The New York Times, in typical NYTimes privileged fashion has discovered that negroes are riding skateboards(again!). You already know that I hate the pandering liberal, closeted conservatism of the New York Times. These are the same faux liberal fuckwads that railroaded the six Harlem teenagers falsely accused of raping the Central Park jogger. The NYTimes threw them dudes under the proverbial bus in the worst way. So I am always suspect whenever they run a story that mentions Black youth. Don’t sleep on these supremacists either, in the NYTimes newsroom nooses are referred to as tree accessories.
It turns out that one of the intrepid reporters from the Times, some relocated Mid-Westerner caught a glimpse of some Black kids doing kick flips in front of the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Their attire must have emboldened him to ask the kids a few questions about their reasons for grinding in front of the museum. Of course, PHARRELL WILLIAMS was credited with the fad of skateboarding in the urban community as well as Lupe Fiasco. What was odd to me was that the reporter didn’t dig any further into the urban skate scene than STEVIE WILLIAMS. Typical of the NYTimes to keep their reporting a generic commodification of the true urban skate scene.
My homey IAN REID has been grinding boards from Bed-Stuy to Bangkhok, from Fort Greene to fucking… Yeah! My dude is the underground center city skate king and if you ever saw the video ‘Sex, ‘Hood, Skate & Videotape’ you would already know what’s good. I’m not trying to take anything away from STEVIE WILLIAMS or HAROLD HUNTER (GOD bless the dead), but my nigga IAN goes in with all the street skaters. IAN’s video is a mix of bumfights, drunk nude chicks and yeah, skateboarding. Shit is hardbody as fuck. You don’t believe me? Watch the fucking trailer.
The NYTimes is not conservative at all…you ever read the Op-Ed section? I’ll take your word on the one issue, but don’t let it ruin the whole paper…
skatin got real popular after katrina…but i know dudes that got hooked after seeing kareem campbell in tony hawk pro skater when i was like 13…
I rollerskate and listen to Norah Jones while slurping lattes with my poodle, Fifi. I want to be in the New York Times.
I’m sure some one is going to happen upon an urban rock band, or a black girl wielding a guitar to
discoverproclaim an emergence of black rock music in urban areas.Maybe they’ll will cite Beyonce’s backing band as an influence. After all, she made it cool and official.
^ It will be in the NYTimes
The trailer reminds me of the movie Kids.
Stevie Williams is the truth You tube him if your not familiar. The NYTimes is a solid source of journalism and current events but you still have to filter the BS just like the bible, history books and encyclopedia’s.
Thanks for DVD D!
d- i grew up skateboarding, and i am not talking about some sissified long-board california UC campus idiocy, i am talking about the same shit as your friend here. here’s the best thing about skating besides actually skating itself: rather than a “colorblind” relationship amongst my friends, we actually recognized and appreciated each other’s different cultural backgrounds, yet above and beyond were united by the culture most important to us — skating. also, music, namely punk and hip-hop, have always been crucial elements to the skate-culture. as long as i skated, my crew has always been multi-ethnic and cultural. i think most skaters would agree on that. nice post and good luck to your friend.
Thanks for being the first hip hop affiliated publication to no attribute skateboarding solely with Lupe and Pharrell, these stoops know nothing. I copped Ian Reid’s joint as soon as it came out, and I’m glad to hear you don’t share the same view as mtv when it comes to skating.
On the real, Harold Hunter should be rolling over in his grave right about now. Like negroes JUST started skateboarding. I guess the 70’s never fuckin’ happened either, huh? “Sex, Hood, Skate & Videotape” has been flying off the shelves at the Undergroundhiphop.com store down the street as well as other spots. Ever since Stevie Williams signed his deal and Paul Rodriguez Jr. signed with Nike (?), I thought that heads would start getting put on like crazy. Not really the case, though.
Nice drop, Dallas.
One.
wow this vid came out a while ago …and ian ried isnt even all that good …come onnnnn..rest in peace KM and HH
oh yea if anything the kings in NY would have to be Billy Rohan , Guy Mariano , Ted Barrow ..shit u dont even mention fuckin Jeremy Henderson the fucking godfather ….fucking most of the Supreme Team ….let me digress though …u should do more research ..cuz even before harold u had kyle james …kickflips in tims all day …one
^ I should do research? Shut your faggot lips.
Mariano? Barrow? You are talking about clothing company skaters even younger than Ian? Come from behind your computer and your homo art class paintbrushes and come into the street, NOT the skate shops.
Who is this homo?
your even dumber and fatter than i thought
younger than ian ??? guy mariano skated with blind when they were big in 91′ ..with jason lee and the gonz .. come on “video dayz “everyone who knows anything knows that …..like i said …do more research .
Phatter. Yes.
You are gheyer than I could have imagined. Go put a spoon on Mariano’s nuttsachs. Ian was skating when the wheels were still wooden. Why? Because that is the only kind of skateboard Black kids were allowed to have.
This is why niggas don’t typically fuck with skateboarding. Too much faggotry. Go suck off Lupe and Pharrell.
why does it always have to be a black thing ???….black kids where skating with natas kaupas wayyy back in the 80’s with the gonz , even so with the bones brigade and the future primitive footy being shot in NY . it waas never a color issue ..unless of course your were uncomfortable with your “blackness ” …me myself im clear i could give a fuck …i have fun skating . Also please dont associate me with ass clowns the likes of Lupe and Pharrell i have yet to see them actually chilling with kids at spots and havin fun like the real guys did ….thier just busy countin up more cash for their next hideous sneaker design . I also doubt they can flip in/flip out to any tricks ..i also think when u risk life and limb every day hittin 20 stairs really isnt that faggoty .