How stealing North Face jackets became tradition in 90’s New York

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  • Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
  • Full episode now on Patreon. POST VSOP is a legendary graffiti writer who mirrors a walking encyclopedia of New York City history. In this episode, he speaks on the origins of the gear culture that engulfed the graffiti scene in the 90s, The North Face’s rise in popularity from graffiti writers to mainstream culture, the practice of loot-racking, the miniature-economy created around Ralph Lauren and the trading of pieces, old school / new school graffiti and more. He is interviewed by Tommy Rebel and Rabbit, two legends who greatly contributed to the culture around gear in New York City.
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  • @AamirAli-ow5pc
    @AamirAli-ow5pc Місяць тому +143

    Boosting really helped some brands get noticed in the urban community

    • @COD73045
      @COD73045 Місяць тому +5

      Facts

    • @Lpm920
      @Lpm920 Місяць тому +10

      Ya. I’m sure that’s what Ralph Lauren was going for

    • @SNEED_FEED
      @SNEED_FEED 28 днів тому +9

      In Australia, our "hood style" (called eshay or lad) evolved from people shoplifting the most expensive brands they could. This is why they wear nike tn's with ralph lauren polo shirts.

    • @brianperez649
      @brianperez649 14 днів тому

      @@Lpm920 lmfaooooo

    • @harryfillpot666
      @harryfillpot666 8 днів тому

      "Stealing shit got niggas attention"

  • @wilfredocaban3542
    @wilfredocaban3542 Місяць тому +85

    Why does every borough in nyc think they smarter than the rest when its all the same thing.

    • @Ziptie258
      @Ziptie258 Місяць тому +37

      New York energy

    • @MrMlbfan6
      @MrMlbfan6 Місяць тому +3

      Because the. X is the best

    • @dimeweld
      @dimeweld Місяць тому +12

      Crabs in a barrel

    • @lifecrisis88
      @lifecrisis88 16 днів тому

      talking bout crabs n a barrel… shit up lil nigga lol, it’s more like friendly competition

    • @d.akhtar9080
      @d.akhtar9080 9 днів тому

      Some sort of dunning Kruger effect

  • @jax2428
    @jax2428 Місяць тому +51

    North face and columbia jackets were huge sellers on the streets in Vancouver in the 90s.

    • @tylerdouglas480
      @tylerdouglas480 14 днів тому

      Ya and starter pull over jackets

    • @joe9743
      @joe9743 9 днів тому

      When drake was doing wheelies on niggas

  • @DocDuchovny
    @DocDuchovny 2 місяці тому +110

    Boosting story’s are always good lol

    • @TheShahofBaltimore
      @TheShahofBaltimore 2 місяці тому +14

      “Lo Life” the Polo Ralph Lauren Boys!!

    • @EazybEazee
      @EazybEazee Місяць тому +2

      🎉 always

    • @maplebear6527
      @maplebear6527 Місяць тому +13

      just call it stealing. It's fking stealing

    • @MazBringsby
      @MazBringsby Місяць тому +1

      Not really

    • @MazBringsby
      @MazBringsby Місяць тому +4

      ​@@maplebear6527 Thanks for being the only sane person here.

  • @TheBeeOBee
    @TheBeeOBee Місяць тому +21

    North Face with the button down zipper, just in case I gotta clutch on that trigger
    -papoose

  • @numbaonestunna4806
    @numbaonestunna4806 2 місяці тому +73

    its either your granny and parents buying you stuff like a bum or you taking it like its already yours 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ketchupheadd
      @ketchupheadd Місяць тому +8

      taking it like a bum would 😂

    • @numbaonestunna4806
      @numbaonestunna4806 Місяць тому +6

      @@ketchupheadd you’re lost

    • @BigBlackClark
      @BigBlackClark Місяць тому

      Let me get this straight, because you DON'T steal, you're a Bum ?

    • @tobiasmanuelitoe9145
      @tobiasmanuelitoe9145 12 днів тому +1

      @@ketchupheadd cristopher columbus was a bum

    • @lindboknifeandtool
      @lindboknifeandtool 6 днів тому

      Or you’re middle class and don’t ask for much ever

  • @guikatinskas
    @guikatinskas Місяць тому +5

    been following P for years, always great to hear his stories

  • @tj9585
    @tj9585 Місяць тому +14

    Them Frisco dudes use to do the same thing they reminded me of new York cats because they wore timbs and North Faces

  • @jesussavesnyc
    @jesussavesnyc Місяць тому +8

    That’s late 90’s…my brother used to rack triple fat goose & starter jackets back in 90! We in Bushwick/Ridgewood NY at that time

  • @darianreyes2733
    @darianreyes2733 2 місяці тому +35

    its so crazy how ny and sf sound so similar even down to the face besides the accent its like listening to one of the homies

    • @DanielWinston-z8l
      @DanielWinston-z8l Місяць тому +3

      Its bananas you said that. I'm from SoCal and traveled up to the bay. I was like, where the f&ck am I at, New York. It's truly a different vibe from So.Cal, clothing, cars, and weather..

    • @darianreyes2733
      @darianreyes2733 Місяць тому +1

      @@DanielWinston-z8l it’s a weird comparison but when you think about hey Arnold you can’t really tell if it’s in NY in SF or in Seattle but apparently it’s amalgamation of them all. It’s just wild to think there’s different versions of the same things going on everywhere.

  • @mikeya8725
    @mikeya8725 2 місяці тому +16

    Rackin was one of my favorite past times.. I took it all. You name it I boosted it. Not glorifying anything in a positive light.. just gettin money as well as flexin at that time. Times was tough Chicago Rackin back in tha 90’s.Rackin paint from franks nursery and crafts and shit..

    • @thekidcambo781
      @thekidcambo781 18 днів тому +1

      Oh man the amount of paint me & my boys racked 🤣

    • @sleepinganimals
      @sleepinganimals 9 днів тому +1

      Times was tough, we couldn’t survive without our paint and north face jackets….

    • @mikeya8725
      @mikeya8725 7 днів тому +1

      @@sleepinganimals word ..

  • @ashleybanks-wm4cg
    @ashleybanks-wm4cg Місяць тому +6

    Thst love for fashion never changes I love how he mentioned they was making Drug type money off clothes
    You can tell old head still serious about his Fashion and i love that Can yall do more of these type stories please Shoutout to old head for keeping it tru

  • @legitorecords5701
    @legitorecords5701 Місяць тому +4

    1997 there was some Japanese shop in the village that was selling Jordans, shell toes, early Nike's etc for dollar (like $100+). that was the first shop I saw selling deadstock joints for big $$.

  • @ScamLikely9327
    @ScamLikely9327 9 днів тому +2

    I have a friend who did this in the late 2000’s. Selling north face out the trunk type beat.

  • @marvintejeda9403
    @marvintejeda9403 2 місяці тому +30

    I miss racking but karma real cus now I’ve lost more than I’ve ever racked😅

    • @OfficialTissue24
      @OfficialTissue24 2 місяці тому +8

      That’s why I stopped

    • @j36793
      @j36793 Місяць тому +19

      In your head blood. You think the people running the world live off good karma

    • @OfficialTissue24
      @OfficialTissue24 Місяць тому

      @@j36793 I can only speak for myself my n…

    • @brightkicks_
      @brightkicks_ Місяць тому

      @@j36793nah you do right by people…regardless of karma. If not you become like the world…lost

    • @bobanmilisavljevic7857
      @bobanmilisavljevic7857 Місяць тому

      That's why I stopped painting

  • @ThousandairesClub
    @ThousandairesClub Місяць тому +4

    *east coast 90's, it was the Starter Jackets 👌 I was 11 fighting off grown ass men to keep my Starter* 😂

  • @tilmandnzel
    @tilmandnzel Місяць тому +2

    True NYC legend right here!

  • @undercovernewsnetwork
    @undercovernewsnetwork Місяць тому +5

    Crazy , so much effort for just coats

    • @thegodpee
      @thegodpee Місяць тому +3

      Having one of those coats back then was equivalent to having jewelry on. And the kids taking those jackets were young teenagers at that.

  • @tlb31m
    @tlb31m Місяць тому +5

    Them jackets fukn fire reminds me of the LO life’s from NY I’m from TX waaaay before my time

  • @renascenttv6462
    @renascenttv6462 8 днів тому +1

    Junior High School I bought my first Red Gore-tech "hot", back then meaning it was stolen or fell off the truck.

  • @TheShahofBaltimore
    @TheShahofBaltimore 2 місяці тому +3

    Another sick video! Keep em comin G!

  • @skizztrizz4453
    @skizztrizz4453 Місяць тому +5

    Starters and 8 Balls too. Quick way to get robbed

  • @Willesden_Rab1_TV
    @Willesden_Rab1_TV 2 місяці тому +15

    we didnt use the word boost over here in london uk 1990s we called it "GOING OUT THERE"

    • @jazztheglass6139
      @jazztheglass6139 Місяць тому +2

      London early 1990's it was called hoisting, working cheque and card was kiting.

    • @Willesden_Rab1_TV
      @Willesden_Rab1_TV Місяць тому

      @@jazztheglass6139 nice one bruv you must be little bit older than me - i rem the mid 90s certain of the rudebwoys catch some yute and "send a man out there" ... "to make a raise" ... back then london was crazy

    • @jazztheglass6139
      @jazztheglass6139 Місяць тому

      @@Willesden_Rab1_TV making a raise, goes way back. I first heard it in Liverpool start of the 1980's. Doing yards, was breaking into a dwelling.
      Linton Kwesi johnson wrote a song called Want Fi Goh Rave, about 1980. Give it a listen. It will make you laugh. It's on UA-cam
      Still mi haffi mek a raze
      Kaw mi come af age
      An mi want fi goh rave

    • @StraightLetterz
      @StraightLetterz Місяць тому +2

      Brighton 2000s we said chore

    • @betrousaltaweel
      @betrousaltaweel 29 днів тому

      Most of the uk called it choring or lifting

  • @MrChayanne93
    @MrChayanne93 2 місяці тому +3

    Lmaiiooo I’m from Fordham Bronx forever that’s a facts
    Another wild wild facts I still have my Steph tech right till this day from models in my closet ready to go lmao

  • @Vcor9090
    @Vcor9090 Місяць тому +3

    He said Ryno..lol.yeah my niggah Ryno went ultra hard on the racking tip

  • @shoeengine1161
    @shoeengine1161 2 місяці тому +4

    yo is that the cat from the sneaker documentary from back in the day??

    • @Curling_Rack
      @Curling_Rack Місяць тому

      fat boy can only wear sneakers. He cant fit into regular fit clothes

  • @MyNewYorkCity.
    @MyNewYorkCity. 2 місяці тому +8

    Facts boosting was life,until the hustle money started to flock.😂

  • @Mikey_likes_vintage_bikes
    @Mikey_likes_vintage_bikes Місяць тому +1

    Ha, I used to boost with a Lizzie bag! If you know you know and now sure I spelled it correctly!

  • @CC-fi3pp
    @CC-fi3pp 10 днів тому +1

    I KNOW HIM! He racked that headband from my Dominican friends street stall. What a scumb4g.

  • @geerod8338
    @geerod8338 Місяць тому +1

    Crazy how I grew up doing everything he did mid 2000’s.
    History really repeats! Raised in the Bronx to can’t make this shit up!

  • @DougieFresh13
    @DougieFresh13 Місяць тому +2

    Shit I bought a few goretex shells for over 500 still got one use it at Whiteface been around the world snowboarding with it

  • @UncleRichieGaming
    @UncleRichieGaming 21 день тому +1

    northface steep techs & backpacks were getting snatched off of backs until the 2010s in Brooklyn.

  • @danielcasillo4385
    @danielcasillo4385 2 місяці тому +7

    before that you made moves on Polo/Nautica/Jansports from the malls on Queens Blvd.

    • @verbone
      @verbone Місяць тому +3

      Queens Center mall

    • @matthewbrown2242
      @matthewbrown2242 Місяць тому

      Woodhaven blvd​@@verbone

    • @auggysimcity
      @auggysimcity Місяць тому

      Tent and trails manhattan. They had a wall of fame.

    • @pillberg1
      @pillberg1 24 дні тому

      jansports were on the same level as nauticas and ralph?

  • @mannionaire
    @mannionaire 20 днів тому +4

    oh man wait till they hear about How stealing moncler jackets became tradition in 2000’s New York

  • @Queensfinest2023
    @Queensfinest2023 2 дні тому

    Sean Jean velour suits from sears ..: dressing room😂😂

  • @TivoronMasChingon
    @TivoronMasChingon Місяць тому +3

    We need big body bes on here

  • @Youtubesucks15
    @Youtubesucks15 Місяць тому +10

    We know they ain’t stealing jobs.

  • @DMWBN3
    @DMWBN3 6 годин тому

    Boom - "lumberjacks were talking about bows & arrows & shit"

  • @stackitup-c2m
    @stackitup-c2m Місяць тому

    I love this right here

  • @jimmyjames3173
    @jimmyjames3173 2 місяці тому

    Love that pic with 👑 REBEL

  • @googleaccount1276
    @googleaccount1276 Місяць тому +3

    Steamin' 😂 NYC shit

  • @bigben1986
    @bigben1986 Місяць тому +2

    This is dope!!!!

  • @Ooooozer321
    @Ooooozer321 Місяць тому +1

    Shout out to my old booster!!! Wherever you are!!!

  • @johneast6972
    @johneast6972 Місяць тому

    What year is that headband from?

  • @ShanDoonaTeam571
    @ShanDoonaTeam571 2 місяці тому

    My man Posta‼️ Rabbit Waddup‼️

  • @Janon48
    @Janon48 Місяць тому +1

    Then they turn around and complain about businesses moving out of their neighborhoods 😂

  • @sergez6172
    @sergez6172 2 місяці тому

    My first north face was the bottom one in the first pic,I bought it in my pops friend's shop that's a clothes/smoke shop/ unofficial homeless tea and coffee center, and he did so well between the early 90s with the whole rave thing here in Ireland right up to the recession in 2008 so he had some insane stock over the years some real some fakes some literally off the back of a truck and you could hardly walk down the shop with all the clothes and fuckin bongs and just everything and it's like 2012 and north face here in Ireland wasn't as big as it is now and i had seen them in graff movies and picture books and anytime I found one to buy they were always new design for like mountain climbing durable elbow pads etc, I wanted something to look fly but paint in and by chance i had asked my pops friend did he have any low and behold out comes that exact design and colour, 50 euro had it until maybe 5-6 years ago..... Now they everywhere super black and futurist slick aerodynamic design is the prevalent choice of style or the north face tracksuit and always tight... Nah baggy is better and you look dope rockin it

  • @ianblackburn2645
    @ianblackburn2645 7 днів тому

    Hope this guy got into Graff cos if your good a racking your gonna get up in graff

  • @drrevef4253
    @drrevef4253 2 місяці тому

    I know also people who did this in the 90's: Amsterdam/ italy..

  • @olima021prod
    @olima021prod Місяць тому +1

    Same thins as Lo Life right

  • @Lifxzvb
    @Lifxzvb Місяць тому

    Bay Area was known for that also

  • @grrrbrrr9053
    @grrrbrrr9053 7 днів тому

    some must work, so that other may steal

  • @runninone_6326
    @runninone_6326 29 днів тому

    shout NY love. from CALI

  • @Sunny31310
    @Sunny31310 Місяць тому

    The brands change but the game stays the same..

  • @nor44lab
    @nor44lab 2 місяці тому

    Top chat!

  • @jeffreyagosto3284
    @jeffreyagosto3284 Місяць тому

    Rebel was the original hype beast. Fake steep techs and corny hats

  • @Real_HOCUS
    @Real_HOCUS 2 місяці тому

    We need a ep:176 part two

  • @JohnMorris604
    @JohnMorris604 20 днів тому

    Bows & arrows! 😂😂😂

  • @yehmatesick
    @yehmatesick 2 місяці тому

    Iconic

  • @UnderGroundSkoopTV
    @UnderGroundSkoopTV Місяць тому

    What a timee

  • @alistent21
    @alistent21 Місяць тому

    Astro still tag

  • @GioRockon
    @GioRockon Місяць тому +1

    thats SKuF ykk

  • @MyNewYorkCity.
    @MyNewYorkCity. 2 місяці тому

    Stream them😂

  • @oji6021
    @oji6021 Місяць тому +2

    Boosters are lame

    • @alistent21
      @alistent21 Місяць тому +2

      So why you here

    • @d.akhtar9080
      @d.akhtar9080 9 днів тому

      💯

    • @d.akhtar9080
      @d.akhtar9080 9 днів тому

      Tell me you don’t have a dad without telling me you don’t have a dad 😂

  • @matj3296
    @matj3296 2 місяці тому +10

    PoloRican!!!

    • @j36793
      @j36793 Місяць тому

      💀

  • @Curling_Rack
    @Curling_Rack Місяць тому +3

    self snitching video. word up

    • @alistent21
      @alistent21 Місяць тому +3

      What they going to arrest him for boosting 25 years later

  • @TheStickyLabel
    @TheStickyLabel 53 хвилини тому

    The culture has been Given away in all aspects…smh

  • @TommyGzTV
    @TommyGzTV 2 місяці тому +2

    nah the BIGGIE jacket era was different... iykyk

  • @sSunny__Jim
    @sSunny__Jim 2 місяці тому +1

    Boom

  • @mshinasherman7914
    @mshinasherman7914 16 днів тому

    Caress the jacket...

  • @GeorgeKarnedy
    @GeorgeKarnedy 2 місяці тому

    dad?

  • @rastagideon8236
    @rastagideon8236 Місяць тому

    Early and Mid 90’s was the First Down jackets. North face was at the end of the 90’s. I know I was there.

  • @Hardbody94
    @Hardbody94 Місяць тому

    this dude puerto rican?

  • @elijah1614
    @elijah1614 2 місяці тому

    BOOM 💥

  • @scottyrock2021
    @scottyrock2021 2 місяці тому +1

    Interview Digglah next plz

    • @thegodpee
      @thegodpee 2 місяці тому +5

      Internet gear nerd knowledge learned on forums and being out in the field with it in real time are 2 different beasts my dude. Let alone being an actual graffiti writer lived through the culture of why these clothes had impact in nyc. Don’t ever confuse the two . Theres levels here

    • @scottyrock2021
      @scottyrock2021 2 місяці тому +1

      @@thegodpee didn’t know that didn’t apply to BIP_Roberts AKA Digglah. Heard U, P.

    • @thegodpee
      @thegodpee 2 місяці тому +2

      @@scottyrock2021 nike talk transfer into vga is where dude came into play.

  • @bvincesf
    @bvincesf Місяць тому +2

    And this is something to brad about? Come on.

  • @Joeglass44
    @Joeglass44 2 місяці тому +8

    Bum activities

    • @user-up3tv2ei7g
      @user-up3tv2ei7g 2 місяці тому +4

      You mad lol

    • @Joeglass44
      @Joeglass44 Місяць тому +1

      @@user-up3tv2ei7g You must be part of the bum squad

    • @jax2428
      @jax2428 Місяць тому +2

      We were kids bro.. it ain't that serious.

    • @Joeglass44
      @Joeglass44 Місяць тому +1

      @@jax2428 Another bum lmao

    • @Joeglass44
      @Joeglass44 Місяць тому +2

      @@jax2428 Nothin is serious to y’all it’s sad smh

  • @luiscrespo-k1q
    @luiscrespo-k1q 16 днів тому

    Cano csm mob. Bronx. 90-2000s. Bronx and queens.

  • @MazBringsby
    @MazBringsby Місяць тому +11

    Bragging about stealing isn't a flex.

    • @Noog6284
      @Noog6284 Місяць тому +5

      What was your reason of being a spectator towards this segment? I’m not tryna be a smart a$$ just an honest question to be frank …

    • @MazBringsby
      @MazBringsby Місяць тому

      @@Noog6284 Your question doesn't even make sense, to be frank.
      Keep it moving.

    • @Noog6284
      @Noog6284 Місяць тому +2

      @@MazBringsby my apologies if you took it the wrong way …. And pardon my misunderstanding

    • @MazBringsby
      @MazBringsby Місяць тому +1

      @@Noog6284 I posted my comment because the video glorifies stealing as something to aspire to.
      Stealing clothes and bragging about it is lousy behavior.
      I hope my explanation helps. I meant no offense to you.

    • @Noog6284
      @Noog6284 Місяць тому +1

      @@MazBringsby understanding understood, I appreciate you and feel what you mean … not sure if it interest you on your part but I’m not the kind of person to strike anyone’s nerves like a lot people do on the internet…. I’m a person of peace first … perhaps I do need to proof read what I write at times … it’s crazy how back then the act of boosting was really a way of life … peace n love to you n yours truly

  • @andygreatfield
    @andygreatfield 2 місяці тому +19

    Dudes really thinking they are pulling major crimes 🙄

    • @TheShahofBaltimore
      @TheShahofBaltimore 2 місяці тому +34

      Nooo it was a LIFESTYLE! We was boosting with fat pockets!! Shit was just for fun man. You really had a boring ass youth huh 🤔 😅

    • @thegodpee
      @thegodpee 2 місяці тому +2

      This cornball comment will be adressed next time we speak on the subject 🤣.

    • @STELLARMIGHTY
      @STELLARMIGHTY Місяць тому +1

      You clearly know nothing about New York

  • @Jack_all
    @Jack_all 21 день тому

    Steeling is bad.. It's fatherless behavior.

  • @RUBBERGUMSOUL
    @RUBBERGUMSOUL Місяць тому

    2L'$

  • @luiscrespo-k1q
    @luiscrespo-k1q 16 днів тому

    6 train god cano and rep lc mob. Bronx throggsneck projects

  • @bennyramos6782
    @bennyramos6782 Місяць тому

    Back in those days no one took my north face and I had the good ones

  • @LJ-mp7ir
    @LJ-mp7ir Місяць тому +2

    He should of boosted a gym membership……

  • @josephspagnola9884
    @josephspagnola9884 20 днів тому +1

    Its only tradition for a particular race of people 😂😂

  • @djgreenhornet2892
    @djgreenhornet2892 2 місяці тому

    🫡🫡🫡🫡

  • @blizbxny1841
    @blizbxny1841 Місяць тому

    Dudes feel good telling stories of how they stole like bums

  • @12point131
    @12point131 Місяць тому +5

    Wearing expensive clothes you stole defeats the purpose of expensive clothes.

  • @CHR1SUND4Y
    @CHR1SUND4Y 2 місяці тому +3

    Your teaching how to shop lift Disgraceful real gangsters move in silence

    • @Willesden_Rab1_TV
      @Willesden_Rab1_TV 2 місяці тому +14

      this has nothing to do with being a gangster - especially when back in the 1990s real gangsters were shooting people broad daylight or getting put in a box themselves. now boosting was the thing to do as kids + teens as we were poor
      but you obviously still live at home with your parents - probably "the bosses son" + think your better than everyone else

    • @charizard9633
      @charizard9633 2 місяці тому +12

      Yeah I don’t get the gangster comment. This is about kids jacking stuff from the stores… it’s what a lot of us poor kids did back in the day. I used to steal everything from candy to clothes to baseball cards. Stole bikes, broke into arcade games to steal the quarters or tokens, snuck in the movie theaters without paying. Am I proud of it? No but not ashamed either… I was a kid that was poor and did things to come up on money and items. I’m a grown ass man today and have a successful career and once I turned 18 I stopped stealing and haven’t broke the law since and I’m in my 40’s now. lol it was just us being kids back in the day doing shit that most poor kids did growing up in the ghetto. I mean at least we weren’t out robbing people and hurting people. Stealing is just petty stuff. I really couldn’t care less if people are stealing from stores today, as long as they aren’t robbing regular people or stealing from them then I really don’t mind.

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