The Most Gangster Shoe of All Time

[@davidnewcomb2431]

Forrest Gump was repping his set running across country in every ghetto and Noone fucked with him....he was the OG

[@nathandavern7030]

Nah those are called bronies

[@BillyMillion]

@@nathandavern7030no they’re called Cortez.

[@marcoperez7330]

Facts!

[@asapralph2358]

Thank you for recognizing the real n getting these folks woke

[@jorgeespinoza8934]

Fun fact..one of the original pairs tom hank wore for that film sold at auction for $27,000 after tom hank signed one of them with his name and the other with forest gump they went up to $120.000 just like that😂

[@RemyKingKen]

Never had a pair, but I saw them and instantly knew the topic of the video. Those the certified cholo bangers, those and black forces are bad energy

[@NachoAverageFinds]

I appreciate both shoes but yeah they got a bad rep unfortunately

[@ice8erg]

East vs west energy

[@karannijjar27]

I got One and imma got the other soon

[@christycullen2355]

If you see a man wearing battered black air forces you know that's a guy with nothing to lose 😅

[@trystyn3066]

I’m wearing black forces right now

[@stonksagent9040]

*Tells me 5 reasons not to wear shoe;* Tells me that said shoes are a must have

[@22z83]

nuance!

[@dnegel9546]

imagine getting killed for liking the wrong shoes.

[@Jagu-r]

-1 brainpower comment

[@stonksagent9040]

@@Jagu-r ??

[@justinl2009]

He also explained why they're acceptable nowadays. Pay attention.

[@Stark7Ghost]

The first Nike sneaker. The OG!

[@NachoAverageFinds]

The OG triple OG!

[@drw0]

This isn’t the first

[@inmybirky]

@@drw0it is

[@oluatoki7059]

@@inmybirky Bro your actually slow it’s not the first you need help tbh idk why people have the worst takes like this

[@mac_7723]

@@oluatoki7059 literally search up what the first nike shoe is dummy. Mr anger issues

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

Some of the most comfortable shoes I’ve ever worn. I don’t let cholos dictate what I wear.

[@FknClownShoes]

Great running shoes an good for fighting. Great traction.

[@SlowPokeRodriguez114]

@@FknClownShoes thats exactly why we rock em 😂 the pdded toe for kicking mfks or jumping fences and the spikes for the traction and yes they’re comfortable

[@KwiadejaBates]

i agree wore those to work comfy

[@Aaron-sz1hk]

@@SlowPokeRodriguez114 you soft boy lmao

[@starwarsheros9245]

People stop caring about what gangs do or don’t. Most gangs now are full of people that vape strawberry cheesecake and are allergic to gluten. I can rob half of LA with a damn bagel

[@yadayadayehayeha]

that vibe never dies, only cortez has such influence.

[@nekronik]

Rocked them in the late 90s, still rock them today.

[@N_MACHIAVELLI]

The nick name was "DOPE MANZ" I had 6 pair with different colors. I miss the late 80s....

[@flashman4929]

Has been 🤣. Cry more while us young bucks make fun of you peaking in the 80s

[@razztastic]

@@flashman4929 ain't nobody laughing but you, goofy bitch i'm not even from the *hood* hood but you show respect to people regardless of who they are, even if they're disrespectful they're gonna find out regardless of if you respect them and you keep talking crazy like that to people you don't know, you *will* find out, that i promise you.

[@stillyfraser2820]

​@@flashman4929 hasbin not has " has been" learn English and proper spelling , sheesh , atleast they learnt that in the 80s

[@KwiadejaBates]

yup thats what we called them where im from

[@Thraxxed]

Orale, I have the black and white pair, still waiting on the Forrest Gump ones to come out.

[@connortaylor8066]

Nobody said a word to Forrest Gump rocking these

[@dcta51]

The most gangster person to ever wear this was Tom Hanks.

[@NachoAverageFinds]

He did it REAL big

[@FknClownShoes]

Mikel Phifer in paid an full and Leo in wolf of Wallstreet.

[@TruG670]

No it was Eazy E !!!

[@op8ztv]

@@TruG670 came 2 say this

[@oakmex5109]

In the Bay Area we know them as Cholo sneakers but all the new tech vibe people are bringing it back as normal wear

[@MeReegan]

"you know me"

[@s.s5933]

?? 😂

[@Disobayish17708]

Spoke the straight truth though “Most of the real ones that did the dirt in these are gone now “ straight facts

[@darrenhenderson552]

In Austin Texas we called them gangstas... You one hundred percent right about what you saying💯👍🏿👌

[@MarioRafaelM]

George Constanza wore those the biggest gangster ever. Real OG.

[@augustopanama8905]

Facts! All gang bangers back in the day rocked the Cortez’s

[@acosta6012]

Bruh, I’m a Dominican York 🇩🇴🗽 halfway raised in PR 🇵🇷 in my life, & I’ve been rocking Cortez’s. They’re very comfortable & look extra dope

[@SoyBoricuan]

Wear what you want, this ain't the 90's or 2000's. You would've had problems back then.

[@berealboxing6582]

In my hood we called them g-Nike's gangsta nike's

[@pinfold1000]

couldnt wear those in the 90's YOUR BANGING

[@dmejia706]

one thing about the Nike Cortez is back in my day you could really get over a chain link fence really quick wearing those shoes

[@lakersworld2125]

Fr man I see teens wear these and I unfortunately go back to this mindset what color are the checks because it’s just something I grew up around be safe raza 💯🙏

[@acepanda7782]

I got a pair of them when I was 18. Real teenager who just finish high school and trying to find some identity facing the real world. I wore them as my beater back then. Cortez really got some place in my heart

[@robserrano8971]

Once u worn dem out, u tossed dem up on da power lines... u kno

[@Jaedon1981]

They called em Gangsta Nikes, back then.

[@beachcity562]

Facts!! Goat sneaker of Cali West Coast gang culture

[@GLs0ldier]

Infamous belly.. heard of a gym, pal? Lmao

[@sethritchie4032]

Your hat is fuckin fresh man! The 559!

[@AdamJWM]

I loved those shoes. Also the old school suede Puma’s. All blue with a white stripe. Those Cortez were so cool because they had some great colors.

[@coke_can_dan]

"tread" lightly - nice

[@ssbabymoses4758]

we called em "dopemans" in Houston

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Shout out to Houston

[@ssbabymoses4758]

@@NachoAverageFinds shout out to you and yours g

[@antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617]

Mexican culture isn't quite the same in NYC but I've always loved the cholo or chula culture...I'm not Mexican but the culture I've always loved and the women man damn...but the Cortez were common enough amongst the Mexicano/as i grew up around and to this day i can't see it without thinking of the cholos y chulas

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Haha

[@318pdub4]

Those are G Nikes!!! A lot of history goes with those.

[@tonetone8980]

I rocked them red check red laces, red belt red everything

[@blackdeer2048]

Bruh. They look like bowling shoes

[@deadinside935]

Had them growing up from 13 till I was 21 💯

[@MattGarcyaDC]

why stop? grew out of em

[@jjg1818]

I didn’t know you were from central cali bro, been watching your stuff and didn’t realize you were so close to home 😅 god stuff man keep it up

[@kevingraham1190]

We called them bullet toes...

[@meakhernandez]

One of my favorites. When I was growing up in SoCal. My mom never bought me any because of what that shoe signified. But like you said. When the OGs started getting locked up and so forth I made sure to get some. Still have plenty in the rotation til this day.

[@YBRELI13]

I would say 2nd gangster is adidas superstar

[@SungGui91]

Yay! Those are my favorite! Not many store sells those here in Argentina lol

[@haonoxima4629]

The hats is so beautiful😍😍

[@travislewis7785]

I always loved the All black, with white swoop

[@Zx14rrrrrrrrrrr]

I knew that guys feet was gonna be poking outward 😂

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Husky foot problems

[@billyboicatfish]

Im on the 8th "you know what i mean" and im done.

[@mudkip4633]

??

[@vi_EviL_iv]

I had a pair blues and blacks when I was 6 years old, stopped wearing them when I hit JR High as too much gang activity, switched to BKs then stopped wearing when it became to dangerous to wear, people would get shot first ask questions later. Now I'm way older and rocking the black cortez. Always loved them, just not my parent at the time lol. And yes, that was facts, all the OGs would wear them, and they would ask who you banged when they see you wearing them or jumped on sight. MS, 18st, both La Mirada and the hoods, TVR and many others let it be known not to wear them if you don't bang.

[@clifkimpson5807]

We called them dopemans

[@bmorebread8993]

Well we can clearly see his affiliation

[@Greg3555]

Straight up😂😂 It’s all love now man! We’re all chicanos. Saludos to my upstate brothers! 💯👊

[@Thizzamajig]

It's pretty sad tbh. Grown ass man still stuck in a teenage mindset

[@ememe1412]

​@@Thizzamajigjust history. My boy is the age now and I'm square as. He sees the pictures and some of his 'uncles' still half dipped in the streets. We make sure they know the facts not just the glory stories that put the sht on repeat.

[@kilama420]

YEAH I ALSO HEARD IN CENTRAL AMERICA YOU CAN GET YA HEADS LOPPED OF WEARING THESE MUGS!!!!

[@mjwbulich]

I grew up in Highland Park, northeast of LA, in the '80s and '90s. It's not always easy now to tell who's banging. These kids now kinda look like everyone else. Back in the day you could just glance at a fool and you knew exactly what was up. Shaved head. Ben Davis or Dickies pants, baggy and creased. Nike Cortez. White tshirt. Pendleton if it was cold out. I was in Westlake at a 7-11 a while back and there were three dudes inside. The just looked like three young kids until I got in line next to them and saw their tattoos. Maybe I'm just old and out of touch.

[@ruru_esco]

The suede all blue🔥🔥🔥

[@emim_thinks]

We called'em G Nikes

[@NachoAverageFinds]

I like that

[@FalconBane77]

We called them Dopemans.

[@monot00nz]

Fell in love with the OG Cortez in my senior year of high school (2002-2003) when I learned about the history of the shoe within Nike. Had to have it too. Such a clean, classic shoe. I don't mess with any others than the originals though. Red, white, and blue.

[@pinchespanochas277]

*Most Of My Cortez’s R Destroyed N Long Gone Now, Still Got Sum Black Ones I Retired But I’m Tryna Find The White Ones Wit The Black Check Mark Again But Nike Said They Discontinued Em & I’m Not Paying $400+ When They Used To Be $75*

[@joecool9739]

I wear the Zoom Cortez Sacai because ive always liked the Cortez but dont want to get stopped 😆

[@NachoAverageFinds]

Smart man

[@laughspirin8761]

Yo bro how does it fit? Is it the same than the usual cortez? Please reply because I am planning to get myself a pair of those.

[@Greg3555]

Straight up bro! I had my blue pair Chicano style LA vibes.

[@MerchItzMJ]

you don’t know how many times i picked one up to buy then got to scared to cop 😭 ain’t takin no risks

[@idkgoat9394]

Good stay that way

[@vi_EviL_iv]

Good, cause ive seen people get jumped, shot at and stabbed just for wearing the shoes. I used to rock them when I was 6 yrs, then mom stopped buying it for me when too much gang activity was going on. Then had the gangs in school passed the word at JR High. If you dont bang, don't wear them.

[@oper8tiondiamon8tion25]

I'm retired... All facts tho. I'm an adidas head but my big brother worked in the mall, so I had every pair of Cortez that we accepted in the set. Solid white, solid blak, solid gray, gray and white, clear bottoms, blue waffle bottoms were all my favorites plus they go good with the khaks until they started with the plastic swoosh. These days I'm back on the three stripes from head to toe down to the sox. Those shoes being bak all the memories of highschool.

[@Bbknuckles]

Back in 2001 these were seemingly a must have for scraps. Used to watch them fools get beat up and running off hella fast in them beaters 😂

[@bobbyc323able]

I am 56 year old and i remember wearing them in southern california, i remember people staring me down at swap meets trying to buy cholo belts with chrome amd lettering on them. I remember also they were banning cortez shoes in high school, if you wear them they sent you home, this was in the late 80's and early 90s!

[@praiselifeworshiplife1ca]

The all black Cortez was a wild card ♠️

[@tracysimon7972]

Pops had a pair of snakeskin Cortez back in the day lol

[@demarcusbrown8711]

With the Fat laces

[@samuelhorowitz5029PLUMBCRAZY]

I had every color. I wish they brought them back

[@joshuashell3964]

I'm from South Carolina.....we wore these in middle school, and we called them bullet toes

[@psun316]

Shout out Fresno State hat. Go Dogs!

[@NachoAverageFinds]

559

[@theone7756]

THE SUEDE GRAY ONES TOP FLIGHT

[@impersistentnotconsistent7613]

The og Cortez are the suede and nylon black and white those are the first ones ... Best ones on my opinion I rocked them in the mid 90s

[@connormoorehead1872]

Now Wolf of Wall Street got Finance bros in em 😂😂😂

[@Dino-kr9cb]

That was my favorite shoe for years!

[@bizzybone5676]

The "Dope Mans"

[@eduardoguerrero2791]

What Cortez is for L.A. is what chucks all star converse is for us in Chicago back in the day

[@danieltorres8565]

Had many of em. That fresno state hats clean as hell

[@JoseMartinez-wr9jn]

To this day that same shit comes into play if not more now

[@rolbar5723]

Mine were bulletproof.

[@luvlife2355]

Growing up in NY, you could rock whatever color of the swoosh you wanted on the Cortez.

[@Integrity.is.everything]

In Georgia we called them Dopemans

[@209_Smg_Dre]

YEAH, IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WE CALLED THEM "DOPE~FIENDS"!🤟🏿👌🏿💯

[@LLaMaMaru]

Na meen.. na meen.. na meen

[@NachoAverageFinds]

🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️😂🗣

[@brocclyde4884]

One of the most comfortable shoe I ever wore.

[@fernando041598]

I got 10 pairs one me rn 😂 grew up in these, sad varsity run for like 300$+ now

[@thelogster3]

I only see Forrest Gump when I think of those sneakers

[@sSthesquadSs]

This shoes reminds me of the same dog breed as the Target mascot

[@biggiebaby3541]

Shoes... they're just shoes.

[@HereToHelp-56]

This is an inner city thing😂😂😂

[@timekiller6163]

Called these Dopemans

[@TheMmiguelito]

Maaaan,and they had nooo support byt you had to rock em lolol

[@vess928]

Imagine being a grown man talking about what sneakers you can wear in what neighborhood

[@vandie9759]

1986 USMC boot camp issue ., ,.,first time many recruits ever run 3 miles is done in these ., every marine ran 3 miles every morning in gofasters ,,., blue Sewade Cortez

[@NachoAverageFinds]

😂😂 that’s dope

[@blackjesus6433]

The black air force one's is the new sheriff in town. 🙏🏾

[@NachoAverageFinds]

On the East-coast I’m sure 😂

[@maxconing812]

Lmfao Fr

[@FknClownShoes]

​​@@NachoAverageFindsNah they was wearing Cortezs in New York in late late 80s early 90s. This dude a weirdo,airforce was a thing in the 2000s when every wore big ass shirts an Sean John that hung over there ass. This dude trying to rewrite history like they did with snap backs.

[@TruG670]

You are not a Boss with AF1s 😂😂😂 everybody wears them but not so many Rock Cortez , I wear Cortez !!! Fück AF1s !!!

[@TruG670]

​​@@FknClownShoesthats how the Teenies walk around now , the 90s Style is back !!!

[@ikelove6784]

George Costanza wore those too

[@jasonchenoweth4343]

Gen X Here, and I believe THIS was the first shoe that really blew up! When I was a kid, I lived in Northern Cali, and THESE were the shoes to have!!! But!! Like this guy said... you had to be careful where you wore them! So.. you either had to learn to fight or run fast as hell! Lol.. or you lost your kicks. well, I couldn't run that fast, so I learned to knuckle up... but man, do these bring back memories...

[@mindofjerry5476]

Rolled my ankle in those so many damn times

[@razztastic]

no offense but you gotta learn how to walk brother, people don't just roll their ankles like that

[@mindofjerry5476]

@@razztastic lol ok bud

[@j.m.5995]

The Spirit of Hernán Cortez lives on..m

[@IzzyMann]

i must of been about 10 or so, saved up for a pair of these, off whites/cream with the silver tick! JEEZE! lol this is OLD SKOOL !

[@polong99]

David always wears OG dad sneakers

[@huskyvisionary5883]

I remember when I went to school in these they sent me straight to the office

[@saleemwaheed9956]

I’m 53, and been wearing them since they came out. Got 3 different pairs in the closet right now,and the classic red stripe. Never had a problem. This was just a Mexican American, LA thing. Had no effect on the east coast. But the Chicano takeover of the Cortez is a great piece of Nike history.

[@richardcranium9663]

They use to,make an all white pair and a pair with a black check as well.