Sneakers That Defined West Coast Hip Hop

EVERYBODY had a pair of Cortez’s back in the day….
Ode to the WEST SIDE!!!

Shoe makers purposely making shoes for gangs shows gangs will never go away. Pathetic

G NIKES they're pretty comfortable nice cushion too ... 1st kicks I bought on my own back in da 90s, n da Chuck's just WOW

Nike Cortez Classic

Cortez and Chucks arent West Coast hip hop culture, its LA culture..its our uniform...creased Dickies, Chucks, Cortez and Vans...punks, skaters and surfers were wearing Chucks before hip hop existed..

Wait... The white boy is teaching us black culture???... Like teaching us about air jordans?.. And hip hop?.. Cant WA t to see your vlog on cornrows.. And slavery.. Heck.. Jamaican music... 😂😂😂

G nikes

And the k Swiss

I worked in a sneaker store and scored some fire 🔥

Navy suede with the white swish

I grew up in Manhattan, all the way uptown 200 Dyckman street and that was my first pair of legit sneakers. One love

When they say “West Coast” when really they mean LA.. it’s way different out in the Bay Area

AINT NO SNEAKERS LIKE THE NIKE UPTOWNS.

How did he mention the Cortez and not mention Mexicans ???

Those shoes have nothing to do with Rap. Hood sneakers

I’m 45 white woman from the bay . Still wearing Cortez 😂

Got your stories right

Cortez is not a blood or crip shoe it chicano we rocked it first

Still got my pair of Nike Cortez

beware of organized gangstalking !!!

I Had Every Single Shoe You Previewed Except The Vans
(BTW, The Pack Outta BAY AREA Were Sporting (Even Released A Song Called Vans) Vans Way Back In The Early 2000's. I See You Are More Focused On L.A Tho.

Sneakers that define west coast gangster rap would be better title for video.

I think you’ve forgotten a classic shoes called ASICS onitsuka tiger shoes

Cholos wore these. Not Crips. Your history is wrong. Black gangs wore Chucks, KSWISS, Fila, Corduroy Slippers. 🤦‍♂️

British Knights ??? (awesome Dre album cover as a referance) ..... sorry doing my own additions to the list. Awesome work as usual Nacho ♛

Crips wore KSWISS and claimed it stood for Kill Slobs When I See Slobs. Also where I’m from British Knights were iconic crip must haves. There were rumors that if you cut open a pair BKs it said Blood Killer inside the shoe. lol

I have black nd white Cortez, white on black puma suede, nike Air Force 1s, air Jordan 1 2 and 4s

Growing up in LA in the 90's there were 3 shoes you didn't wear unless you gang banged: Chucks, Cortez and British Knights.

I remember when reebok tried that rich rollin stunt smh very tasteless. Anybody who wasn't on game would've been set up for failure. Honestly most vans silhouettes coulda been mentioned here I remember sk8 hi's, eras, and half cabs gettin a lot of love during my time out west in the mid 2000s Nike sb was a big deal also

Bay Area West Coast was all about Fila back in the 80’s. Fila lows with 501 jeans, sweatshirt and rope chain was the dope man’s uniform. Why does Fila get snubbed so much? Sneakerheads got people thinking that Nike and Jordan’s were more popular back then.

1993 the Cortez’s

Great video

Chuccs,Cortez And Timbs

So Tyler the creator pacificly not specifically wore vans old school aye naht cho cheese

The rapper group kids in the Hall they wore Vans before Tyler the Creator one of the group member 2K still wear a lot of Vans and he goes by trap United now vans

From what Google says, these sneakers were affordable that was the main reason why rappers opted to buy them, it probably had little to do with style, people just dont want to be seen wearing rubbish sneakers especially if they are in the public glare and media. I have a pair of Nike Cortez in the red, white and blue colour way, they are one of my favourite pairs of shoes. White sneakers are back in style and that helps too. Thanks for a good video.

I think the Cortez defined the WC during the 90’s in general not only in hip hoo

Those Reebok classic reps New Orleans tho. Tees bos and rees..but Cali rocked them too. Give the group The Pack and Mac Dre props for reppin the Vans

Lol adults wearing shoe colours to show their gang colours ... BWHAHAHA

I suprised there is no adidas superstar on ths list

Among the all snickers converse all star is my best one

West coast stand up

Damn I never realized I actually wore all these growing up in Paramount. Being a neighbor city to Compton I got to see all this. My uncles grew up banging CVSengundo gang.

Cortez are more a Mexican thing

alot of eazy e , kendrick, Dr dre ,snoop and Nipsey mentions on this video. It shows how great their influence was on the west

Shit i still have Cortez on my feet! 💯 Always buy a black pair and a white pair! They’re getting hard to find out here in Nuevo Mexico tho, the malls don’t even have em anymore.

Chucks & Cortez's...

Instant classic.
Don't need ANYONE looking on the outside in of it telling that

As a gen z Chicano i got them Chucks and Cortezs. Alot of my friends got Adidas Superstars just cuz

Where the adidas superstar ?

The Real OG Gangsta Shoe is the Nike Cortez , Hands up !!!

None of y'all black people from nam quit lying or get shot you too white people