I grew up in South Central in the 80's and 90's and it was mostly Mexicans wearing the Cortez. Blacks were wearing FILA, K-Swiss, Air Jordans, Chucks, Pumas, slippers.

@calidawg510

Жыл бұрын

Finally someone that really knows

@nameyoufriend

Жыл бұрын

U right

@TruG670

Жыл бұрын

Im Italian and wear Cortez , I think it is more a Latino Shoe 😊

@LittySmitty

Жыл бұрын

In the bay we rocked the Cortez

@katsucurry2562

Жыл бұрын

Yeh I think it’s cause the Cortez were a shoe that said a statement in a way about Mexicos past as a country with hernan Cortez being the worst person in our motherlands history so it’s symbolic that our gang culture wears shoes named after him

I dream lacing up all these sneakers, growing up. Now got the money and choose to wear Crocs. Thanks for reminding me ,gonna cop them all🖤

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Hahahh I can respect that. Comfort is everything as you age

@jayeT5

Жыл бұрын

Cros are gay 😂😂😂

@rashyabagasazkaputra1133

Жыл бұрын

​@@jayeT5 chill lil kid

@u8ntme86

Жыл бұрын

Crocs are so trash 🗑

@M364A

Жыл бұрын

@@jayeT5 crocs aint gay, they are just comfy foam slippers

the Puma Suedes are not only looking good, but are also very comfortable for a classic sneaker. they are my favorites, together with the Vans Old Skool.

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Two absolute classics globally. Can’t go wrong with both. Great taste Uli!

@cassandraclark5499

Жыл бұрын

Them burgundy joints 🔥 puma

I like how this channel isn’t just stuck on Nike brand and covers all brands 👍

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it

Cortezes are such a beautiful sneaker imo. Something I always loved about west coast gangsters is that they really knew how to keep themselves stylish with good color combinations, ironed clothes and simple designs. As a matter of fact? Because west coast culture was never popular in my country people don't associate these clothes with thugs, I've even had people tell me that I'm well dressed sometimes compared to the actual thugs here. West Coast rap definitely built my fashion tastes but god I love em, I'll take chucks and nikes over any other sneaker for the rest of my life.

Sneakers and west coast hip hop 2 of my obsessions

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Same brodie 🤝

@TRAPUNITED102

Жыл бұрын

West Coast made a world Air Force ones for Air Force ones with adopted by Baltimore drug dealers issue was made for Moses Malone this shoe first appeared on feet of people in Baltimore New York got him second That song that Nelly sings about Air Force ones that s*** is b******* Baltimore is the birth and homeplace of Air Force ones Beaverton Oregon made him but Baltimore is the staple for Air Force ones we responsible for the color of the month program give Baltimore City it's proper on the Air Force 1

@nmarcus7233

Жыл бұрын

🌴 👟

Love that you mentioned the Odd Future Vans. Feel like that’s a shoe that gets overlooked quiet often. The Golf Wang vans with the pink sole were sick too

I would just like to say I went n seen AIR in theaters after words I say their from 6pm-2am watching your sneaker history videos just because u guys hit the mark on every single topic n shoe u guys talk about I can tell it’s not for money it’s a true passion and it truly shows with every video u guys drop please keep it up 🙏🏽❤️💯

@taco2753

Жыл бұрын

Sat*

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

What up Taco! Man I appreciate the kind words brotha. Means the world 🌎

@HammahNaldz

Жыл бұрын

Thought you said Puma Swede

Definitely love watching these videos keep up the awesome work

all right foo, another great history class, much appreciated 👏 your videos never disappoint muchas gracias...

Great video... brings back memories...between me and my wife we still keep cortez...reebok classic and pumas in the rotation... matching fat laces and all. Folks definitely sleep on kswiss... they were a staple growing up with a fresh pair of khaki's

Very interesting topic! Great video as always!

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dylan!!

You do amazing work man thank you for these videos

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate that Daniel

Awesome video!

Chuck Taylors Symbol of L.A. West Coast & Gangsta Rap ❤️💙👟

Brilliant stuff, thanks! 👟🔥

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

🙏

"Now we will show you the sneakers that defined west coast hip hop" *Proceeds to show off my dad's whole sneaker collection in one video*

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 Your dad is an OG triple OG

I love these types of videos, and cortez shoes. Good job

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Glad you’re enjoying them!

Great video

Just subscribed I like this channel man keep going! 🙌🏽

Highly informative... U just hv tucked up one more subscriber all th way from Africa fam... Great content!

Just subscribed!👍🏿

I look forward to when you produce west coast editions for your content. Keep up the good work

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it Marcus

Good video as usual 👊🏽

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brodie

Great video as always! It was a pleasure to watch it!

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Thank you dude!!

Dope you show every shoe in the classic black and white colorway 👍🏼

Thank you. Good one.

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

K swiss..tan Khaki dockers and a nautica polo' that was me 95. #Facts. S/o to yall Nacho, Another dope video!

Another incredible mini doc!! Love it!! Keep em coming! J.T.

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joshua! Means the world to heat you say that

🎉great vid!

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Hendrik!

A Classic I have yet to pick up that’s always in mind to grab .

Damn, love those early 1980s air forces, they looked cool and simple since they had the color on the swoosh and velcro strap only, it had like lakers yellow or sixers red, huge fan of your channel btw

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Lenni! Yeah man the original color of the month forces saved the silhouette in a lot of ways for Nike

@lenni2542

Жыл бұрын

@@NachoAverageFinds True, by the way i would like to see an video on the Nike Air Flight series of sneakers, as they are one of the most underrated nike sneakers. just bought a pair of Air Flight 89s and cant wait for them to arrive

Great informative video! Looking on GOAT to get me some of these pairs! Also, you look down and now though now that the clippers have been eliminated lol!

Yes Bry, this is right up my street! 👟😎

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Hey Ed, hope all is well my friend

Missed yall'

Cortez fave since high school till now rockin

Another banger

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Thanskn Danny Boy

Damn man, I thought you would've mentioned the Bay Area rap group The Pack with their song Vans. They really made Vans blow up back in 2006 way before Tyler the Creator was in the industry. I believe I read somewhere that even the owner of Vans noticed how popular the song was. The Bay Area stays gettin overlooked but it's all good, the video was dope regardless.

@WHYOSHO

Жыл бұрын

Damnnnm I knew something was missing. The Bay stay getting slept on lol

@rickgarcia3145

Жыл бұрын

They rock vans out in Orange County a lot too

@wastelandwanderer2693

Жыл бұрын

@@WHYOSHO tbh I'm not even from the Bay though I'm from Sacramento but it's all Nor Cal love. I hate when nobody includes Northern Cali when talking about West Coast stuff. We put on for the West Coast just as much as Southern Cali did.

@wastelandwanderer2693

Жыл бұрын

@@rickgarcia3145 that's dope. Vans really are a Cali shoe and just a West Coast shoe in general. Idk if they fw Vans in the East Coast or South lol.

@opp9169

Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah it was the pack that made vans poppin fasho lil b still rocks his dirty white vans lol

No other channel made me buy more sneakers 🤣 great vid again 🤙🏽

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Harry!

A DO A BAY AREA SNEAKERS CULTURE VIDEO THAT WOULD BE DOPE 💯✌

The rise and fall of Troop sneakers would be fire, too. They were HUGE in the late 80s.

Yeah I remember back in very early 90s we were Cortez dickies corduroys creased up Pendleton beanies that was the Crip Way, Derby jacket. I still love the style NWA brought to the table.

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

I love the work you and your brother do!!!!

I've always wanted a pair of Nike Cortez going way back to my school days! I finally bought a pair back in 2018 I've worn them maybe 3 or 4 times to tell the truth they are not comfortable lol! At this point they are just a collectors idiom for me 😄

@calidawg510

Жыл бұрын

If you were a Mexican wearing cortezes in LA… you were asking to get checked! It was more of a ese staple

@calvincambridge1977

Жыл бұрын

you gotta wear them more often to break them in! trust me, they're pretty comfy, obviously not up to par with today's sneaker tech, but I feel light on my feet, yet supported when i wear my cortez

@shakarussanders9911

Жыл бұрын

@@calvincambridge1977 Yeah maybe I do need to break them in a little more

Where were you guys ????!!!!! I’ve been missing my mini docs, best in the KZread! ❤

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

We’ve been here my guy 😎😎😎

You should do Bay Area centric shoes, would be p interesting to see

You need to do a sneakers and 80-90 metal scene which was huge

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Actually I have a script written already 😎😎😎😎

the narration was good

This video makes me wanna go out & buy a Cortez

I’ve never heard any one actually refer to “hunnid” spokes as hundred spokes lol. Dope vid. West ⬆️

British Knights were also a staple in the west coast in the early to mid 90’s, but for the obviously wrong reasons; Crips wearing them as a diss to the Bloods. My mom never bought me any pairs of them as much as I liked them. Another shoe that’s at least considered a west coast staple is the Creative Recreation Cesario; that was one of the shoes to wear during the late ‘00s-mid ‘10’s, especially during the Jerkin’, Dougie and Cat Daddy dance movements. Also, any Jordan XIV with red colors were (probably still are) popular in Northern Cali with Norteño gangs (XIV=14=the letter N=Northern California). I’m only commenting for those who don’t know, so don’t chew me out if you do.

@jeronjones7959

11 ай бұрын

Yeah I thought for sure he woulda mentioned bks

K-Swiss with ballie socks and a gold Rolex anklet is so fly. Thats how my auntie and big cousins wore there’s back in the day. ❤

Never liked the cortez silhouette, but always good vids from our boy nacho 👍🏼

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Ayyyy appreciate it

I definitely was rocking the white K-Swiss in HS with kakis 😂😂😂 Good times man

The 90s was the best time for West Coast hip hop

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

📠📠📠

Thank you for doing this episode. I requested a West Coast representation for the Chuck Taylor's months ago you said you would. Get back to? Me and you did thank you.

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Man I wish I could’ve done a better job on covering the connection between the all star and west coast hip hop but resources are limited as a small KZread channel. I really appreciate the kind words Cell! All the best

We need a east coast and south video too please 🔥🔥

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

I like that idea

Great video. Now do an east coast one please. Aside from Tim's 😂

Got your stories right

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

Still got my pair of Nike Cortez

Blue Nike cortez! Stilo chicano ese! Wit the ben devis

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Chingon foo

I found the cortez kenny 4 in the outlet like a year ago i was surprised as shit and instantly bought them

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

They look comfy low key

i'm in love with my top tens

Reeboks was like a southern thing a lot of drug dealers in New Orleans would wear they call em Soulja Rees down there

I remember watching Terminator back in the early 80's one of the first opening scenes when the character Kyle Reese put on a pair of black AF- 1ones that's when I knew I need to get some and I did

Gotta love the Cortez

The air jordan, the nike cortez and converse were 90s symbol

I feel like being from the South, we associated Dunks with West Coast culture due to the Skating/Jerking subcultures out there. I used to be on SoleCollector back in the day and Dunks were a favorite for most California cats.

Bro I had a pair of all these growing up plus baby blue suede adidas I found in Huntington Park when I was in high school. The moral of the story is, these are all I could afford to buy at the time “ Growing up in the Hood”

And the k Swiss I worked in a sneaker store and scored some fire 🔥

Can you do a video of the air Jordan XVI

🔥

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

Make a video about Patrick Ewing 33HI shoe Thanks

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Ewing video incoming if the Knicks win it all 😂😂

the Nike Cortez are WAY more associated with Chicano/Latino gangs. Cholos and Chicano rappers have been rocking them for decades along with Chucks.

I still rock the old school KSwiss classics. Timeless design

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

Navy suede with the white swish

The Cortez were like the ghetto track shoe. The rubber sole gave you some extra bounce and the rounded toes fit perfectly in chain link fences. They were about $30 in the 90s. Then Started becoming more and more expensive once celebrities saw them as trendy.

I remember my mom bought me the money green suede Nikes back in grammar school

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

I have this ones Cortez 😎

Any of these shoes with some starched down 501s and a crispy white t 🔥🔥🔥🔥

How many faught somebody over they Cortez ✋🏾 😂😒 for real though I did I had every one you named accept vans I’ve always thought of them as a skateboarder shoe but I thought you might have mentioned the ellesses but this history was on point good content 🫶🏾

AF1/Dookies are called Dookies in some corners due their association with Duke University, Fila (the entire brand), the only connection Jordans have to the West is the Bulls colors (but Chi is more East than West), Puma Suede and Reebok Classic came into HipHop from the East. I don’t think of any of those as reppin’ the West at all. Tupac has East connects. Remember Juice? Remember “Run Joe Run” and Fila in DC and VA? Cube went East when he left NWA - his style evolved with that move and his affiliation with Public Enemy. Kendrick hasn’t been in the game long enough to rewrite history around him. This is a cool clip though. I would definitely say the Chuck Chillouts and Cortez are associated with the West. K-Swiss is an LA brand. There is no argument although the East did adopt them way back. ✌🏽💙👟

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for knowledge man. It was more hip hop as a whole instead of just 90s’ gangster rap. That’s why I included Nipsey and Kendrick. Thanks for watching!

@fresh6481

7 ай бұрын

New balance in dc

Nike cortez for the homies👏🏾👏🏾

@NachoAverageFinds

Жыл бұрын

West Coast Classic

@kpenis17

Жыл бұрын

it’s tough they’re hard to find outside like kids sizes, goat overpriced as hell

@ryansmith4748

Жыл бұрын

In the Forrest gum color way #goat

I've loved Jordans ever since the Jordan 1. When I was in school everyone wore Reebok pumps but I hated the look of a giant orange ball on my tongue so I never wanted them. I would see kids pump up their shoes without it having any influence on their basketball game lol. When I left home and had to buy my own shoes I started wearing AF1s cause they were cheap

Do East coast one

Can you do Anthony Anderson's best sneaker moments on Black - Ish?

In the picture showing the Cortez with nwa anyone notice the blue 4s yella is wearing?

I had most of these shoes growing up, everything except the Cortez were really cheap and thats why I was bought them. I remember getting the Chuck Taylors when i was super young because they had begun to lose popularity in the early eighties but soon had to settle for other shoes because they were made popular again due to the gangs in my neighborhood. As an adult I bough t a few but soon gravitated to the P.F. Flyers because theyre build is so much more durable.

THE ONLY MEMORY, I HAVE ON THIS TRAINER. WAS IN, ROCKY 2 FILM! 🇹🇷💪💙

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.

@1growroom

8 ай бұрын

Rappers wore slippers

Among the all snickers converse all star is my best one

Dug the video bt did u leave out the converse 1star ?

All west coast sneakers 👟 that play huge Part in gangster lifestyle...wore Reebok classic back in the day

Cordoroy house shoes, chucks, cortez, low top white airs… list complete

Main you took your style from forest gum He was the 1st one out there rocking them shoes And then it was the vattos with the Super high Soxx 80,s90s