I blame these cac sneaker influencers like Harrison Nevel and Foamer Simpson.
Being a sneaker head used to mean something. These cacs have no authentic nostalgia for any of the sneaks they are charging up the resale for. Us 80’s babies remember when many of these Jordan’s and shyt originally came out. And most of our parents weren’t copping hundred dollar kicks at a time when kids were getting killed for Jordan’s and Starter coats when the crime rate was at an all time high in every city. I remember being a freshman in high school and nikkas hooping in the original Jordan 12’s, 13’s and the OG foams.
These cacs wasn’t with me shooting in the gym. But then again, nikkas forget Nike was founded by a bunch of swagless white dudes from Oregon.
The thing is though that most cacs who gentrified the sneaker game have no real drip. They don’t know how to dress at all. Back when I was in high school, had to know how to dress. You had to have coat game, sweater game, leather game, pea coat game, gortex game etc. etc. These cacs now getaway with thinking they got drip off of hype and logos on hoodies. In the late 90’s and early 2000’s, shoes game was limited to mostly Timbs and Air Forces and whatever new Jordan dropped that year. Retro’s weren’t released every week or even year back then.
From what I see, this is a trend with cacs. In a couple years, being a sneakerhead and super hypebeast will be looked at as corny amongst cacs. If it hasn’t already. Definitely seen as resurgence of wiggas the past couple years.
They haven’t realized how game goofy they look yet. Literally everything these cacs touch turns into a meme. The “urban” style is only the icing on the cake. It was the movement behind Hip Hop that made the style pop. You can’t buy style because true style is an art and the best art comes from pain.
U gonna need to explain this one
