I don't think that they understand that that was the game back then. Even now and what I mean by that is to keep one's safe but alert however to make it now with the independent tongue one may have to hustle before they start getting that advance money.
It was a sight to behold and as he promised... "history in the making" and "a Dynasty like no other". All while there were other HOT rappers tearing up the charts. He fought for that spotlight and HELD IT. Hova's the god💎👑
The most influencing was when Jay Z made us drop the throwback jersey for the Button-Up and Fitted Hat look. I lived thru that era in highschool and I specifically remember one year at our Jamboree (huge highschool basketball tournament) where everyone always showed up fresh with their newest outfits and in one year it went from everyone wearing jerseys to everyone wearing button ups and fitteds
He went from poor rich rapper to weathly businessman.... you can tell he's grown and become more powerful.... wealthy billionaires rarely wear jewelry, if not ever... leave that for young kids who want to appear like they got money...once you get a billion all that shit fades away.
he was not poor when he started rapping lol he was selling cocaine before rap and during the early stages until he took off but yes he is way richer now in comparison to then.
He owned ROCA-WEAR ! AN Dude showed you 5 pics 😂😂😂and you claim sumthin????pfffff🤦♂️🤦♂️ He did wearem butt , plus when he came to the Clothing attire, sector of buisness ,He started Roca-wear Clothing ! It was the shit, it was 209$ outfit and back then was Aloooot of money like gucci price now days almost..Maybe a 75$ shirt on clearance which is =250$ $350 $450 now days !! His shoes were 80$ which is like 250$ now days
“His style is most definitely influenced by rappers of the time like Rakim & Run DMC” False those rappers were imitating the street kingpins & hustlers as they had way more money than the rappers . Jay was hustling so that was the uniform .
@@nathanp8152 that's a damn lie.. nobody ever called them cole white. Air force, Or uptowns, All whites. Never coke white. That's some made up suburban shit
I agree with everything said in the video except the part about Jay switching his style to "be like Kayne".. there is no similarities imo . Kayne always had his own style and honestly half the shit he wore and still wears, only he could pull it off without looking crazy.
@@tamarastone141 he's a clown. People think they can make an opinion and everyone will just agree..crazy how many people actually believe what he says..lol clowns
I was on the floor dying laughing. When he said Jay z grew his hair out. His head must be a chi-chia pet. Just pour some water on it and grow like weed.🤣🤣🤣
@@gdc6153chicken or egg theory over here .Jay-Z was a drug dealer 1st he dressed like niggas of that era. Fat cat, guy fisher etc. Rappers dressed like spaceship characters and nomadic warriors. As the rappers started dressing more like the street guy Jay-Z just dressed the same according to the era. Drug dealers didn't go well he's dressing like this I should too..it's always been streets then industry.
@@damd2999 Excuse my spelling. It's not a common last name didn't want to copy and paste it. My homie had a pair of Reeboks with a print of his painting in 2012.
Never liked them big ass "dookie" rope chains. The rope chain is one of my absolute favorites and I own like 4 , but smaller size obviously. I just think when they get as big as the ones in the pics ,they start looking like straight up costume jewelry..
Moving from the south to NY in the late 80's was a culture shock for me as year's past i can say every fashion trend started from the hustlers in the streets especially my folks that live in Harlem. Now that I'm older and live back in the south i see how people are so far behind from the trends in the north just like the short's that stop before the kneecap i was rocking b-ball shorts which we called yungins back in 2010 and it's funny to see everyone is starting to rock those shorts now.
@@mo2k638 I was talking about “influence" in a lyrical context (JayZ flow and style got BigDaddyKane written all over it) maybe JaY was talking about been influenced by Rakim’s way of dressing. A vivid explanation of my afore thesis is Rakim and Nas; although they’re not contemporary, you can hear Rakim’s influence in Nas’ songs ( from metaphors, polysemous and all the poetry)
In the 80s...in New York ...this is how drug dealers dressed. The drug dealers influenced the style of rap artists (which was a new genre) fashion at the time Check out dapper Dan .nfl or throwbacks or Nona that shit u said has anything to do with that
Jay-Z wasn’t influenced by the rappers at that time!!! Man PIMPS and PLAYAS was most influential that’s where rappers got their fits from! Y’all got the shit backwards!!!
That fucking ROCAFELLA logo pendant is my all time favorite and a dream piece to actually own. I'd settle for a custom piece but would love to get an actual piece that was made for Jay or anyone on the team period. I know I can get a small version right now that was custom made but it's too small ..the same jeweler had a bigger piece that was supposedly from a manager or some worker who with part of ROCAFELLA or even defjam. He had proof and certification that it was legit. I saw the piece listed and by the time I called to make the buy, it already sold. I hesitated at first and now I regret it. The first time I ever saw one for sale was actually at an auction and it was a piece made specifically for dame dash..the quality was A1. It was solid 18k yellow gold with about 5 ct "vs" diamonds. I believe the winning bid was for an insane low price of like $5,500 ...basically it was steal especially these days. Don't know why I am going this deep lol
"I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can".... Tell em Jay!!!
But he is a yankee 💀
@@zu3834 no that was sub zero
That's a LIE Bronx dudes did..
@@geegod.9359 The stadium is in BX...but the whole state love our Yankees. NY
@@writtendegreez5748
The world 🌎 love's the Yankees
JayZ's style became more mature as he got older
Yep. Typically rappers have a longer span to dress young, but by the time your 50, it’s time to let the young look go!
Naw he just knows how to change with the times
@@jaquaveonandress649 a suit is not changing with time. A suit is classic. Pay attention
@@MrTwonetwone He wore suits back then…
I mean, most people do. My dad in his late 60s he aint dressing like he 23 no moe.
How you skip over the times when he started rocking suits in the mid 2000s
and button ups too.
Exactly
You think he truly knows the culture??!? Lol c’mon mannn
@@duanemoody257 this where we at in 2023 white people tellin us how we lived our culture 😂
💀💀💀
80's Jay z had da cold dope boi drip
Dude was fly af
Pause
Lol Hawaiian Sophie?? Nah.. that’s what got him brutally made fun of and exposed, by Pac
Totally skipped the button up dress up style around 2003
Facts! And that probably was the biggest change considering hip hop
Amen
🎯
Yeah can’t forgot the button up stage…that was against grain at time
They are told what to wear by elites!
Bro you totally skipped over the whole button up era.... Which was the most influential out of all the changes within Jay Z's transition.
How you miss the whole button up shirt era.
Facts clearly not a real fan
You had to be there
It was terrible
He missed alot
Redo the video its wrong
In the 80s the hustlers influenced the rappers style they had wayyyy more money than the rappers.
I don't think that they understand that that was the game back then. Even now and what I mean by that is to keep one's safe but alert however to make it now with the independent tongue one may have to hustle before they start getting that advance money.
OMG ...I just referenced the same thing 😆
Thank you
Thank u for that comment and wasn’t Jay the way who made it to where the rappers started making more than the hustlers ?
Jay has been on it over 4 decades. 80's, 90's, 2000's, 2010's. That's crazy.
You left out 2020
It was a sight to behold and as he promised... "history in the making" and "a Dynasty like no other". All while there were other HOT rappers tearing up the charts. He fought for that spotlight and HELD IT. Hova's the god💎👑
Not 80’s comon now .. 90’s, 2000’s and 2010’s ....
@@HGB1532 but he never began at 80’s
@@donsandrano1429 So 1989 is not in the 80's. Cool!
Skipped over the button up era in the mid 2000s around the black album. Hov attire was super influential
Facts
Yep i had abounch of button shirts 😂
He actually didn't start that trend. Chaps, Tommy, plus a couple other designers were putting out popular button up shirts before that.
@@rgw1380rwI never said he started it.
And I don't wear jerseys I'm 30 plus, give me a crisp pair of jeans, n*gga, button ups
Jay had never dressed like Ye 😅
Yeah he lost me with that shit
During WTT they dressed similar but I wouldn't say Jay was dressing like that cause of Ye
You skipped Hawaiian shirt era. lol
No he didn't
Jay Michel Basquiat Z hits different.
🤣🤣🤣🤣💯
I was like wait, when did he have a middle name? 🤣
Good one lol
I’m
Jay z was never flashy he dressed Comfortably Casual 🤣
Word or he dress with times
Welp gotta do Fab now you in Brooklyn 🤷🏾♂️
Facts
Nigga got the swag not gonna lie.
Fab still got the same style since he been out.
@@dejondabeast2 idk 🤷♂️ bru fab still be fresh out here
Fact's!!!!! Fab had muthafuckas wearing napkin bandanas on their heads in Miami circa 2003!!!
Coke white sneakers 👟 😂 😂
Jigga, Jigga.... THAT NICCA JIGGA💎
Now he rockin suits
The baggie jeans in the 90's baby my childhood and music was epic.
Late 90’s-2000’s was his era. Jay Z actually dressed Mogul like during his first album then switched back to streetwear.
Wish we could've seen Tupac and Biggies evolution, can only imagine. 😪
Biggie would have lost weight.
2pac would ran out of topics
The most influencing was when Jay Z made us drop the throwback jersey for the Button-Up and Fitted Hat look. I lived thru that era in highschool and I specifically remember one year at our Jamboree (huge highschool basketball tournament) where everyone always showed up fresh with their newest outfits and in one year it went from everyone wearing jerseys to everyone wearing button ups and fitteds
I like hov's swag even till today
The best.
He went from poor rich rapper to weathly businessman.... you can tell he's grown and become more powerful.... wealthy billionaires rarely wear jewelry, if not ever... leave that for young kids who want to appear like they got money...once you get a billion all that shit fades away.
he was not poor when he started rapping lol he was selling cocaine before rap and during the early stages until he took off but yes he is way richer now in comparison to then.
Jay Z has been wealthy since the late 90's. He was literally a CEO making 8 figures back then.
You have no idea what youre talking about
How did he skip the “Iceberg History“ era. 🧐
He owned ROCA-WEAR ! AN Dude showed you 5 pics 😂😂😂and you claim sumthin????pfffff🤦♂️🤦♂️
He did wearem butt , plus when he came to the Clothing attire, sector of buisness ,He started Roca-wear Clothing !
It was the shit, it was 209$ outfit and back then was Aloooot of money like gucci price now days almost..Maybe a 75$ shirt on clearance which is =250$ $350 $450 now days !!
His shoes were 80$ which is like 250$ now days
@@chris-cy5ed I’m guessing your reply made your day. I would tell you to get a Life but I rather you stay right where you are. ✌🏾
“His style is most definitely influenced by rappers of the time like Rakim & Run DMC” False those rappers were imitating the street kingpins & hustlers as they had way more money than the rappers . Jay was hustling so that was the uniform .
Tell em bro.
Not by the time Jay came in the game.
Talk to em
He's basing that off the the Chains and medallions, not fedoras or kufis, black leather blazers and track suits or Dapper Dan apparel.
@@jsonkiser9835 in the 80s rappers were not making money like that until the mid 90s thats when hip hop/rap became mainstream
Fabulous it's called growth..
Nar it's called boring his hair cool but should put on some 👖
GOAT after BIG
"coke white sneakers" made me cringe hard as hell 😂
Coke on her Black skin made it stripped like a zebra.. I call that jungle fever - Kanye, No Church In The Wild.
Never heard uptown’s called coke white..im old tho
He says "coke white" because Jay z and most members of ROCAFELLA called them that back then,as well as probly most of New York..
@@palmettom1323 it's what Jay z and just about anyone from New York who was into hip-hop or the culture in general,called them..
@@nathanp8152 that's a damn lie.. nobody ever called them cole white. Air force, Or uptowns, All whites. Never coke white. That's some made up suburban shit
The leader of the black gang ROC mane
He's been balling for his entire adult life 🔥
HOV 🔥
I agree with everything said in the video except the part about Jay switching his style to "be like Kayne".. there is no similarities imo . Kayne always had his own style and honestly half the shit he wore and still wears, only he could pull it off without looking crazy.
Why did they get this imposter Influencer from? He clearly is not from the culture 😒
@@tamarastone141 he's a clown. People think they can make an opinion and everyone will just agree..crazy how many people actually believe what he says..lol clowns
The 80's style looked the best
In the first picture yeah but those Hawaiian shirts ain’t it
@@Richcool I just assumed that was early 90's. You're probably right though.
No 80s during the Eric B & Rakim era
Late 90s early 2000s style was great. So much more original and versatile than today’s skinny jeans.
But skinny jeans was a thing back in the day....
@@waynedonald8122It was, but it wasn't anywhere near as main stream as it is now💯
I might be tripping but Jay z kind of reminds me of a light skin 2 chain
Jay and kayne was making moves they need to go back to that
FACT CHECK: HOV ain’t never dressed like Kanye!!! Especially during that phase. That phase was Jay Z’s all black everything phase. Do your homework 📚
Jay z kidnapped her 😂
He gonna dress how he dressed in the 80s when he reaches his 70s.
I was on the floor dying laughing. When he said Jay z grew his hair out. His head must be a chi-chia pet. Just pour some water on it and grow like weed.🤣🤣🤣
He did grow his hair.....he has gaudy dreads
The onset of the rap game drug dealers influenced rappers with the style of clothes and jewellery. this influence lasted for the first two decades
I learn a lot from Jay Z when it came to style and clothing
His a gentleman now which is good.
Of course, he's a grown ass man.
Dude chill, we just like to see evolutions
Was once called tha michael jordan of hip-hop still!.
Reasonable Doubt era the best dressed.
Blue ivy twin
*Jay-Z dressed like a drug dealer in every era*
Nope. Drug dealers dressed like Jay.
@@gdc6153chicken or egg theory over here .Jay-Z was a drug dealer 1st he dressed like niggas of that era. Fat cat, guy fisher etc.
Rappers dressed like spaceship characters and nomadic warriors. As the rappers started dressing more like the street guy Jay-Z just dressed the same according to the era.
Drug dealers didn't go well he's dressing like this I should too..it's always been streets then industry.
I think J Cole influenced Jay-Z growing his dreadlocks
It’s deeper than that, Jean-Michel Basquiat, look him up.
@@damd2999 I mean come on. Jay has a Basquet tee on in the 80's he knows and has known of him.
@@mrsoshadabaadman Which was my point, Basquiat, not Basquet ball lol.
@@damd2999 Excuse my spelling. It's not a common last name didn't want to copy and paste it. My homie had a pair of Reeboks with a print of his painting in 2012.
@@mrsoshadabaadman I got you, I was just being funny, definitely not a common name. It’s french.
The one in white next to the maybach is 🔥🔥🔥
BIG ASS CLOTHES BACK IN THE DAY DAMMM SMH
Fabolous/ Juelz Santana
HE WENT FROM A DOPE BOY TO A GAY PAINTER/ TRINIDAD JAMES LOOK.. TF🤔🤣
The gay painter look doper than the doper
Now he just wants to look like Basquiat 🇵🇷
I mean Iceberg Slim was a trend setter in the late 90's too.
Skinny jeans will never be in when grown men wearing em. Y’all look zesty with those skinny’s and Jays on
How does a man, I'm assuming is straight, sexualize another man just buy the fit of his jeans tho? Lol.
@@jaybk718 I’m trying to be funny goofy. You take TH-cam to serious
@@beno6198 well to me the irony is funny.
@@jaybk718 okay Justin Zesty profile pic
@@beno6198 again, you just sexualized me. Weird. Lol.
Never liked them big ass "dookie" rope chains. The rope chain is one of my absolute favorites and I own like 4 , but smaller size obviously. I just think when they get as big as the ones in the pics ,they start looking like straight up costume jewelry..
Wasnt no costume jewelry that big when people actually wore them
@@jeromebrown5797 there has always been costume jewelry...and I didn't say they were fake..
Ol style was and is better than skinny jeans and pastel colors too
Man said, "coke white sneakers"...
His style in the 80's is todays street wear.
Hell no! Today they basically wearing women’s clothes. Everything is tight fitting. The 80s wasn’t real baggy but loose fitting clothes.
@@rick1975100 did you see what's he's wearing in the pictures in the 80's or probably didn't see what's the majority on the streets is wearing today.
ohh damn he was wearing trapstar near the end of the vid,, tight i didn’t know he was reppin that
Old jay z ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hov never dressed like Ye…
True.
Ye dressed like him
Moving from the south to NY in the late 80's was a culture shock for me as year's past i can say every fashion trend started from the hustlers in the streets especially my folks that live in Harlem. Now that I'm older and live back in the south i see how people are so far behind from the trends in the north just like the short's that stop before the kneecap i was rocking b-ball shorts which we called yungins back in 2010 and it's funny to see everyone is starting to rock those shorts now.
JayZ wasn’t influenced by Rakim, he was influenced by BigDaddyKane . Rakim influenced Nas
Jay stated rakim and Kane as one of his influences during an interview with sway in 2009
@@mo2k638 I was talking about “influence" in a lyrical context (JayZ flow and style got BigDaddyKane written all over it) maybe JaY was talking about been influenced by Rakim’s way of dressing. A vivid explanation of my afore thesis is Rakim and Nas; although they’re not contemporary, you can hear Rakim’s influence in Nas’ songs ( from metaphors, polysemous and all the poetry)
“Full mogul mode” 👍🏽
Basqiat lol
@@Gggg-cq1ih LMAO exactly "homie wants to be a a gay painter" -50
Jay low key is one of the GOATs of drip
Facts
Hell no
completely false.. jay looked soo awkward in the early 2000s
@@lisasimpson8003 but the style was there. He just wasn't confident enough
@@partypinata026 nah. Can we ever be honest about him? The d riding is epic
Rappers of the time were always influenced by the hustles of the time fyi
Hov wearing the Bred 4s pic look like todays current style with everyone tryna dress preppy/urban 😭😭🤣🤣
That first sweatshirt was tough
Modern day el Chapo dam Daniel FBI keep bringing them all white vans thru
In the 80s the styles were influenced by the dope dealers …the rappers dressed like them
Nawww ...it was NBA or football players also
And then throw back after that soon after
In the 80s...in New York ...this is how drug dealers dressed. The drug dealers influenced the style of rap artists (which was a new genre) fashion at the time
Check out dapper Dan
.nfl or throwbacks or Nona that shit u said has anything to do with that
He made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can.
What kanye its first rapper billionaire
@@eduartsinani4046 and Jay z didn't make the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can?
you believe that for kanye west its billionaire now
Top jay-z le boss End keny west
*IT’s the intimate touch on YONCÉ ankle for ME!!* 💞💖
Lowkey looove this grasp 😅
Forgot the button up, and skullcaps with visor in them
Raw 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Hov been a big 🐕/🦍!!!!
That's what's up
Jay-z one of the most influential men on planet Earth of all time 🔥🔥🔥🔥💫💫☄️☄️
No That was the Style in the 80's didn't start it...his Mentor Big daddy Caine and others was already doing it...get yr facts straight
Jay-Z wasn’t influenced by the rappers at that time!!! Man PIMPS and PLAYAS was most influential that’s where rappers got their fits from! Y’all got the shit backwards!!!
FACTS!
2009 Jay 🗽😎✨
Vive long victory to USA rapper Jay-Z
That fucking ROCAFELLA logo pendant is my all time favorite and a dream piece to actually own. I'd settle for a custom piece but would love to get an actual piece that was made for Jay or anyone on the team period. I know I can get a small version right now that was custom made but it's too small ..the same jeweler had a bigger piece that was supposedly from a manager or some worker who with part of ROCAFELLA or even defjam. He had proof and certification that it was legit. I saw the piece listed and by the time I called to make the buy, it already sold. I hesitated at first and now I regret it. The first time I ever saw one for sale was actually at an auction and it was a piece made specifically for dame dash..the quality was A1. It was solid 18k yellow gold with about 5 ct "vs" diamonds. I believe the winning bid was for an insane low price of like $5,500 ...basically it was steal especially these days. Don't know why I am going this deep lol
A Million Dudes from Crooklyn Was Hustling n Robbing ( DA 80s) no CAP
*IT’s THE ROC for ME!!* 🔺
Kool G rap
The goat
Yeah it is absolutely amazing rappers and stylists who change the world 🌎 for the good
Big Boss
It’s called Growth
God bless you all and your families 🙏🏽
It started in 98 🤔👀
He dress like a business man now days
He did it ❤.
I'm the 999 "like " on this page
Yo you gotta do Scarlxrd and Night Lovell
Jay-Z Slick got thou💯 brother💯💪🏽✌🏾
Dame somewhere ctfu low key