Meyhem Lauren got it all day…
The XXLmag.com features article on the lifestyle is giving shine to the younger heads coming up in the game.
Jose Hustle is a young cat from down south who became an Internets Celebrity with his ‘Been Had _____’ meme videos.
I see that shorty been had that Polo, but then I had to ask Jose Hustle just how ‘LO he could really go…
I fell thru the Marshall’s on 125th Street this weekend and I spotted some of the Transformers: Animated Series figures on clearance.
I’m not exactly sure what the next project is going to be but you can bet your lunch you will be seeing some robots getting it innnnnnn[ll].
Hail Megatron!
Internets!
Keep it 1000 with me…
Did I sort of O.D. by going in with a pair of Oakley goggles along with the Oakley Frogskin shades?
The Polo Country shawl collar cardigan sweater is a most classic I.T.
My lifestyle swag today is very Brooklyn Museum of Art 1st Saturday Ski Lodge Patrol.
Hail Megatron!
And all my brothers from Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy, Brownsville, Bushwick, East New York and all of New York.
I stunt this way for y’all just to let you know it will never stop, even after I’m gone.
It will NEVER. EVAR. STOP.
BROOKLYN.
Even tho’ Eric B ran with a mob of dudes from Walt Whitman Houses (Fort Greene projects) including the O.G. Fifty Cent his style of fly apparel was that of a Harlem paper chaser. Polo, Bally and Fila was how the Brooklyn cats got dipped. The above pictured Dapper Dan Gucci ensemble was the shit you saw on the backs of the drug dealers from Uptown.
You see, the pushers were the only dudes who could afford these tailormade outfits. Gucci, MCM, YSL and Louis Vuitton (actually back then LV wasn’t even the shit) were expensive enough in the flagship 5th Avenue stores but you couldn’t find any XL or XXL pieces. So Dapper Dan started his customizing business and it became synonymous with Harlem’s swagger.
Years later Gucci’s lead designer Tom Ford would swagger jack the streets when he designed the all-over monogram jackets that would bring the company back into prominence. It’s a curious tradeoff that the streets give to high end designers. The streets believe these rags ascribe affluence. The rag dealers also want the credibility and the desire of the streets.
I like how XXL produced this piece. Finally, some Hip-Hop on a higher level.
Polo and Hip-Hop, an Oral History [Pt. 2]
