5/31/2023 0 Comments Fusion display![]() famously bragged, " My Adidas touch the sand of a foreign land/With mic in hand, I cold took command." "They both have been together from the very beginning." "Hip-hop culture and sneaker culture are inseparable," he added. ![]() "If you were a graffiti artist, you liked Adidas and you liked Puma because when you went to the train yards and you're messing with the tracks, you need traction and basketball shoes represented the ultimate in traction." "If you were a B-boy, you liked the Nike Cortez because it was lightweight and flexible," Williams said. The first stories were practical, the exhibit explains. "People will be able, once you scan the QR codes, to get the full road map of the journey and significance and story behind every sneaker." Hip-hop and sneakers: 'inseparable' "There are so many moments in this room," said Williams 51, in a recent interview at the gallery. ![]() For music fans, or just casual observers, it's a look at the interplay between music and fashion that helped spawn a cultural revolution. Accompanying each pair of footwear are QR codes that visitors can scan to get more information.įor the the collectors known as sneakerheads, it's an opportunity to see the shoes that made them fans. They are the beginning of a visual timeline of 50 pairs of kicks, some hanging from the ceiling, others set in display cases like fine art, that trace the half-century relationship between sneakers and hip-hop, whose origin is generally dated back to a 1973 party in the Bronx. That's followed by a pair of Pony Starters from 1975 that got heavy use on New York City's basketball courts. ![]() The show at 888 Newark Avenue starts with a glimpse of a dangling pair of Nike Cortez sneakers from 1972, favored by breakdancing B-boys. View Gallery: Sneakers and hip hop history exhibit opens in Jersey City ![]()
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