Comments on: Polo and Hip-Hop, an Oral History [Pt. 1]

By: Godzilla Jr.

Godzilla Jr. — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:59:46 +0000

“embrassing” or embracing?

By: Guillaume

Guillaume — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 04:06:06 +0000

Been wearing Polo since ’79.

By: nickreauxbitch

nickreauxbitch — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:33:46 +0000

Ay don’t be hatin on skinny jeans sayin they not reppin right and shit. when will you see me eva hate on another mans jeans? grow up ya oold nigga

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By: THIRSTIN HOWL THE 3RD

THIRSTIN HOWL THE 3RD — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:03:47 +0000

THE CROWN CAN NOT BE SHARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2L’S UP

By: Artie Mcfly

Artie Mcfly — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:33:19 +0000

Ok! I’m a Lo head from the 90s .. stated!!!!! People forget it wasn’t just about having a lil horse on your chest it was about rocking HEAT!! Dope pieces from 1988-1996! Thats when all the best shit came out! It was about starting a movement in your neighborhood>Being FLY!!! Your dad wore the little horse on his chest that means Nothing.. This is reason Pimp C and Trick Daddy aren’t mention!!! They just wore regular pieces.. Some of you wont understand that, and its fine. Just proves to weren’t paying attention anyway

By: NAUTY BOI

NAUTY BOI — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:06:47 +0000

YO WHAT ABOUT THEM NIGGAS THATS BEEN ROCKIN NAUTICA SINCE 93 THE NAUTY BOYZ YALL FORGOT ABOUT US WE WARRED WITH THE WACK ASS LOLIFES I WAS SHITTIN ON CASHMERE BEARS WITH MY NAUTICA FITS IM 45 NOW AND IM STILL BOOSTING NAUTICA. FUCK POLO

By: Wiggz-LO, Extraordinaire

Wiggz-LO, Extraordinaire — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:36:47 +0000

This article is cool but kinda corny at the same time and seems rather rushed. My man over at The Source already had this mapped out a minute ago and that story will actually feature “official” heads giving you the realz on the movement from then-2-now. There’s real speech being spoken here, but a lot of this ground has been covered already, not to mention, the weak visuals that were just snatched from any ol’ place online actually diminish what Mr. Stovall was set out to accomplish. It’s not a total FAIL especially since the game is now back at a feverish pitch and it’s been a minute since any hip-hop publication has shed some light on the culture; same time, I know money’s aim was to cover a wide spectrum of cats who are in or around the industry, from then to now, but c’mon fam…Jose Hustle??? Vado and Young Dro?!? Even 88-Keys is suspect, especially when he was quoted saying he used to rock back in the early 90′s in another interview, and now on here he’s claiming to be “LO-down” since 2006…wtf?!?! I respect a lot of these dudes and their contributions to hip-hop, but a lotta cats got they stories twisted when it comes to this ‘LO sh*t…smh…look out for the official story to drop in The Source mag at the top of the year…

By: tba

tba — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:39:37 +0000

Tommy Hillfiger never said that about the minorities, it’s an urban legend, that he has been trying to rebute ever since it started popping off in 1996. Tommy H tried embrassing the hip hop community and was the first “high” fashion brand to use Hip hop artists as models on the runway, but after the racist rumors got out of hand they lost the “street” market and stopped fokusing on it.

By: Logan P. McCoy

Logan P. McCoy — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:06:09 +0000

Phenomenal article. I am thoroughly impressed. I saw it happen. To read about it however many years later is definitely incredible. This is how history happens. Some people live it, and others write about it. My long beek (had to pin it 20 times for it to fit my head) stadium hat off to the writers for this one. In the words of the truly aspirational, “bravo, my good people, bravo!”.

By: LOuesco

LOuesco — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:50:21 +0000

Big up all Decep!! HAIL MEG!!!

And all original LO-LIFES!!!!

By: south east d.c.

south east d.c. — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:15:31 +0000

dudes in d.c were wearing polo before it was influenced by rappers. weve been wearing lo from way back in 83 84. its a fact. for the record dc dudes were not influenced by new yorkers in any way to wear polo. any body that really know d.c dudes will know that we were known for our polo and track new balance sneakers

By: Marco- LO Harlem Original LO Head

Marco- LO Harlem Original LO Head — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:42:39 +0000

I’m A Lo Head And Have Been Rockin Polo Gear For 25 Years… I Was One Of The First Cats To Bring The Polo Buzz To Harlem… It Was A Brooklyn Thing That Was Taught To Me In My Days Of High School In Park West…. I Wore Polo So Much I Was A Regular At The Mansion And The Sales People Knew Me There And I Got A Job There…. That Abled Me To End Up Working For Ralph Directly… So I Can Speak On It.. It Was Tommy Hill That Said That And Timberland Co-signed By Stating That They Don’t Make Or Design Their Clothes To Be Worn In The Urban Market(An Nicer Way to Say They Don’t Sell To The Minorities)… Wearing Polo & Supporting It In This Hip Hop Generation Shows The Power Of The Dollars That We As A People Are Capable Of Generating So As A Business Man Why Wouldn’t Ralph Embraced It To Make His Business Grow??? As You Can See Tommy Has Fell To The Waste Side…. As Far As Polo Being In The Front Line Of Hip Hop Fashion… It’s Always Been For True LO-Life’s & LO Heads That Have Been In The Game… Its Funny How Cats Are Saying They Are Bringing It Back Or That They Started This LO Everything In Hip Hop Without Giving The True Originators There Credit Like The LO-LIFE’S,Ralphies Kids etc,etc…. These Were The True Real Cats That Were In The Trenches Of This LO Movement And That Made It What It Is Today….. The LO-LIFE’S Of Brooklyn Started This Frenzy So Don’t Forget Your Past…. 2 L’s Up & Salute To Malik- LO & The Other Original Real LO-LIFE Fam Of LOve & LOyalty

By: Mr. Uda

Mr. Uda — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:38:24 +0000

When I first read this the first thing that came to my mind was T DOUBLE D aka Trick Daddy $…….but i was to shocked not to see his name on this blog…….in the late 90s he was iconic for “rocking” nothing but POLO……

By: you thought wrong...

you thought wrong... — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:35:11 +0000

Neither Ralph or Tommy ever said the “not made for black people” line… that is an urban myth. And i find it offensive that people still always bring that up like its truth but ignore REAL shit that should have people revolting in the streets. FUCK outta here.

By: Worley

Worley — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:16:40 +0000

I went to school in BK all through the 80s to ’91. Lo Lifes were everywhere. I was like damn those are some fly n!ggas right there. I also remember seeing cats robbed and beat to the floor at the B’way East New York station. I’m talking back before they built the precinct in that piece. My parents saw the violence and the price tag too. They said they would never buy me Polo. But going to school in BK, I had to have it.

Well, on our senior trip we went to colonial Wiliamsburg where they had a Lo store with only one white dude at the register and no security. We went ape on that place. It got so bad this one dude, my man Big Al, took an orange windbreaker right off the mannequin in plain sight. Dude at the register wanted no part of us. That’s how I got my first Polo – it was blue with a white bar in the middle that said Polo in Red and Sport in blue. The response I got while wearing that joint made Lo an indispensable part of the wardrobe to this day.

By: d;d

d;d — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:49:51 +0000

i bet he was ma nigga. ugk came out in 1990. pimp or chad as he’s known in the area was a bigtime hustler around port arthur, tx and southwest louisiana before the rap shit. so im pretty positive pimp chad was fuckin wit polo in the 80′s bruh

By: sb

sb — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:09:54 +0000

Ralph has timeless pieces,great quality material, hot designs and patterns.. Been wearing Polo since 84. 70 percent of my warbrobe is Ralph, the same with my kids…

By: Durbey E. Macon

Durbey E. Macon — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:00:58 +0000

I would very interested in hearing what Mr Laren (yes I know that not his real name), has to say about the article.

By: kanker

kanker — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:12:07 +0000

go and rob them then and save the bills