in the 90's you was labeled drug dealer. We don't see them much in the shelves of US big collector, it more an european trend. Just bought a fresh all white pairs lately (now that I'm 51 !) to remember when I was a young thug :)

[@francescoverdinelli5741]

100% accurate: the relevance of TNs in France is maybe the reason why TN are big in Italy too. Squalos (that's the TNs nickname here in Italy) were sported by the first generations of north African drugs dealers by the end of the 90's as heavily influenced by French rappers.

[@houarig.4753]

@@francescoverdinelli5741 Yeah we call them "requin" here in France, which means "shark".

[@hamedawg8873]

Eshays!

[@houarig.4753]

@@hamedawg8873 Didn't know what it means but I googled it ;)

[@bobbyc323able]

I am 56 years old now and in the 80 and 90s the Nike Cortez was known as a gangster shoe so much that they banned them in some high school in Los Angeles, if you wore them to school they sent you home. I was one of the guys they sent home from school and had to get a parent's note not to wear those shoes to school in order to come back lol.

[@tihan6]

The Nike TNs are absolutely huge in german speaking countrys. These were already really popular but the influence of 187 (the guy in the TN car is one of them) pushed this shoe even further.

[@tihan6]

Check out HaifischNikez allstars. In that video the TN cars are being used

[@skitxkunts7443]

u should see how popular in Australia and nz too

[@goal-goal-goalllllll]

I love TNs, one of my favourite runners from teenage years. Still rocking them at 29

[@user-su5hb6df4c]

Same thing in Spain lol

[@anthon3919]

They part of the hood uniform in France

[@DeeSkiii__]

I’m from Baltimore and Growing up in 2000s and early 2010s Nike Foamposites were expensive and were so popular amongst drug dealers the whole city referred to them as “Dopes” and still do to this day.

[@Pirategod23]

PG County said it too tho everyone in pg wanted to be from bmore

[@dp3500]

@@Pirategod23 I don't know what you talking bout. All we did was clown on Baltimore and call them bammas all day.

[@Pirategod23]

@@dp3500 I went to largo high and forestville middle

[@alexanderminger2340]

Back in that day you saw somebody with some dope dealers on you was like damn yo got money lol

[@DeeSkiii__]

@@dp3500 haters Fr

[@CruzanRastamon]

That Slick Rick line referred to the Bally Classic shoe. Not the sneaker. Look at his red ones he’s wearing on his Great adventures of Slick Rick album cover. No one wore green socks with sneakers like they do today but we matched our socks with the Bally shoes because they came in a lot of colors. Sneakers weren’t the only thing we wore in the 80’s and 90’s in NY. Look at that pic around 5:40. We wore linen and silk dress shit with Ballys & Wallabees compared to DC. Ny did not wear track suits. We wore Lees jean jacket and pants. Something Run DMC emulated from them boys in the streets.

[@seancook440]

Good vid. NY did Cortez before the 90s. Wow! It’s crazy how you actually showed all the dope boy kicks. Great research bro-

[@LBoogie49]

I have 75% of alllll these shoes in multiple color ways in my closet today! Wearing Air Max 95 right now! Being a 70’s baby from NY, my closet has always resembled a hustler😩😫😆😆Great vid!

[@dionbrooks4981]

Former hustler from Detroit.... I had those Gucci gym Shoes....

[@TheHuskyK9]

My mother and grandma grew up in a neighborhood near Watts that eventually became crip territory, and of course the shoe of choice in the neighborhood was the Nike Cortez. My grandma still lives there to this day and they have mad respect for her. The cholos still got on the Cortez' and the whole neighborhood know that I'm her grandson so they don't start beef with me 😂😂

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Haha It’s wild man. They’re hoods like that were fashion is frozen in time. All the cholos still think it’s the 90s. Thanks for watching man!

[@yell0wberry]

I mostly wore the road runners

[@CORNERBOIGANGINC]

Watts life

[@at2130]

Grandma's OG

[@gcage7508]

That’s rite. Watts up

[@ivannevarez8478]

I think Pro Keds are massively underrated. Compared to the regular converse they are much more comfortable. A little wider in the forefoot. Canvas thicker; just a better shoe. Also fila has some nice styles very classic.

[@jordanjohnson1019]

Channel is a real inspiration thanks bro

[@dj4080]

Here on the West Coast, dope boys also wore Filas, Ellesse, Diadora, Troop, and BK (British Knights). If you really had loot, you rocked the latest Air Jordans.

[@006ahenry]

I was a kid in the 80s, my older cousins wore all these shoes. I was 10 in 89, my granny got me a pair of red & white lo top BKs.. my dad didn't like me wearing them lol...

[@NachoAverageFinds]

I want to do a whole video on the rise and fall of British knights

[@rgw1380rw]

We didn't really do BK's that much, but the rest were common here in NYC.

[@raydiaz2772]

Bk's aka "Blood Killers" on the west coast

[@rontam06]

Ellesse 👟 Str8 facts had a pair in 93 on clearance 😂😂😂😂

[@JeffreyLKemp]

Down here In Atlanta in the 80's we called the Cortez "Dope Man Nikes". I didn't even know they were called Cortez until I got older...lol

[@hercules4171]

That’s what we called dem in the mid west too homie

[@cobracommander9138]

I'm from LA i took a trip to Atlanta for a work convention. Of course I wore my Cortez because that's the only tennis shoes I own. I went to a nightclub but they didn't want to let me in with the Cortez even though half the crowd had on tennis shoes. I was able to convince the bouncer to let me in by showing him my convention I.D. I didn't know they recognized Cortez in Atlanta.

[@hercules4171]

@@cobracommander9138 they don’t the bouncer was just being a dic head it’s more like how much more are you willing to pay me to let you in they be trying to get their hustle on

[@FoolisH409]

We called them Gangsta NIKES

[@christyjohnson5618]

Same. If my youngest kid woulda been a boy, his name woulda been Cortez.

[@_The_Worst_]

Sweet rundown on these dope kicks...🤘🏼💯✔️

[@myeyeswentdeaf6213]

Great video man! Great idea for a video too! I was here in NYC through the 80’s crack boom. You just took me back. 😁👍

[@DylanLey]

Lmao definitely an interesting topic! I was waiting for you to mention the black AF1s! Funny to see that even NB was favored by drug dealers for their comfort! Great video as always!

[@NachoAverageFinds]

It's true bro! The New Balance 990 man

[@nigelgreen4526]

First 100 dollar pair of sneakers was new balance

[@AnthonyHernandez-je1tx]

Black AF’s are not drug dealer shoes. They are “rob the drug dealer” shoes. They are the choice of sneakers for dusty smirkish individuals.

[@free_fentanyl]

Good orthopedics for back alley athletic situations

[@DeeSkiii__]

@@NachoAverageFinds that’s also a Baltimore drug dealer shoe. Popular in DC as well

[@PipeAlmighty]

In Detroit, It was Adidas Top Tens, Concords , Forums and Fila Original Low Tennis shoe. OG's in Boston and Detroit to this day still rock Adidas Top Tens, Concords and Forums

[@plamenvasilev]

Really nice and original video material bro, thank you for the 10 mins of fun I got from it :)

[@jessegonzales7953]

This video is so dope it took me back to my younger years love the video keep ‘em coming

[@JRizzle20019]

You are spot on about New Balance in the DMV area....The sneaker still is the #1 sneaker in the DMV...Keep up the GREAT work!!!

[@bwanaPele]

Facts NB is still #1 in the DMV.

[@RiseOfThePhoenix30]

To this day that's the reason I dont wear them. I've had buddies pulled aside and searched I think just because they had those on...they also did other things but yeah

[@terilphelps1122]

Back in the early 80’s Detroit wore TOP TENS all day with the tongue out!! made famous by YBI and sometimes ADIDAS FORUMS with the fur inside!!!

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Sheesh! Adidas Forum with fur inside!? I need that

[@trollinrollinrollin]

Great video love the topic

[@benjimarshallbra]

In Australia, the drug dealer sneaker is the Nike TN. It’s so true.

[@hamedawg8873]

Yep! How do you find the AM90s though?

[@miguelolvina1252]

Absolutely loving your channel's content. Utilizing sneakers as a prism to look at the cultural and social contexts in which these shoes became prevalent - now that's interesting and substantial content

[@timoneil1193]

Them Charles Barkley nike's were hot when they first came out too, this guy is clueless.

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Appreciate it Miguel

[@LX44er]

@@NachoAverageFindsthats LX From 187 in the Nike air Max car also called shark Nikes Here

[@lincolnmesmo591]

Here in São Paulo, Brazil we have 3 iconic dope boy sneakers, the Mizuno wave prophecy line, nike shox (specially the TL and R4) and oakley boots. If you see anyone in one of these shoes in the street, u know he either did or is doing dirt

[@AlexandreSouza-rd8mw]

Famoso quatro mola de quebra

[@alexandervega3750]

Curious selection. Mizuno have never been a popular street brand if have always been a specialize sport brand. More for volleyball, running and baseball. But almost invisible in the streets or casual seting

[@MrBarnettcm]

Nike shox….lol that just took me back to middle school…those were fire ain’t seen anyone with a pair in a big minute though

[@tyronebiggums5547]

​@MrBarnettcm they gonna be the new wave once people are sick of tns in a couple years

[@crashtheboards003]

LOVE this! Great job on such a creative idea for a video

[@CutFromADifferentCloth7]

Good Job, This is surprisingly very accurate! Got the important details right!

[@kingsittystudios2400]

NYC was defininently rockin the Gucci. we use to go to Secaucus New Jersey, because the Manhattan store wouldn't let us in. I remember making $3.35 an hour at burger king, and wearing$150 bally shoes.

[@brandongiovanni44]

Where can you get Ballys for $150? Lol after they pulled em out of a dumpster? Their Ballys not Jordan 1s, you should look up a pair before you say something so stupid…

[@simonfranco2917]

Man I love this video. It reminds me of the iconic 95s when in queens NY I would come outside as a young teen and see all the Colombians that hustled on my block wearing the neon 95s. Now I own 5 pairs because of that era.

[@danciuraj7244]

I'm from Liverpool in the UK and 95's have always been the most popular shoe by far especially the og neon colourway, we call them 110's here though because they retailed for £110 when they released in 95, if you go the next city over to Manchester they wear TN's instead

[@KEAD3400]

Love from DC thank you for finally recognizing NB as a DC thing

[@go_dot]

nice video. i really love how the video is organized and contain all around infos.

[@edsongomez8011]

Bruh, I feel like I'm being profiled in this video lmao. As a former street pharmacist Im dying laughing remembering buying several Cortez, Reebok classic and the air limited. Like a status symbol for the hood. Good times

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Hahaha we were spot on then

[@rgw1380rw]

As a former dealer myself, I wore what I liked. If it wasn't a common sneaker, I'd bust those down too. I've always been known for having a good fashion sense before I started hustling.

[@shaneshiphopchannel1688]

In highschool I wore the reeboks and the Cortez

[@MikhailTeplensky]

@@shaneshiphopchannel1688i live in florence and hear shots pretty much every couple of days,i’m also in middle school and wore them and they kicked me for a day because i used them

[@josea5092]

Being raised in NY from the late 80s I also remember seeing the D boys rocking Reebok pumps as well as Ewing’s And Jordan’s

[@oneprolific]

I love your storytelling . You make me feel like i lived in those times🔥🔥

[@omarbahrour]

What an interesting concept for a video, love it.

[@ignaciofuentes2642]

In the 80s everybody in the hood was into sneakers. We didn't consider ourselves to be "sneakerheads." It was just our culture. Everybody wore fly shoes because that was the culture. The only shoes that were strictly drug dealer shoes were the Gucci sneakers and Super-Tims. Most of the other shoes were a little expensive but still affordable if you or your parents had money. Drug dealer stuff was anything that cost more than $200 or $300. $300 in 1986 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $786.96 today. So drug dealer stuff was: Anything Gucci, Super-Tims, Triple Fat Goose Coats, Serac Coats, Eddie Bauer Coats, EK Glasses, Sergio Tacchini Tracksuits...etc. Drug Dealers wore the super expensive stuff. It's not accurate to say that everyone in the hood modeled their style after drug dealers. Drug dealers are just dudes that grew up in the same hood we did, going to the same schools. They weren't always the trendsetters.

[@uncsuge9886]

aint no way yo name ignacio brotha 😂

[@thatGuyQuincy]

Triple fats was cheap...I was poor & still had a triple fat bubble goose

[@enochianmagic]

This dudes a busta...go post about what u are accustom 2...tryna belittle yet belong...ur not welcome!!!

[@inigo9000]

@@uncsuge9886 what’s wrong with the name Ignacio? 😅My father is called the same

[@djkingdavid313]

In Detroit the Adidas Top 10 became the go to shoe since ‘78-‘79. In the early ‘80s Detroit influenced Boston to be Adidas heavy

[@jerodtabb311]

Exactly 💯 💪 cuz YBI was getting money in Boston 💯💪 Wonderful Wayne and his crew💯💪

[@isaiahhawkins4802]

I remember so many of these 90s sneakers. Funny cuz like he said in the beginning, after hustling all day or week, we were just trying to buy stuff to show out

[@phenomena17]

9:48 the way he described it, really hit the spot! i felt it 🔥

[@crismartinez1642]

The norm for the pushers in Dallas in the 90s and early 2000s were Airmax 90s.

[@stephenbrownlie193]

Same in Australia the 90s 95s and the tns

[@michaeltorres5356]

Frisco rocks The Air Max 90 tough too Retro 🚀

[@nickbrennan3389]

Same in UK and ireland...air max 1 from the early 90s and white reebok classics

[@gnosis7188]

This was Doo0opeboy, I always enjoyed the content you guys pump out,This channel continues to excel each time I tune in, I love your guys personal take on sneaker culture. 👟

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Appreciate you taking the time to watch the videos man!

[@ErisGal30]

New subbie! I rocked my Cortez during the CWS!

[@mzalenski1]

I remember (2005-6) that all the crack dealers in the midwest seemed to be rocking gray Jordans, but at that time, I (and a lot of dudes) also had the black forces. At my peak (2016) I definitely favored the Cortez or air maxs. I always stayed with some addidas in the closet too. Great video. My dude and I used to have this discussion at work from time to time. Other than the fact that I would have added some Jordans, I'd say you have a pretty solid list.

[@TheBoyJenius]

My OGs was chopping it up about this last week! Lol They said all the Pushers from 1980 all the way to about 2005 in New York City would rock AF1 high mid or low, any Adidas Classic, Air Max 87s and 90s, Pro Keds or if you was really earning money, the Gucci Tennis or any Air Jordan 1 thru 14. Yo they even remembered during the peak of the crack era, like ‘87-‘90, Air Js flooded the streets. EVERYBODY was making money during them years! And then in ‘91 heroin took over and cocaine made a comeback. A lot of people were still earning, but the late 80s very early 90s ANYBODY WHO WAS ANYBODY was getting money. I love them stories man. What a time to be alive for real.

[@brotherLee340]

I'm from ATL. The 95 Air Max are the legendary dope boy sneakers. Always classic

[@willstaywinning]

95 air max cause I’m a dope runner

[@leightonreed480]

Proud to be a member of this fb group

[@harrisonkrominga1706]

I could have watched a video like this that 10x longer. Great stuff!

[@patrickanderson3104]

Bro, yall need to do a documentary on the birth of sneakers....and go through every phase. Im soooo loving the breakdown that yall research and apply to your viewers🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Appreciate Patrick! That would be amazing lol no budget at the moment

[@patrickanderson3104]

@@NachoAverageFinds I totally understand

[@cali_cal]

He would of had to grown up in the early 80's and had an interested in shoes back in the days...

[@SPNKr16]

It all started with the Colchester Rubber Company inventing shoes for basketball. If you didn't have them, you were slipping and sliding like a Broadway performer in your everyday leather soled dress shoes. No shoe at the time had rubber on the outsole, or as an outsole. None. Then Converse took Colchester Rubber Company's idea for an athletic shoe and it became popular for indoor athletics. Chuck Taylor loved the shoe and drove across the country selling and promoting it for years, though you don't hear about it. If it weren't for those 2 companies, even Chuck Taylor himself, athletic shoe development would've crawled instead of exploded after Adi Dassler and his brother. You got Converse, then Adidas and Puma - the rest is - - - > [ H I S T O R Y ]

[@mazduh07kc]

And that's why you guys are one of the most interesting channels about sneakers. Just like you said there are sneakers on this list that I do not wear due to the area I grew up in, or visit around the Bay Area.

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Thank you Joseph. Appreciate it G! Glad we could keep you entertained 😎

[@Itz0zy]

loved seeing the tns mate eshayss brahh

[@carlosv5656]

From a Chicago and Midwest point of view. We can’t forget about the Nike ACG boots. Them joints went hard 🔥

[@sgt_chugganuggz]

I legit saw Twista wear them and I was like gotta cop me a pair ,UK

[@fkgw8659]

Fun fact: the air max plus is also France’s Nike Cortez. It is often called TN or “requin”, for its resemblance with a shark, shapewise and colorwise with the OG Hyper Blue colorway

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Damn! I love that you're dropping knowledge in the comments. Thank you man

[@bigdaddypiggy]

I grew up in the DMV (I was born in DC in 71) & I have owned quite a few of the shoes he’s shown,I think any kid/young person who was a teenager in the 80’s in or near a big city sold some kind of drugs at some point....i could never get used to the violence necessary to be a successful dealer so stepped away after awhile....a few of my boys on the other hand did not & things didn’t turn out very well for a lot of them.....between the DMV & Baltimore it was almost like murder was legal back then....not much has changed except now there’s a lot more fire power on the streets & there are cameras EVERYWHERE

[@arielroman2007]

You grew up in the department of motor vehicles??

[@Floridawg]

I've heard alot of middle aged people say that it's worse now. What do you think?

[@citizencain01]

@@arielroman2007 DMV stands for DC/MD/VA. Washington DC and it's surrounding suburbs.

[@passdatsmokedogg1835]

Yeah

[@MidExpanse]

@@arielroman2007 …if you don’t know then you don’t know…

[@tradermoe5240]

I’m a District native. We were the front runners of street style in the late 80’s and early 90’s. We had a signature style and it all started from the hustlers. Madness Connection is the first street clothing line ever and it was a must to rock either Gucci, Fila, even New Balance with your Madness fit. You’re on point with your most of these picks. However I will say you missed one of the most significant shoes for hustlers ever - Jordan 3. 1988 was the height of the era and the Jordan3 was thee must have for status seekers.

[@bane6176]

In the UK Adidas gazelle also has gained a lot of notoriety as a go to shoe for the hooligans on the terraces and members of the firms

[@marxman300]

British clobber geezer british clobber

[@ericliu8488]

So glad you shouted out the S. Carter collection, I loved those!

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Me too haha I wished I’d copped some

[@UnknownNetworkTV]

Dope Educational Video with actual references and not just matter of fact arbitrary talk, I respect it !

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Appreciate you Will!!

[@xgiizsul8429]

this video combines my two favourite hobbies

[@missayawk]

Hip hop historians always say the 4 parts of hip hop are 1.Graffiti 2.DJing 3.MCing 4.BreakDancing, but the one part we always forget and was before those 4, is FASHION.The way we dressed in NYC in the 70s and 80s defined and spoke a lot about us.You could even tell what borough a person was from by the way they dressed.And when we went outta state EVERYBODY knew we were from NYC.

[@Bleek17Six]

Facts !!!

[@KO-eu6jv]

Another excellent video, dudes! Love the mentions of the Cortez, Fila T1 & FX100, & Gucci Ace!

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Appreciate you watching G!

[@shipo2727]

Bally shoes and wallo's.... Another classic fit for the pitchers.

[@yell0wberry]

We can’t leave out the footwear upper level Jamaican drug dealers were wearing, travel foxes. Most of the Airmax 95s were won by a lot of drug dealer baby mamas in Brooklyn as well as pastel Reeboks otherwise known as 5211s

[@nivlick]

I didn’t realise my collection was so bad but good at the same time. The TN here in Australia really is the pinnacle of up to no good shoe. For the price you just about have to rob someone to get a pair or just rob someone of there shoes. There is an article Australia’s most F$&koff shoe. And it goes into great detail around the stigma of the shoe.

[@NachoAverageFinds]

We’ve done a whole video on the TN’s history as well! Man, I still love that shoe though. It’s an amazing silhouette. Thanks for watching Thomas!

[@xwiretapx1247]

Fuck I’ve just moved to Australia from the UK and I’ve brought 2 pairs of TNs, hope people don’t think I’m a scumbag 😂

[@janetballz5641]

To be fair everything In Australia is more expensive because everything is shipped to your island

[@Jay-vw9sq]

ESHAYYYY

[@EckoUnlimmited]

TNs or Air max 95s are my staple here in the UK 🇬🇧

[@markonikolic4]

Hell yeah, good job on making this video, as a guy that recently got busted for heroin distribution, I tell you the Nike 95's and the Airmax were the first things I got myself after I started earning actual money. But do have it in mind, dealers usually tend to go with more black options, like Airmax Double black or anything that is darker. I would know, I was on the block lol

[@markoseries]

Were you dizelaši?

[@jsnoww101]

“95 Air Max cus imma dope runner, I’m balling like an air fleet but got no jumper” - Gucci

[@radsag]

Good video! I shopped at Flagg Brothers and bought platforms/potato toes!!!😎

[@wilder7198]

What a dope sneaker history vid. I love it and wachted it already twice cuz it's so well put together. Great job 💯🔥🔥🔥🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Thanks big Max!!! Maxamillion

[@fixwizzy4836]

This was a dope idea. I was thoroughly entertained. You guys took me back to my youth.

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Yes!! Glad you enjoyed it fam

[@jbearproductions4067]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/laaUdINsbrh-nJo 19th century CA bro

[@christopherayettey4390]

Your youth was kinda dark huh? Lol

[@spiegeltn]

Reminds me of this kid I knew in Gatlinburg TN that wore 3 sizes too big skater shoes (DC probably) and kept weighed out quarter bags of weed for quick sale in them while wearing. If you saw him in these shoes he was holding.

[@jamailwalker5875]

You are good at this

[@blockwearingman]

nacho has the best sneaker videos on the platform fr

[@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4645]

Now, that i've collected the "first award" 😏..... as far as 80s-90s california. .. the all white k-swiss, Chuck taylor high tops, nike cortez, stacey adams boots, and jordans

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Sheesh! Probably should have included that K-Swiss in there huh. Thanks for the insight Trey

[@ShortalayPlays]

I was going to say the K-Swiss was missing.

[@alescalante491]

It’s “La Di Da Di” no Dee at the end! Lol. As always great video and content guys! Love your videos and FB group!

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Damn! I knew I was going to messed that up some how 😂😂

[@alescalante491]

@@NachoAverageFinds no pasa nada! We knew what you meant! 😂

[@88_TROUBLE_88]

Damn dude I did not expect that.. Alright, well this is the 1st time I have watched your content and you've earned a sub from me based on this one alone because I can already see the related videos over there looking like some content I'll find interesting, especially if it's anything like this one..

[@chel8229]

Respect bro from Morocco. OG for life

[@henryorellana8205]

As soon as I saw the title I knew some classic Adidas and Nike Cortezs would be mentioned 😂. Really interesting vid, great work guys

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Thank you Henry!

[@asiatic1979]

I absolutely love this Channel but I feel the need to correct you on this, a lot of the sneakers on the list were just popular in the inner city overall. I would not call them “drug dealer “sneakers of choice. Please don’t confuse drug culture with inner city, black or hip-hop culture. A lot of those photos that you shared of people from the 80s are images Jamel Shabazz captured and mostly all of them are just neighborhood people, not drug dealers. A lot of the sneakers on the list were made popular by hip-hop, not drug dealers.

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Thank you for pointing that out. I’m definitely going based off lore and things I read online. I also asked a bunch of homies who lived through that era in Harlem and the Bronx. Obviously drug dealers weren’t heavily photographed and I felt like Jamal’s photos really captured that era so I used them. My bad if it offended you in anyway! Much love -Bryan

[@sircharles9166]

Hip hop fashion was inspired by the dope boys

[@imacopuidiot]

WRONG. People imitated the drug dealers, not the other way around. Hiphop / black / inner city culture has always started with the dope boys or pimps and trickled down the the everyday school kid. Not the reverse like you are implying. The fact that these figures are glorified in this culture is a whole other topic.

[@dillinger445]

the dope dealers were the fashion icons cause they made the money.. they had it first.. and the block was their catwalk.. the inner city youth then adapts it

[@asiatic1979]

@@NachoAverageFinds no offense at all! Like I said, your channel does a great job with research.

[@ndogg20]

Great indepth content, wasn't expecting a history of drug dealer's sneakers to go back a century. On the subject of hood foot ware, I was wondering about the current trend of work boots from the Tim's, choice brand in that show The Wire, to Nike boots that I'm seeing more of. There's always a popular trend, boots being the current one, and that filters down to the hood and how the outlaw faction chooses their own version of it.

[@SI-cd7xs]

the timbs/nike boots thing in the eastcoast was probably born out of the same thing as the skinheads in london in the 60s adopting doc martens, working mans uniform that eventually became wider fashion.

[@stevenpower9726]

Respect for learning aussies street culture I’ve been thru 90-100 pairs of Tns so far and they are overly well known here 🔥

[@preparetobedazled]

Not sure if they count as "sneakers" but without a doubt, Timbs could make the list!

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Timberlands gonna get their own video for sure

[@shaneshiphopchannel1688]

@@NachoAverageFinds I’m excited to watch that one. Especially when the colors and the history gets explained

[@yell0wberry]

Definitely

[@BigDapPacino]

Timberlands are construction and hiking boots...not made for athletic activity!

[@yell0wberry]

@@BigDapPacino I don’t know about that one, in the summers of NYC, we would often play ball in our Tims without a problem

[@arlowtone]

Really enjoyed this one lads. I always find it a little strange how people who try to avoid the police end up adopting some kind of uniform. That essentially makes them easier to identify but I’m sure we’ve all adopted a style (uniform) of some sort, at some time.

[@whooked]

I feel stupid for not thinking this sooner

[@jwhite7104]

If you a salesman you have to look the part. Nobody wants to buy drugs from someone that approaches them looking like a bum. It was some lowkey dudes that didn’t dress the part but they were guys who were supplying the block like Fritz from Harlem

[@yell0wberry]

About as bad as senior citizens accusing young people of not knowing anything but yet they all wear new balances with Velcro

[@tomjeffery6708]

We all are forced to play a ROLE... Some people do not learn that until their 30s

[@fukyourpracticesjuneed]

So when you see colored wear them cheap to expensive shoes that means there drug dealing ..I have seen everything. Lost hope for this place renamed called america... stereotyping based on shoes ..tf out of here .

[@paradiseplayer5103]

Great video 🔥

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Thanks so much!!

[@FrownyMascot]

Did you guys really just make this 😆😆😆 Hell yeah!

[@johnnycage435]

Forgot the Foams they called em Dopes cause only Dope Dealers could only get em do to their high value & side pocket sock liner to hide baggies And Diadora’s they used real Italian cut leather

[@lealandking2294]

I had the Reebok Classics (low-top black), the Air Force1s ( low-top black), the burgundy Adidas high-tops, the Air Max 1s (original color), the Air Max CBs (the black pair that Chuck & the Fab 5 wore in '93), the Air Max 95s ( my personal favorite, in black, red & grey) Oh yeah the Air Jordan 8s in black and red!!!!! I've ROCKED sum FLY ASS KICKS IN MY LIFETIME!!!!👟👟👟👟👟👟👟👟👟👟👟

[@sahdmasood1603]

Growing up in the UK I can confirm 95's where like the OG dealer shoes. Im surprised you even mentioned them let alone knew about them 💪

[@NickDoobs]

Every drug dealer in New Olreans in the 90s rocked the Reebok Classics

[@c.j.6250]

Fun fact: @9:38 187 Straßenbande's rapper LX based out of Hamburg, Germany sitting in the Nike TN wrapped C-Class, which I believe they had wrapped when they dropped the single "Haifisch Nikes", a now synonym for the Nike TN in Germany. Not only does LX and the crew around Bonez MC sport a lot of TN sneakers, you will also see them rockin the Nike Presto.

[@NachoAverageFinds]

He’s a legend for that car

[@schlaurids]

And they were all Drug dealers before they got famous

[@brokenbiome8505]

95's and tn's still everywhere here in UK. Classic trainer.

[@arobinson68]

Nice presentation! Let's not forget the following hustler specials: British Knights (West Coast thing) New Balance 996 (DMV) Lottos, K Swiss (DMV)

[@francisbeckonlyngdoh]

It's funny that in 1998 i got nike cortez gifted when I was with my friends shopping for his wedding n one of my friend bought it for me that's was the one of the best day of my life.. Old is gold memories btw luv your videos..

[@pimpwitnohoes]

BACK WITH ANOTHER BANGER, BRYAN! Thanks for taking the time to do so much research and for making such quality work, as always! It's only a matter of time before everybody around the world knows the channel & these videos start going viral & breaking the interweb 🌐. I appreciate you briefly speaking about Australia & shining a little light on our Aussie delinquents, criminals, as well as this fair nations extensive population of Bogans, by mentioning their sneaker of choice to do dirt in. The world may otherwise have never, ever known about the enchanting magic of these law breaking hooligans sneaker of choice & Australia's most 'Fuck You' shoe: The 'Nike TNs' aka The 'Nike Tuned 1' aka The 'Air Max Plus'

[@NachoAverageFinds]

😂😂😂😂 Love you Dee. Definitely want to make a whole video about Australian sneaker culture one day.

[@pimpwitnohoes]

@@NachoAverageFinds Bryan, I love you MORE buddy

[@shipo2727]

Great vid dude....

[@jbearproductions4067]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/laaUdINsbrh-nJo 70s New York

[@tonyj797]

"these reeboks were equipped for withstanding long hours on the block" 😂🤣😂

[@inspectatech]

You showed Fila but don't forget "LL Cool J" troop in the early days. Then with reebok classics were its rival k-swiss classics. Loved the video.

[@inspectatech]

We kept a lot of sneaker companies in business smh. All capitalizing off the culture.

[@l.crecordz701]

Dammmnnn dope video brooo u got nice retro video peace

[@bongdonkey]

Killer video sirs. I lived this timeline in video. I dig this shit. Salud desde SD Califas!

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Shoutout to the homies in SD! Thank you G

[@ricolaw1033]

I had all those except the Bally’s. Gucci and Fila tennis were my favorites and I still wear them. Nike Cortez we’re my first Nike’s. Before that we only wore chucks and pro keds. I’m a early 70’s baby

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Appreciate you peeping the vide man.

[@d.michael372]

In Houston the air flights was a big hustler shoe when I was a kid. There were red, black, baby blue and white ones. I wanted some of those so bad lol. Actually got some when they were sold as retros!

[@shawnpearson5363]

Man I know I'm late to the party but, I remember being in high school in 85/86 and the dope boy shoe was most diffidently the Gucci and Bally competition(also the Bally Ace). Both pairs were over $200. Also down here in New Orleans the Fila jogging suits were ok but the true dope boys had the Christan Dior Velour with the matching suede Bally boots. Man talk about ice cold ha ha ha. I was lucky enough to not be able to afford any of those(meaning it would have brought too much attention to me) and my mom would have beat the crap out of me if I had tried to sell dope LOL. I loved that style.

[@mihirjoshimusic]

Another brilliant video. The AF1s will always be awesome! No matter what. 🤘🏼

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Thank you my friend

[@DecepticonRon]

The street culture usually drives fashion. Nice video!

[@lolaiiwii]

I don't know, I was born in 1975, BX NY. Had all these styles, wasn't a drug dealer, just fashionable. From Pro Keds to Lottos where you can add different color patches, Filas, Adidas cleats, Reeboks, the hightops that came in all colors and the white running ones, all white K-Swiss, Diadora's, Asics, then Nike, we had Cortez, Bo Jackson's, Air Max, then Jordan of course. Til this day I am a sneaker lover - just stick to Jordan 1's, Air Max and Yeezy now. But cool vid, thanks.