Fun fact..one of the original pairs tom hank wore for that film sold at auction for $27,000 after tom hank signed one of them with his name and the other with forest gump they went up to $120.000 just like that😂
People stop caring about what gangs do or don’t. Most gangs now are full of people that vape strawberry cheesecake and are allergic to gluten. I can rob half of LA with a damn bagel
@@FknClownShoes thats exactly why we rock em 😂 the pdded toe for kicking mfks or jumping fences and the spikes for the traction and yes they’re comfortable
@@flashman4929 ain't nobody laughing but you, goofy bitch i'm not even from the *hood* hood but you show respect to people regardless of who they are, even if they're disrespectful they're gonna find out regardless of if you respect them and you keep talking crazy like that to people you don't know, you *will* find out, that i promise you.
Fr man I see teens wear these and I unfortunately go back to this mindset what color are the checks because it’s just something I grew up around be safe raza 💯🙏
I got a pair of them when I was 18. Real teenager who just finish high school and trying to find some identity facing the real world. I wore them as my beater back then. Cortez really got some place in my heart
Mexican culture isn't quite the same in NYC but I've always loved the cholo or chula culture...I'm not Mexican but the culture I've always loved and the women man damn...but the Cortez were common enough amongst the Mexicano/as i grew up around and to this day i can't see it without thinking of the cholos y chulas
@@NachoAverageFindsNah they was wearing Cortezs in New York in late late 80s early 90s. This dude a weirdo,airforce was a thing in the 2000s when every wore big ass shirts an Sean John that hung over there ass. This dude trying to rewrite history like they did with snap backs.
@@chubbybeastfishingjust history. My boy is the age now and I'm square as. He sees the pictures and some of his 'uncles' still half dipped in the streets. We make sure they know the facts not just the glory stories that put the sht on repeat.
Fell in love with the OG Cortez in my senior year of high school (2002-2003) when I learned about the history of the shoe within Nike. Had to have it too. Such a clean, classic shoe. I don't mess with any others than the originals though. Red, white, and blue.
I am 56 year old and i remember wearing them in southern california, i remember people staring me down at swap meets trying to buy cholo belts with chrome amd lettering on them. I remember also they were banning cortez shoes in high school, if you wear them they sent you home, this was in the late 80's and early 90s!
I grew up in Highland Park, northeast of LA, in the '80s and '90s. It's not always easy now to tell who's banging. These kids now kinda look like everyone else. Back in the day you could just glance at a fool and you knew exactly what was up. Shaved head. Ben Davis or Dickies pants, baggy and creased. Nike Cortez. White tshirt. Pendleton if it was cold out. I was in Westlake at a 7-11 a while back and there were three dudes inside. The just looked like three young kids until I got in line next to them and saw their tattoos. Maybe I'm just old and out of touch.
Gen X Here, and I believe THIS was the first shoe that really blew up! When I was a kid, I lived in Northern Cali, and THESE were the shoes to have!!! But!! Like this guy said... you had to be careful where you wore them! So.. you either had to learn to fight or run fast as hell! Lol.. or you lost your kicks. well, I couldn't run that fast, so I learned to knuckle up... but man, do these bring back memories...
I'm retired... All facts tho. I'm an adidas head but my big brother worked in the mall, so I had every pair of Cortez that we accepted in the set. Solid white, solid blak, solid gray, gray and white, clear bottoms, blue waffle bottoms were all my favorites plus they go good with the khaks until they started with the plastic swoosh. These days I'm back on the three stripes from head to toe down to the sox. Those shoes being bak all the memories of highschool.
One of my favorites. When I was growing up in SoCal. My mom never bought me any because of what that shoe signified. But like you said. When the OGs started getting locked up and so forth I made sure to get some. Still have plenty in the rotation til this day.
I’m 53, and been wearing them since they came out. Got 3 different pairs in the closet right now,and the classic red stripe. Never had a problem. This was just a Mexican American, LA thing. Had no effect on the east coast. But the Chicano takeover of the Cortez is a great piece of Nike history.
Straight up. I lived in McFarland California for a few years. I was a Canadian kid living there. I was checked a few times. I jumped a fence to play basketball and not even 5 minutes later I was approached. Was asked who I was and where I was from. After telling them I was from another country and talking for a few minutes. They politely explained to me that I was not allowed there and asked me to leave. Many people had died at this playground. It was closed for a reason. They told me I was in danger. I found out later I was in the middle of the most dangerous neighborhood in McFarland. I never cut my hair or wear blue or red!!! I found out quickly that gangs are real! They will check you.
Back in the mid 80's i purchased a pair of nike cortez snake. While holidaying in the USA. The nike swash was made of black snake skin. They were available in the US, but i never came across them here in the UK, which is a shame, cause they would have been a great selker.
I remember my grandma got me some growing up and they had a moon in the back heal and a sun on the other I can’t find them no more i been trynna look for them
I use to rock the white with Navy Checks... you can't even find a pair now... it's only red or black... maybe you can find Navy with a white check but that's as close as you can find.... just like white Adidas superstar with Navy stripes.. I use to stay with a fresh pair... I can't even find them anymore
You should watch the starting to three's company the one where they're walking through the zoo focus on Jacks shoes. I can't be the only one who noticed it.
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Forrest Gump was repping his set running across country in every ghetto and Noone fucked with him....he was the OG
Nah those are called bronies
@@nathandavern7030no they’re called Cortez.
Facts!
Thank you for recognizing the real n getting these folks woke
Fun fact..one of the original pairs tom hank wore for that film sold at auction for $27,000 after tom hank signed one of them with his name and the other with forest gump they went up to $120.000 just like that😂
Never had a pair, but I saw them and instantly knew the topic of the video. Those the certified cholo bangers, those and black forces are bad energy
I appreciate both shoes but yeah they got a bad rep unfortunately
East vs west energy
I got One and imma got the other soon
If you see a man wearing battered black air forces you know that's a guy with nothing to lose 😅
I’m wearing black forces right now
*Tells me 5 reasons not to wear shoe;* Tells me that said shoes are a must have
nuance!
imagine getting killed for liking the wrong shoes.
-1 brainpower comment
@@Jagu-r ??
He also explained why they're acceptable nowadays. Pay attention.
The first Nike sneaker. The OG!
The OG triple OG!
This isn’t the first
@@drw0it is
@@inmybirky Bro your actually slow it’s not the first you need help tbh idk why people have the worst takes like this
@@oluatoki7059 literally search up what the first nike shoe is dummy. Mr anger issues
People stop caring about what gangs do or don’t. Most gangs now are full of people that vape strawberry cheesecake and are allergic to gluten.
I can rob half of LA with a damn bagel
The most gangster person to ever wear this was Tom Hanks.
He did it REAL big
Mikel Phifer in paid an full and Leo in wolf of Wallstreet.
No it was Eazy E !!!
@@TruG670 came 2 say this
Some of the most comfortable shoes I’ve ever worn. I don’t let cholos dictate what I wear.
Great running shoes an good for fighting.
Great traction.
@@FknClownShoes thats exactly why we rock em 😂 the pdded toe for kicking mfks or jumping fences and the spikes for the traction and yes they’re comfortable
i agree wore those to work comfy
@@SlowPokeRodriguez114 you soft boy lmao
In the Bay Area we know them as Cholo sneakers but all the new tech vibe people are bringing it back as normal wear
Nobody said a word to Forrest Gump rocking these
The nick name was "DOPE MANZ" I had 6 pair with different colors. I miss the late 80s....
Has been 🤣. Cry more while us young bucks make fun of you peaking in the 80s
@@flashman4929 ain't nobody laughing but you, goofy bitch
i'm not even from the *hood* hood but you show respect to people regardless of who they are, even if they're disrespectful they're gonna find out regardless of if you respect them
and you keep talking crazy like that to people you don't know, you *will* find out, that i promise you.
@@flashman4929 hasbin not has " has been" learn English and proper spelling , sheesh , atleast they learnt that in the 80s
yup thats what we called them where im from
Orale, I have the black and white pair, still waiting on the Forrest Gump ones to come out.
Fr man I see teens wear these and I unfortunately go back to this mindset what color are the checks because it’s just something I grew up around be safe raza 💯🙏
one thing about the Nike Cortez is back in my day you could really get over a chain link fence really quick wearing those shoes
In my hood we called them g-Nike's gangsta nike's
"you know me"
?? 😂
I got a pair of them when I was 18. Real teenager who just finish high school and trying to find some identity facing the real world. I wore them as my beater back then. Cortez really got some place in my heart
that vibe never dies, only cortez has such influence.
Once u worn dem out, u tossed dem up on da power lines... u kno
Bruh, I’m a Dominican York 🇩🇴🗽 halfway raised in PR 🇵🇷 in my life, & I’ve been rocking Cortez’s. They’re very comfortable & look extra dope
couldnt wear those in the 90's YOUR BANGING
Spoke the straight truth though “Most of the real ones that did the dirt in these are gone now “ straight facts
Rocked them in the late 90s, still rock them today.
Mexican culture isn't quite the same in NYC but I've always loved the cholo or chula culture...I'm not Mexican but the culture I've always loved and the women man damn...but the Cortez were common enough amongst the Mexicano/as i grew up around and to this day i can't see it without thinking of the cholos y chulas
Haha
Facts!! Goat sneaker of Cali West Coast gang culture
Had them growing up from 13 till I was 21 💯
why stop? grew out of em
you don’t know how many times i picked one up to buy then got to scared to cop 😭 ain’t takin no risks
Good stay that way
They called em Gangsta Nikes, back then.
Bruh. They look like bowling shoes
I got 10 pairs one me rn 😂 grew up in these, sad varsity run for like 300$+ now
I loved those shoes. Also the old school suede Puma’s. All blue with a white stripe. Those Cortez were so cool because they had some great colors.
Im on the 8th "you know what i mean" and im done.
??
Those are G Nikes!!! A lot of history goes with those.
I wear the Zoom Cortez Sacai because ive always liked the Cortez but dont want to get stopped 😆
Smart man
Yo bro how does it fit? Is it the same than the usual cortez? Please reply because I am planning to get myself a pair of those.
The black air force one's is the new sheriff in town. 🙏🏾
On the East-coast I’m sure 😂
Lmfao Fr
@@NachoAverageFindsNah they was wearing Cortezs in New York in late late 80s early 90s.
This dude a weirdo,airforce was a thing in the 2000s when every wore big ass shirts an Sean John that hung over there ass.
This dude trying to rewrite history like they did with snap backs.
You are not a Boss with AF1s 😂😂😂 everybody wears them but not so many Rock Cortez , I wear Cortez !!! Fück AF1s !!!
@@FknClownShoesthats how the Teenies walk around now , the 90s Style is back !!!
I knew that guys feet was gonna be poking outward 😂
Husky foot problems
Well we can clearly see his affiliation
Straight up😂😂
It’s all love now man! We’re all chicanos.
Saludos to my upstate brothers! 💯👊
It's pretty sad tbh. Grown ass man still stuck in a teenage mindset
@@chubbybeastfishingjust history. My boy is the age now and I'm square as. He sees the pictures and some of his 'uncles' still half dipped in the streets. We make sure they know the facts not just the glory stories that put the sht on repeat.
Everyone swears that this is such an iconic shoe, but the only time I’ve ever seen anybody wearing it is Forrest Gump
George Constanza wore those the biggest gangster ever. Real OG.
Facts! All gang bangers back in the day rocked the Cortez’s
Fell in love with the OG Cortez in my senior year of high school (2002-2003) when I learned about the history of the shoe within Nike. Had to have it too. Such a clean, classic shoe. I don't mess with any others than the originals though. Red, white, and blue.
we called em "dopemans" in Houston
Shout out to Houston
@@NachoAverageFinds shout out to you and yours g
This is an inner city thing😂😂😂
The hats is so beautiful😍😍
This shoes reminds me of the same dog breed as the Target mascot
In Austin Texas we called them gangstas... You one hundred percent right about what you saying💯👍🏿👌
"tread" lightly - nice
I always loved the All black, with white swoop
I would say 2nd gangster is adidas superstar
I am 56 year old and i remember wearing them in southern california, i remember people staring me down at swap meets trying to buy cholo belts with chrome amd lettering on them. I remember also they were banning cortez shoes in high school, if you wear them they sent you home, this was in the late 80's and early 90s!
Straight up bro!
I had my blue pair
Chicano style LA vibes.
I'm from South Carolina.....we wore these in middle school, and we called them bullet toes
I grew up in Highland Park, northeast of LA, in the '80s and '90s. It's not always easy now to tell who's banging. These kids now kinda look like everyone else. Back in the day you could just glance at a fool and you knew exactly what was up. Shaved head. Ben Davis or Dickies pants, baggy and creased. Nike Cortez. White tshirt. Pendleton if it was cold out. I was in Westlake at a 7-11 a while back and there were three dudes inside. The just looked like three young kids until I got in line next to them and saw their tattoos. Maybe I'm just old and out of touch.
Man the blue ones with my blue khaki suit or my blue Ben Davis top with the pants to match I thought I was too much
My dad be rocking them, he be getting hella looks from ppl lmao
Gen X Here, and I believe THIS was the first shoe that really blew up! When I was a kid, I lived in Northern Cali, and THESE were the shoes to have!!! But!! Like this guy said... you had to be careful where you wore them! So..
you either had to learn to fight or run fast as hell! Lol.. or you lost your kicks.
well, I couldn't run that fast, so I learned to knuckle up... but man, do these bring back memories...
I'm retired... All facts tho. I'm an adidas head but my big brother worked in the mall, so I had every pair of Cortez that we accepted in the set. Solid white, solid blak, solid gray, gray and white, clear bottoms, blue waffle bottoms were all my favorites plus they go good with the khaks until they started with the plastic swoosh. These days I'm back on the three stripes from head to toe down to the sox. Those shoes being bak all the memories of highschool.
The suede all blue🔥🔥🔥
One of my favorites. When I was growing up in SoCal. My mom never bought me any because of what that shoe signified. But like you said. When the OGs started getting locked up and so forth I made sure to get some. Still have plenty in the rotation til this day.
YEAH I ALSO HEARD IN CENTRAL AMERICA YOU CAN GET YA HEADS LOPPED OF WEARING THESE MUGS!!!!
Pops had a pair of snakeskin Cortez back in the day lol
That was my favorite shoe for years!
Great running,an fighting shoes.
We called'em G Nikes
I like that
Yay! Those are my favorite! Not many store sells those here in Argentina lol
With the Fat laces
We called them dopemans
I’m 53, and been wearing them since they came out. Got 3 different pairs in the closet right now,and the classic red stripe. Never had a problem. This was just a Mexican American, LA thing. Had no effect on the east coast. But the Chicano takeover of the Cortez is a great piece of Nike history.
Now Wolf of Wall Street got Finance bros in em 😂😂😂
Dope man’s!!!!!!
I remember when I went to school in these they sent me straight to the office
The all black Cortez was a wild card ♠️
Your hat is fuckin fresh man! The 559!
Back in 2001 these were seemingly a must have for scraps. Used to watch them fools get beat up and running off hella fast in them beaters 😂
foo failed the sock check
I got a all white pair
I'm 44 and have been wearing Cortez since the late 80's and never had a problem.
Mine were bulletproof.
Straight up. I lived in McFarland California for a few years.
I was a Canadian kid living there. I was checked a few times.
I jumped a fence to play basketball and not even 5 minutes later I was approached.
Was asked who I was and where I was from. After telling them I was from another country and talking for a few minutes. They politely explained to me that I was not allowed there and asked me to leave. Many people had died at this playground. It was closed for a reason. They told me I was in danger.
I found out later I was in the middle of the most dangerous neighborhood in McFarland.
I never cut my hair or wear blue or red!!! I found out quickly that gangs are real! They will check you.
Imagine being a grown man talking about what sneakers you can wear in what neighborhood
Back in the mid 80's i purchased a pair of nike cortez snake. While holidaying in the USA. The nike swash was made of black snake skin. They were available in the US, but i never came across them here in the UK, which is a shame, cause they would have been a great selker.
David always wears OG dad sneakers
We called them bullet toes...
I had every color. I wish they brought them back
We called them Dopemans.
I remember my grandma got me some growing up and they had a moon in the back heal and a sun on the other I can’t find them no more i been trynna look for them
I use to rock the white with Navy Checks... you can't even find a pair now... it's only red or black... maybe you can find Navy with a white check but that's as close as you can find.... just like white Adidas superstar with Navy stripes.. I use to stay with a fresh pair... I can't even find them anymore
BTW I'm just a white boy from the woods of SC it wasn't about gang culture . just try'n to stay fresh.
Now you tell me. I travelled across the US in those as a European. Nice shoes, was the comment with a special kinda grin… I get it now.
YEAH, IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WE CALLED THEM "DOPE~FIENDS"!🤟🏿👌🏿💯
What Cortez is for L.A. is what chucks all star converse is for us in Chicago back in the day
I wear those in my high school days
They use to,make an all white pair and a pair with a black check as well.
The best nike ever
My co-worker was wearing Cortez and I asked him if he’s a gangster. 😂
You forgot to mention Hells Angels
If you wear them you better be ina bowling alley
The OG Black airforces 🫡
You should watch the starting to three's company the one where they're walking through the zoo focus on Jacks shoes. I can't be the only one who noticed it.
I’ll peep it out! Thanks
I remember when I was young rocking them like no tomorrow
People are such little kids in the head and arguing about what color they wear on the shoes, grow up.
I rocked them red check red laces, red belt red everything
The , “dope man Nike “.