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Smash Burgers, Wings & Kicks with Paco
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This week I am joined by Paco, you may know him for his dope food content. We talk about how he started getting into creating food videos. Becoming a pro skater and the opportunities he's gotten. Also living in Cali and what he didn't like about the state. Late nights at Diamond Supply Co. and how far skateboard has taken him. Being discovered by JonnyShipes and what he's been able to do! Plus a whole ton more!
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Transcript
Introduction and Fashion Influences
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is I was like, I would dress kind of like hood and then dress like a skater at the same time. So I'll be wearing like a Peli Peli with like some fucking Supreme Vans. Yo, that's sick. And all the hood motherfuckers wouldn't even say nothing everybody was fucking with me. like, oh, he's a skater motherfucker, but he got the Peli on, he got the biggie on, ah but he got the skate shoes. So I was intertwining both of that.
00:00:20
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And now motherfuckers want to wear all that shit now. They didn't find it cool back then until... I always said that they didn't find it cool back then until they seen a motherfucker like me wear it. Or I feel like Lil Wayne popped it off.
00:00:30
Speaker
Yeah. Lil Wayne started wearing Supras started skating and doing truck fit. and That's what...
Podcast Introduction and Connections
00:00:39
Speaker
What's good everyone? Welcome back to My First Kicks. This is episode 226 and this week sitting across one of maybe like, you know, I want to say the newest creator for food creator, but you are breaking the seal on all food creators on this podcast. Popping the cherry. Popping the cherry. Welcome to the podcast.
00:01:02
Speaker
Vote for Pedro Paco. Welcome to the podcast. Oh yeah, it's a pleasure. Thank you for having me. Of course, man. Like... shoutout Shout out, shout out, Alyssa, who owns and runs, or runs Edith's, right? Like, no, she owns it too, right?
00:01:15
Speaker
I think she owns it, yeah. Yeah. She runs the whole thing. That's her whole operation. Yeah, for real. But me and her go way back, and I ran into her, and she was just like, yo, you ever follow this person? Vote for Pedro? And I was like, nah. and
New York Culture and Local Focus
00:01:28
Speaker
I was like, yo, you should have them. For real? Yeah. This is bad. This is so random. Right?
00:01:32
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and then and then And then you had Tom on. And I was like, yo, that's crazy. And you commented. and No, you you messaged me like, yo, let's do the pod. I was like, hell yeah. Because you had a few of the homies on this. So I was like, let's rock out.
00:01:42
Speaker
Nah, yeah. The the whole, because it's funny, I do get a like a little bit of slack because I make this podcast very New York-centric. But I'm like, If New York people want to pull up, I'm not to be like, nah, don't pull up. Real New York motherfuckers. Yo, for real. I seen it and I was like, I definitely got to pop up. Nah, yeah. I think it's like...
00:02:01
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You know, i'm I'm definitely, like, I'm always myself on here, and I'm always, like, very
Guest's Presence and Authenticity
00:02:06
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New York. But when I have another New Yorker on, people are like, oh, yeah, you. Queens, Bronx. Queens, Bronx, yeah. is it's And I love what you're doing, too, because, like, I'm going to tell you this story. i i don't really tell anybody this story, but me and my boy Gastor Almonte, he's a comedian. He's mad funny. You should check him out. But I used to pitch him this show.
00:02:26
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I used to call it Two Hood Dudes Eating Good Food. And I was like, yo, let's do this. Two, we just gonna sit. And I was like, but when I see your videos, I'm like, damn, this is what it could have been. It's a hood motherfucker eating food. Yeah.
00:02:40
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Nah, but yeah, you've been killing it, man. But let everybody know who you are and what like where to follow you and what do you do. Social media, vote for Pedro, aka Paco Pedro. Family man. Fucking food. The voice of the streets for the food.
00:02:54
Speaker
ah Tap in with me if you want to eat some goodies in New York. Honestly. For real shit. but It's crazy. You're, you're, cause we definitely got to talk about this. Your take on this is the most, like, I want to say is it definitely connects with me the most versus like no shots, but like, you know, like a Marcos or like a, you know, a Jay Kicho. Like, you know, these guys are just like going to the restaurants. You are like, nah, let's go, let's go cook this. Let's go in that bitch. Let's bring somebody fire in there and let's make the food. Let's not like, see, you got me ready to talk shit now. I can talk shit? Yeah.
00:03:26
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don't know. A lot of these motherfuckers in the food game, to me, don't know. I ain't feeling them. To me, I feel like I'm real New York, real gritty, authentic. I go in there with the real deal, holy feel. Go in there, get the backstory, cook, eat, talk my shit, and just keep it real gritty.
00:03:41
Speaker
yeah A lot of these motherfuckers, they ain't doing that. They just go in there and getting a check. I mean, yeah, it's crazy. getting the check, but i'm I'm trying to keep it real and authentic, keep it 100% good.
00:03:52
Speaker
These motherfuckers ain't there for that. And a personality sucks. To me. No, yeah. I mean. To me, and I don't mind talking shit. I do this shit alone. You just be there. You post it. You're like, nah, yeah. No, look.
00:04:06
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The self-confidence is the shit. Like, yo, I don't know if you saw Action Bronson's recent video where he's like, i don't fuck with Jordans. Fuck Jordan. I didn't see that. My shit. Yeah. But I'm like, that's a New Yorker shit. Like, that's... Some queen shit. Yeah, queen shit for sure.
00:04:20
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Because I was explaining this shit on Twitter. i'm like I'm like, you know... This is a guy that's like done a lot of things. like He's not just a rapper. He's a rapper. He's a he's a chef. He's you know made TV shows. he's Food events. He actually damn near does it all. Yeah, exactly. And for him to be like, yeah, my shoe is the best. I'm like, yeah, he should be saying that. Why would he be like, feel like everybody should feel like that
Skateboarding and Sneaker Culture
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about themselves. You got to feel like you the shit.
00:04:45
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yeah I feel like I'm the shit and I'm probably not the shit. So I'm just like, oh, well. No, but yeah, but you can't doubt yourself. I'm not going to doubt myself. Somebody else probably Somebody else is easily going to be like, yeah, yeah, yeah. He's not great. But I still know I'm the shit. yeah i'm always like I'm always looking for bat like batteries in my back. Like, yo, all right, yeah, doubt me. Think this podcast is not that great. i'll tell you I'm going to tell you this is the best podcast, best sneaker podcast. But you got to prove them wrong. Yeah.
00:05:10
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And that's the best thing. Yes, it is. To prove a motherfucker wrong, make them look dumb at the end of the day. And then they going to want to get on the podcast and be episode 27. 227. See?
00:05:19
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Oh, 227? Yeah, bro. thought you said 27. this is 225. Goddamn. I'm late then. Yeah, you are.
00:05:28
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um But since we jumped into that, how about you answer the question that I ask everybody each week. And that question is, what's your first kicks? What's that first pair of sneakers you absolutely needed to have? ah Any shoe?
00:05:40
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Whatever. know what's crazy? I had this obsession with Raptor Raptor 7s. Raptor Jordan Yep. I don't know. That was just a tweaker for them. I was like, I always wanted this shoe and then ended up getting like three, four pair of them shits because that's how much I really wanted that shoe. The shoe looked so good yeah with shorts and some white Nike socks. that That's funny because that's the only shoe that I got the reserve at Nike Town and never picked up.
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Was Raptor Savage. Yeah, Raptor Savage. I'm bugging out. Because everybody goes for the fours, the threes, the 11s, the 12s. Nah, you be sleeping on them wrap the sevens. I was broke. That was the problem. like It was either if I buy this, I'm not paying my my phone bill.
00:06:25
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Got to rob a motherfucker for them. Take them right off his field. Get them right online. Get in the shoes. I mean, I'm not doing that. That's real Queen shit. I know, but I'm not doing that. that's but Even though that's happening in my side of Queens, I'm not the person that's doing it. You can't catch me there. It was either Raptor 7s, if I was like trying to get fly for high school or middle school.
00:06:47
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Or then it was had to be Janowski's. genal Yo. Janowski's, the Tiffany colorway. Like the OG, OG, OG. ba yeah When you used to have to order them on CCS in the catalog when you get the little pamphlet. You speak in my language right now. Because everything started with skateboarding for me. But i started like I learned a lot about sneakers through skateboarding. And then I learned about Jordans. And then fucking New Balance. And everything else right after that. But I had a love for Nike SBs and Vans and E-Mericas. know.
00:07:16
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with Circas and DCs and all these shoes. So I really started with skateboarding shoes. So why how'd you find skateboarding? and ah My neighbor, well, not damn near my neighbor, but he lived downstairs from my house.
00:07:27
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So i used to look out the window and watch him fucking skate. And I was like, I want to skate. I want to do that too. So like after I graduated, what, fifth grade or something, ended up getting like a fake board from like Walmart. Oh, yeah. The pre-built? I got a fake one. Ended up trying to kick you with him. He tried a cool guy at me. hu huh
The Skateboarding Scene in New York
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And then we ended up being best friends right after that. Shout out to Chris.
00:07:45
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Shout out, Chris. Shout out, Chris. You literally are speaking like, like you are you I don't know if you know my biography, but you are basically saying the same thing. Because that's how I got into sneakers. Skateboarding? Yeah, skateboarding.
00:07:56
Speaker
Bob Burnquist. Bob Burnquist. Andy McDonald. Tony Hawk. Ben Margera. Terry Kennedy. all The whole ice cream. Team ice cream. Fucking everything. Fucking Eric Cosson. Paul Rodriguez. Yeah.
00:08:06
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and supposed to be seeing Paul after this too. It's funny. Oh yeah. They're in town. They're at Tompkins right now. Oh yeah. They're, I was supposed to be shooting with them earlier today. They came out late cause they staying in Long Island, but I'm see them. But, uh, nah, yeah. Skateboarding really was like my gateway into that. So like, you know, when you started, you know, get really into skateboarding, even though you got big bro for little bit, like, yeah huh how did you find yourself more into like sneaker culture? Like,
00:08:36
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i didn't I wouldn't say like i I like jumped in straight into sneaker culture but I just seen the shoes that I liked in skateboarding like certain skate shoes and I just felt like they look good with my skate attire and I was just like oh damn I want these Janowski's and it really turned out to be mainly Janowski's I fucked with and then my first shoe sponsor ended up being Nike SB Wait, you got sponsored? Yeah, this was later in life.
00:08:56
Speaker
So I used to order them shits on CCS, my mom. used to go to Zoomies, fucking Blades, skate shop. Shout out to Blades. Shout out Blades, man. It's not here no more. I used to work the Enrod for them, but shout out to them. That's crazy. They the one that connected me with Nike SB. Shout out Tyler Tufte.
00:09:12
Speaker
Fucking Bob, everybody. But Nike SB. used to go to Blades like religiously every seen you. Who knew over there? You probably sold me something. Who you knew over there? I didn't know anybody. I would just walk in. What year you was going there heavy? 2014? Damn. I was in there like 2018. Oh, yeah. Nah, nah, nah.
00:09:30
Speaker
I was like, yeah, I was, when I would go there, it was gold box era. Yeah, I was too young. That's when I was like damn near like coming up. Yeah. Yeah. That was like grind time. Me like really getting into the skate game heavy.
00:09:44
Speaker
But yeah, Nike SB was like the wave for me back then. I would wear like other shoes like Circa's S, DC's, but yeah it was Janowski's for me. Were you just skating the city? like Oh, I started in the Bronx skating Throgs Neck for a little bit and Allerton and a few spots in the X, but then I had to venture off and go over there. That's where everything was and was popping off.
00:10:01
Speaker
So once I started going to the city and I started getting better and going to skate spots and meeting people, that's when the sponsors started kicking in. That's crazy. Filming way more. And literally, I swear to God, my first shoe sponsored was Nike SB. First board sponsor, Hops.
00:10:15
Speaker
Jumped right into Primitive Ventures. So I was already getting hooked up and plugged in through skating. But from being in the city so much, just getting out the Bronx. That's crazy, dude. Also, breaking the record, you you are the first sponsored skater to do this podcast too. yeah that is That is crazy. What's dope too? and I still get hooked up by these same companies. That's awesome. And I'm just like, whatever about it now. I mean, eventually, yeah. It would actually was funny. It turned into Nike. And now and i was I'm going to Adidas head now. Oh, yeah? Tyshawn? He's from the hood. Yeah, he's cool. I was going to say. Went to the same high school. Oh, really? Yeah, we did. That's crazy, too.
00:10:51
Speaker
I just seen him other day. Yo, he's been killing it. that last His last pair. And that pop-up that probably he did, too. Oh, yeah. I was there for that. I've the fucking event he did in the projects. Mm-hmm. the I was following, i i I got pushed that page.
00:11:03
Speaker
I don't know, it was the dude's page. Something with a T. And they were doing that rail in the projects. Oh, jumping the stairs. They were jumping the stairs. D7, that's the spot. And i was the tweaker bitch was tweaking on them.
00:11:16
Speaker
They tried to put the dogs on them. The dogs
Journey from Skateboarding to Food Content
00:11:18
Speaker
are too friendly and didn't want to get on them. yeah Yeah, that was that was a crazy day. That's the day I fucked my elbow up Oh, yeah? As soon as I was done with that, I went to go skate for a little bit and I fucking cooked my arm. How do you handle falls? like do you like because i I think now, since I don't skate as much, it's like my dad body's kicking in. It hurts me even more compared to when I used to skate so heavy you back in the day.
00:11:40
Speaker
So this shit be hurting me now. i don't I don't handle it too well now. Shit be leaving me lumped up and sore. Yeah. that's I mean, I don't even know. Like, when you're younger and you'd see somebody bail or like.
00:11:51
Speaker
like I always said if you could tolerate the pain, that means you love that shit. Yeah. If you get smoked one time and you done, that means this sport is not for you. Yeah, for sure. You already know, like, you're good.
00:12:02
Speaker
You got to pack it up. So what was like high school like for you? Like, were you ah like being a skateboarder and into sneakers? Yeah. What's funny is I was like, I would dress kind of like hood and then dress like a skater at the same time. So I'll be wearing like a Peli Pell with like some fucking Supreme Vans. Yo, that's sick. And all the hood motherfuckers wouldn't even say nothing. everybody was fucking with me. was like, oh, he's a skater motherfucker, but he got the Pell on.
00:12:25
Speaker
He got the Biggie on, but he got the skate shoe. So I was intertwined in both of that. And now motherfuckers want to wear all that shit now. They didn't find it cool back then until, I always said it, they didn't find it cool back then until they seen a motherfucker like me wear it.
00:12:38
Speaker
Or I feel like Lil Wayne popped it off. Lil Wayne started wearing Supras and started skating and doing truck fit. and That's when motherfuckers like, oh, i want to get on this skateboarding wave. yeah And now look.
00:12:49
Speaker
they they were That's why a Yellow Rap Bastard became a thing. Oh, Yellow Rap Bastard? I used to get my tees from there for the low. Right there Broadway Lafayette. Where they had the the fake jeans and then if you go downstairs, it's the real jeans type of shit. I remember right around the corner was the hundreds. I used to intern there.
00:13:05
Speaker
Oh, really? Shout out Pauly. Shout out Mike. Shout out ah LJ. hu All of them. Artie. Crazy. R.I.P. R.I.P. I truthfully think that the hundreds was like the best streetwear brand to me at that time. I think it was better than Prem.
00:13:18
Speaker
At that time, for sure. Even actually, I think the Atom Bomb was iconic. I think they had certain pieces. They made a lot of good pieces. I would say Supreme is dope, but i always fuck with the hundreds heavily. And then Diamond Supply, only because that's my boy, Nick Diamond.
00:13:31
Speaker
And shout out to him, too. He gave me a job. You worked on it? I used to work for Diamond Supply. Man, where have you where haven't you worked? Jesus Christ. I used to work at Diamond Supply when I You worked at every single station. used to live in LA. Really? Yeah.
00:13:42
Speaker
what What made you move out there? My baby mom's having a daughter. So she wanted to have the baby over there. So they I like, all bet. Spanish Mike. Shout out to Spanish Mike. He connected to pieces. He was like, yo, this motherfucker need a job.
00:13:53
Speaker
And then Nick was like, right, I hired him. And ended up working there. And I met a lot of people being on that strip on Fairfax. I bet. Before Fairfax was cooked. You really think that you can keep watching this episode without like, subscribing, or leaving a comment?
00:14:06
Speaker
Come on, man. And also, if you've been listening to this episode, leave a review. But back to the episode. that I mean, I talked about the how iconic that it used to be.
00:14:16
Speaker
Like, every every every day was you go out there. It was lit. Yeah. It was just crazy. And if you when you worked at Diamond, I'm pretty sure you saw something. I've seen a lot of wild shit. I've seen young kid in basketball shorts with a gun come into a store. And Mitchell and Ness, no, he came into Hall of Fame with a little gun, like a little Glock.
00:14:34
Speaker
I'm like, damn. l LA's different. I'm like, what the fuck? This shit different. LA's just ah a' iss this a different scene compared to New York. Yeah, I don't know. Down to street wear, down to everything.
00:14:45
Speaker
What was like the culture shock, the differences that you saw there? It's very fake. Yeah? Yeah, I think LA's fake. That's crazy. It's like a fairy tale. Why? what What made you well Is there like a a story? or Just the way people treat you and act They just want to fuck with you because whoever you hang out with And what you do That's crazy That's how I feel honestly They would say some shit like that That's crazy They would say some shit like that and wouldn't even care
Influence of Skateboarding Games and Culture
00:15:10
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Damn That's how I feel about California There's a few motherfuckers out there I fuck with But I'm good off LA Visit That's a spot visit ah like I like visiting I can't stay there I lived over there for a little bit I'm good
00:15:22
Speaker
and good Did you get to skate out there Of course. um Diamond Supply. I used to skate a lot indoors at Diamond Supply. Or Chevy Chase with my homie Daniel Scales. Spanish, Paul. ah Manny Santiago. Trent McClunk. TJ Harris.
00:15:35
Speaker
That was like my little clique out there. Jake Derwin. That was literally my click. ever did the barracks? I didn't like it. No? I skated there, of course, but I didn't like it that much. I would skate usually a lot of the time was indoor diamond because me and Scales had the code to get in. So we was in there all the time by ourselves, off the clock.
00:15:52
Speaker
Or then we well now now what I do now, when I visit, I go to Paul's. So I go to Primitive Park. I skate there. I usually go around like 11, 30, 12 at night until like 4 in the morning.
00:16:02
Speaker
That's crazy. just skate. I bring my daughter with me and she be vibing with us. so going to teach her how to skate? She knows how skate. Oh, yeah? Yeah. but That's where you insert the clip of her skating. Yeah. That ass knows how to skate. Yeah. She only four.
00:16:13
Speaker
She just turned four. So she's been doing it for what? Since she was like two? It's in your blood. It's in the blood. It's in the DNA. Yeah. Damn right. She's going to doing switch lasers and switch heels like me. Nolly Crooks. that What's your go-to?
00:16:25
Speaker
My favorite ledge trick would be a nollie crooked grind, nollie backside crooked grind. And then my favorite flat ground trick, probably like a switch heel or a nollie heel. Yeah. Those are my go-to. I could do that maybe in Tony Hawk Pro Skater.
00:16:37
Speaker
That's even, i feel like it's harder in Tony Hawk Pro Skater compared to Skate 1, 2, or 3. They're coming out with Skate 4. I know, yeah. I know. wait I can't wait. I can't wait. I was playing the the beta for that.
00:16:48
Speaker
I was in the beta for it. Yeah, there was a more, I forgot the motherfucking name. He was letting people play it for a little bit, but then he would shut it down. Oh, ah yeah. for We probably thinking about the same person. We probably thinking about the same person that was letting everybody play it.
00:17:00
Speaker
And I was in there, but it was just like, looked, it looked too bare bones. I heard it was going to be like Skater going to be harder. Yeah. Yeah, that's when I'm not playing it. No. If it's not like one, two, or three, I'm not playing But yeah, Skater XL, I don't know. I couldn't get really into it.
00:17:15
Speaker
Because it's like, it's too floppy. It's like everything, you just end up falling. It's weird too. Yeah. Seen you open the banks. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Brooklyn banks.
00:17:26
Speaker
I want to go because I haven't been there for a really long time. Like, that's where I try to learn how to skate. And then that's where I also say. long you been skating for? Nah. That's how, yeah let me finish. And that's where I learned to to, and that's what I gave up trying to skate the same the same day.
00:17:41
Speaker
I couldn't do it. I think when they closed the banks down, that's when I started skating and then now they reopened it. But I, of course, I done snuck in there to try to see it before they rebuilt it now. It's legendary spot.
00:17:53
Speaker
Go skate. They just passed. They had it there. know. Yeah. It was packed. It was very packed. They had Tony Hawk out there for that too. He came. I didn't even know. No. He was the the like, they did like a little ceremony.
00:18:03
Speaker
but i think a few days before. Yeah. Before. And he was there because of his and foundation. yeah Tony Hawk Foundation. Yeah. And miss Steve Rodriguez. Shout out to them. I just seen like the whole fucking Banks was packed for skate day.
00:18:16
Speaker
Like packed. Yeah. I was like, go skate. They haven't looked like that in a while. No. The skateboarder scene is cooked. I was going to say, because Nigel took over with Go Biking. You think so? I think so. You think skateboarding is... In New York City?
00:18:29
Speaker
You think skateboarding switched over to BMXing now? I mean, i think I think the way that Nigel started his climb in New York City, a lot of people have picked up bikes.
00:18:41
Speaker
I don't know. thats but I feel like I rarely see anybody pushing. Nah, that's a good debate. yeah You think Nigel got motherfuckers picking up bikes now compared to Tyshawn got other skaters trying to skate.
00:18:54
Speaker
I feel like You think Nigel is but youre saying nigel's pushing the needle more than Tyshawn? Is it because he's from the Bronx and he's from Queens?
00:19:06
Speaker
This is what we're doing. ah And then he's Nike and then this is Adidas? I don't know. don't know. um ah This is my this is my my rebuttal for this, right?
00:19:20
Speaker
Nigel did the gap first. Which gap? The 150. What is it? one fifty the eight 158? The at a train station. train station but That's easier on a bike. I know. But he did it first.
00:19:32
Speaker
Tyshawn did it. And then he did it twice. He won skater of the year two times. what skater i would Is there a biker of the year? i don't know. That's not my sport. Not in my sport. BMXer of the year. not i just know that Tyshawn. I think Tyshawn is moving the needle. He's moving needle more than Nigel to me in the skate world. And then I feel like even in the fashion world, motherfucker doing runways for Louis Vuitton. True. True.
00:19:57
Speaker
He's a young kid from the Bronx. But then you got you got Nigel doing, he's got his own straight up Jordan line. That's cute. He's doing his own runways. Then he's got he's got that Mercedes-Benz collaboration. i respect it. Yeah, yeah. I get it. You know what I mean? like don't know, man. It's two different two different sports, two different lanes. But it's crazy that an extreme sport can get them in those doors. Oh, yeah. It's so crazy. i would speak on my end, like how much you can do and accomplish just from just starting off skateboarding and just learning the game and just learning how to maneuver.
00:20:31
Speaker
And it all started from skateboarding. Like I wouldn't be doing this food stuff or learning how to... even just be the person I am now if it really wasn't for skateboarding. So I feel like that is a lot for everybody else. I mean, your personality though, I think like- It plays a big role. Yeah.
00:20:45
Speaker
i think you're- But then there's also the talent on the skateboard that if I was boo-boo on a skateboard, motherfuckers wouldn't be in acknowledging me. I had to really put in the time, the effort, the work, the grind on that skateboard to meet a lot of people that I know today.
00:20:58
Speaker
But yeah I mean, there's got to be boo-boo skateboarders. It's just our big personalities. And they're like, we need to keep them around. Name them. um I'm asking you. I don't think so. I don't think I know that one. I truthfully don't think so. that We got to keep them around.
00:21:10
Speaker
They ain't giving a motherfucker a shoe or anything with a whole food series. Definitely not. No, no. Heck no. I mean, it's just, it's crazy. Cause like my favorite thing to watch is ah when it was on Vice was King
Challenges and Resilience in Skateboarding
00:21:24
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king oh king of the Road. King of a Road.
00:21:26
Speaker
Man, would you ever do one of those? I definitely would do one of those. yeah I'll probably be the one that's kissing all the girls. yeah That one, that'd be my challenge. That'll be my favorite challenge. yeah With consent.
00:21:38
Speaker
Yes. Yes. With consent. With consent. He's like, he's like, Foggo's like just looking through the book like, nah, I got this one. I'll do this one. This me all day. This me all day. It's you, Zion Wright, like in the car, like. Honestly.
00:21:51
Speaker
honestly that it just is a The way that skating has definitely... like Skating, i'm um ah I'm into skating more than BMX, for the record. Thank you. I'm glad you said it. We doing skateboarding all day.
00:22:05
Speaker
Go skate day just passed. yeah There's no go bike day. There is, though. You got Kanye learning how to skate and Lil Uzi. Name somebody that's picking up a bike. Nah, you're right. You got that.
00:22:16
Speaker
The only person I've seen pick up a bike is what? A$AP Ferg? I'm trying to even think, man. Who picked up a bike? Wiz Khalifa skateboarding, Lil Uzi skateboarding. It's all skateboarding. I think the sport is honestly harder than biking.
00:22:30
Speaker
It is. I would say. I would say. And then overall, i feel like snowboarding is harder than skating. I never snowboarded before. I i mean, I was going to say Sean White used to do both, remember? Sean White is white.
00:22:41
Speaker
It's white people's stuff. That motherfucker is white. He's doing the gnarliest shit. He's white. He was doing 1080s and then trying on the skateboard. There you go. That motherfucker's white.
00:22:52
Speaker
He not going to see no light skin, dark motherfucker, no Latino doing no 920s in the ass. Christ ass. Nobody's doing that. That's a white man's sport right there. You wouldn't do ah the mega jump?
00:23:04
Speaker
Hell no. Hell no. You crazy. Out of your mind. I'm get smoked. I'm going to definitely get smoked. Heck no. You look like Jake Brown? Oh, he got bodied. He got bodied. That was the most infamous clip. I watched that shit on a regular.
00:23:19
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, that motherfucker went up and came right back down on his neck. And the shoes. And the shoes blew up. Yeah. What shoes were they? They were DCs, I think. They were probably DC or some shit. Yeah. They weren't Nike or Adidas. Yeah. He didn't lace his shits right. so when So what made you come back after callie ah My daughter was born. I wanted to just move back to New York. That's when I started working with Gary V. So I started working at 137 to start on the food series, Pedro Eats Everything. So we started working on that. and the whole scene how'd you How'd you get that?
00:23:50
Speaker
ah The OG, Ben Olenek. So he owns Grand Collection. so I literally remember it like was yesterday. I gave him a call and I was like, get me the fuck out of California, bro. Like, I don't want to live here. Like, find me something back in New York once my daughter's born. So I give him a call. He hits me back maybe like a week, two weeks later.
00:24:07
Speaker
He's like, what do you think about doing like this food series where Gary V's ah media company, 1.37 PM? I was like, what is it? He's like, inc like, try to incorporate skateboarding and then food. The food started already because I was doing funny stories on Instagram, just laying down, eating tacos.
00:24:23
Speaker
and like eating cereal, just laying in my bed, laying like fully down. So he was like, why don't you try to incorporate just skating and food? So then we started it up once my daughter was born, May 4th, I left. Like I left LA two weeks right after that, started up on the food series.
00:24:37
Speaker
yeah And then from there on, it was just hustling and grinding. What like.
Role of Food in Culture and Community
00:24:42
Speaker
and And now it just became like it's been like it'll be four years in September and it's been crazy. Yeah. Time is going by fast and the things I'm doing now in the food game is kind of insane.
00:24:53
Speaker
Like it's mind blowing to me. It is. it is I do want to step back on that, though. Like when you was doing the the first iteration of it. Right. Like. where you Did you have a game plan of like, yo, this is specifically like how I'm going figure this out, how i'm going make this type of content with the when you merged the skating and the and food?
00:25:12
Speaker
It was almost like just shoot it because we had somebody shooting, JP Blair. So he was shooting everything. So I already knew his vision. They would just like be yourself and just do what you do.
00:25:22
Speaker
Just skate, eat, and talk shit and just keep it organic. So I'll just go to a lot of mom and pop restaurants and just keep it thorough and just go there, cook, eat, get the background story, and then go to the skate park, show me skate. So you can see I'm in both worlds. I'm in the food world and I'm still in the skate culture.
00:25:38
Speaker
So it was like just intertwining both of those and just be myself. yeah And I just love the feedback I got off of it. And I just kept going and going and going because the thoughts of my in my head i was like i'm not gonna be no damn pro skater like i felt like i achieved everything i wanted through skateboarding i was like i'm good like i don't need a pro board like i'm good yeah i was like the money route was right here for me and i'd rather do this is like more easier and chill i don't want to be with my daughter with rolled ankles and a fucked up arm already so i'd rather just do that Yeah, that's... Started off with Gary Vee, his media company, and now with Johnny Shipes.
00:26:13
Speaker
Who's that? He owns Good Talk. He discovered Drewski, Joey Badass, yeah Sean Kingston. The list goes on. I mean, that's crazy. Yeah, because I saw the Good Talk stuff, and ah you know you recently did... He discovered Nipsey Hussle.
00:26:27
Speaker
That's crazy. If you look him up, you're going to see all that stuff. And that fucked me up when he hit me up. So that means I was doing something right. Going from Gary V to Johnny Shipes. And he DM'd me while i was at Outback with my mother.
00:26:40
Speaker
And I looked at the DM like, yeah, whatever. ah And I answered it. And he was like, just look me up. I want to help you. And then I ended up rocking with him. And here we are now. How many Bloomin' Onion pieces were you in as you were reading it?
00:26:52
Speaker
What do you mean? like Did you get a Bloomin' Onion at Outback? No, I just got a steak. You don't get the bloomin' onion? Hell no. I got a steak and some mashed potatoes. I didn't even want to go there. That was on some whack shit. My mom wanted to go there.
00:27:04
Speaker
Yo, Outback was... The brown bread at Outback is decent. Nah. Red Lobster got it. No, Red Lobster definitely has it. And they back, too. You saw they back. They trying to come back.
00:27:14
Speaker
I haven't been there in a minute. I've been eating lavish. I mean, yeah, I know. I've been eating lavish. I haven't been to them spots in a minute. But if I had to choose, it would probably be Red Lobster for sure. Or Fridays.
00:27:26
Speaker
fridays because haven't been You know what's crazy? I've been going here a lot. Buffalo Wild Wings. I miss Buffalo Wild Wings. There used to be one um in Forest Hills. i used to go to all the time. Queen shit. I mean, that was the nearest one.
00:27:37
Speaker
ah Now it's like mad far to find one. I got to go to the Bronx for one. They got one in, think, in the Heights. And then the other one's 42nd Street. This one at 47th Street? I be going to the one New Rochelle.
00:27:48
Speaker
Don't try to catch me over there. Yeah, for real. Don't, because I will not talk to you. Dead ass. Yo, I loved your episode, man. It's clip. Talk to me later. me. Do not pull up on me while I'm eating wings. That's a vulnerable position. Do not pull up me while I'm eating wings and drinking a beer.
00:28:06
Speaker
that's I'm not conversating with you. If
Building Authenticity in Food Content
00:28:09
Speaker
you're not the homie, don't do that. the Nah, yeah. You've been eating lavishly, but i ah you got a chance to do Family Style Food Fest. I was there, too.
00:28:20
Speaker
finessed the whole shit. Yeah, I know. I i want to hear about that. because You heard about the story? Nah, I didn't hear it. I read the comment of... of um me talking shit. Yeah. but You want to hear the real story? I want the whole story.
00:28:33
Speaker
So I'm fucking, I forgot where I was at. I'm trying to remember where fuck I was at. I think I was on my way to go shit at this pizzeria that day. And I'm looking through the gram and I see a family style hosted by Keith Lee.
00:28:47
Speaker
There's no beef between me and Keith Lee, but I'm just like, why is he hosting a New York event? yeah Why couldn't it be somebody else from New York like Marco's or Bronson or somebody else that does food content? yeah So I look at him like, the fuck? Why is it Keith Lee on this shit?
00:29:01
Speaker
So I just, i I honestly, I was on some hating shit. I was like, what the fuck? Some Bronx hating shit. I mean, what the fuck is this? Everybody's like, That should be you. That should be you. So I tell all my homies, I'm in a group chat with like 18 heads. yeah So I'm like, yo, everybody DM right now. Where's Pedro? Add him.
00:29:17
Speaker
So everybody's adding him. That's 18 heads. yeah Then I start sending it to my little shawties. Boom. Everybody's at Pedro, at Pedro, at Pedro. All my homies, my family, my sister, everybody. They commenting, commenting, commenting.
00:29:29
Speaker
People at fucking Complex Family Style just hit me like, yo, what's going on? Like, we want to get you involved. So then now there I was like, bet. Talk to my manager now. And I damn near like finagle my way into it by just having everybody flood up the comments.
00:29:41
Speaker
And it just, it turned out to be what it is now. I mean, I was grateful for it. and it was almost like, I was smart about it. I was like, damn, let me see how I can get in here some way, somehow. It's not too late. And I just used that tactic. Like, yo, let's get everybody flooding the comments. Like, where's Paco? Where's Pedro? We can't do it without him. And I ended up getting my foot in the door.
00:30:00
Speaker
That was crazy. That's crazy. That's a sign. And that's so that's for people to know. Don't be scared. Yeah. Just do that shit. You got to bet on yourself. Oh, a hundred times. Yeah. That's a good Larry Joonler. For sure. Mm-hmm.
00:30:12
Speaker
Because I went in there and that shit was packed as hell. I stood for like an hour or two. Yeah. left. I was there the whole i went to Roberta's. I literally left there and went to Roberta's to go watch a wrestling match.
00:30:25
Speaker
I wanted to, ah yeah, because that night was night, what was that? What was that that night? I forgot what it was, but I know I watched it. That's when the boat crashed into the but the bridge. Oh, yeah, that's right. That was that night. That was crazy.
00:30:36
Speaker
As I'm on the way to Roberta's, I went to the wrong location. I went to the one in Williamsburg and ended up seeing the shit. ah You watched it? Yeah, you see it from the water. That's crazy. And then ended up going to the right Roberta's, which is over here.
00:30:49
Speaker
I went to the wrong one by mistake, seen that happen, and then I went to the actual Roberta's. I mean, that's got to be traumatizing. It was too crazy, though, but every every ah every vendor that was there at Family Style, I done shot at all those spots before Family Style even came.
00:31:04
Speaker
So everyone that was there, already knew everybody there. So they was like, come here, come eat, come eat. I'm like, I done ate all you motherfuckers. Pause on a regular. yeah I was I'm good. I just went there, drank, kicked it, showed some love, yeah and then bounced. Yeah, the I didn't get a chance. to i i still have to try Lucali pizza. that's the But I was going to do it. And I was like, I don't think I should do it here. Nah, I would do Johnny's Pizzeria. Shout out to them.
00:31:28
Speaker
Where's that? ah That's right on the corner of, what's it? Orchard? I think it's on Orchard, if I'm not mistaken. It's right there by Pianos. Okay. Like literally around the corner from Pianos. Because i when I'm in the Bowery, I do Grand Street? No.
00:31:41
Speaker
What's the one that's on? I think it is Grand Street. Grand Street Pizza? Is it Grand Street? On Bowery? Yeah. It's like, I'm trying to remember. It could be Grand Street. It was there at Family Style? No, no, no. But I'm talking about when I'm in Bowery. when i That's the one. Or, you know, I'll do my favorite. My my favorite is Best Pizza here.
00:32:00
Speaker
You not fan? No. I'm not going to say i'm not a fan, but I'm going with Johnny's Pizzeria. I think it's the hardest thing. The hardest thing is to get everybody to agree on pizza spot. I'm good with burgers. what's What's your favorite burger spot in New York?
00:32:15
Speaker
Smashburger. Smashburger? Top two. Because I got two. okay I'm not going to leave them out. Nah, because you're going to hate me if I say that one. Just say it. really do like Burger America.
00:32:29
Speaker
It's pretty good. i need See, i need it I knew the face was coming. But that's only because of convenience. It's literally right by my job. we but Don't come up to me when I'm in Burger America say what up. going to say what up.
00:32:39
Speaker
What about 7th Street? I like 7th Street. What about Not a Damn Chance Burger? I haven't tried that one yet. But shout out Neen. Shout out Neen, yo. I want to try that soul just shot a video of him, too. I thought he was taller than what he is, because I never met him. hu Like, throughout the years I've been skating, I've never met him. And then when I meet him, I'm thinking he tall as shit.
00:32:57
Speaker
He like right there. i'm not I don't want to call him short, but i was like, damn, homie. Your
Reflecting on Influences and Career
00:33:02
Speaker
heel flips make you look bigger than what you're doing. I'm like, God damn. Because I remember that I first got put onto him ah from King of the Road. And then. i think that was two. The one with Jamie Ford. Yeah. Death Wish team.
00:33:12
Speaker
Jamie Ford crushed. I think that's when they turned him pro. Yes. Shout out Jamie. Shout out Jamie. Shout out Jamie. He's another two-time skater of the year. Yes, he And he got a new balance shoe. Uh-huh. That's very nice. um I do want to cop the... ah Newbound's been killing it. Yeah. but What's the... There was a new... The... Tiago's?
00:33:29
Speaker
No, I do like the Tiago's, though. um um There's a new one that came out. I don't know if it's a... It's a OG... Greg? I have no clue. I know the numbers be fucking me up.
00:33:41
Speaker
They're having like these weird numbers Yeah, and then there's like numeric versions. Let's see. All that shit. Those are all the skater ones. There's only one shoe I skated from a New Balance that I fucked with heavy was the Jake Derwins. They gave him like a guest shoe or whatever.
00:33:54
Speaker
fucked those up. Yeah. That was a great shoe. did you ever Did you ever skate like Nyjah like a... nija or like ah I skated a pair of Nigels. I remember they had them at Quicksilver for sale, and I got them, and a pair of Mike Mos.
00:34:07
Speaker
Because Quicksilver, it was like Quicksilver slash DC in there, yeah and they had crazy sales on shoes. And I was like, let me just cop these. And I went and got those and then skated those. They were cool. I was good off them, though.
00:34:19
Speaker
Feet was still hurting. I bet. Janowski's team. Janowski's was my shit. Team Editions. don't know if you remember Team Editions. Of course. Fucking Dunks, of course. started getting to Dunks. I started getting to Dunks now heavy, but then Blazers...
00:34:33
Speaker
Yeah, blazers is my shit. The black and white ones. Those, yo. I remember when bought one, I was like, yo, these are like, those are shoe. You know how sneakerheads would be like, you got to have like a infrared 90 in your collection or like a Jordan 3, you know, black cement.
00:34:48
Speaker
For me, it's black and white blazers. The blazers was a- Yeah. The only thing is I hated skating in them because I hate skating in black shoes and seeing that white scuff. Yeah. I love skating in all white shoes. And it's all slay too.
00:34:59
Speaker
I like seeing an all white shoe dirty. Yeah. I'm weird. I like cooked Air Forces. Uh-huh. I like shit like that. You should have got the dot swooshes. Mm-mm. They came cooked. They came cooked already?
00:35:10
Speaker
I got cook them. I damn near do a lot in fucking Air Forces. I go to the gym in them. I run in them. Pull-ups. That's Bronx. Push-ups. That's straight Bronx. That's Bronx Brooklyn.
00:35:22
Speaker
All right, my other smash brother burger spot that i had. I'm trying to remember. The one place I still haven't i have yet to try is Black Gotham.
00:35:34
Speaker
I haven't tried Gotham yet. Get cool. Yeah. I fuck with them. And then Sugar. ah had Sugar. Never heard of that. Sugar's on ah That's the name of burger spot? Yeah. Sugar? Sugar. It's like mad clean, too.
00:35:48
Speaker
Sounds like a weird spot. yeah That's a weird name for a burger spot. had it. was just like, oh, this is crazy. And it's a smash burger. But like I like smash burgers. But I also feel like there was like a trend. It was like a trend. So everybody was doing them. Oh, fucking. How can I forget? Moonburger.
00:36:04
Speaker
don't have. Oh, wait. Yeah, i did have Moonburger. Yes, that one's fire. Yes. Shout out, Jeremy. Moonburger is gas. Moonburger is gas. What? Taco spot. In New York?
00:36:16
Speaker
Yeah. S.A. Taco. Yes. S.A. Taco got it right now. Yes. they the only is Are they the only spot that do the cheese on the on the tortilla? Probably not. feel Because ive I haven't been able to. either S.A. Taco or El Gusto in Queens.
00:36:29
Speaker
You don't know about that? The five tacos for five, the El Pastor. Oh, nah. going have to check that out. yeah I had a ah um taco at El Lado in Astoria.
00:36:45
Speaker
You got to try that. It's literally St. James Deli. Oh, I haven't tried. i haven't been there What? And you from Queens? You've never been to St. James? I got to go, yeah. That's a late night spot. Yeah. Yo, that shit's gas, actually, with the green sauce. See?
00:36:56
Speaker
I know more about your burro than you. I you outside. do be outside. I'm trying not to be outside. I'm outside once my daughter goes to sleep. Yeah, yeah. I'm outside. Yeah. You're like, let me get out of here. don't want to let people think I'm a deadbeat or something. Nah, be outside, just not heavy. Nah, there's no way they can say that. You've changed your life two times for year.
00:37:16
Speaker
Actually, yeah, nobody can ever say that. I'm like elite with this dad life. Yeah. but Hey, it's i'm super important. You got to be present, man. present as as Premium Pete always says, problem pre present over presence. Present over presence? No.
00:37:32
Speaker
Presence. It's reverse, how I'm going say it. Presence over presence? Yeah. Instead of like presence. Oh, okay, okay, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But because it's saying it, it sounds like i'm saying the same thing. You said Pete said that?
00:37:43
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. Prodigy? na No, no. ah Premium Pete. Who's that? He's an OG. He's o ge he'd been on this on the pod. I see that. I got to get in tune. Yeah, yeah, bro. Presence over present.
00:37:54
Speaker
Yeah. Present over presence. Yes. Yeah, that's a tongue twister for me. It is for me too. Especially after the Moet.
00:38:04
Speaker
oh Nah, but yeah, your your journey now, like what are you, what are you, what are you, because what I like to do, especially with the current wave of hip hop in New York, like that's why I had Tom on. I'm hoping to get Sko on too. Sko is easy. Yeah. FaceTime him right now.
00:38:21
Speaker
shoot That's the homie. Skull? Yeah. was about to say, you should FaceTime and tell him to get on here right now. He's always like, yeah, I'm going to pull Dante was telling me to tell him. You got to get him. He's easy, bro. That motherfucker always be around. Of course. That man, he outside. He's outside. He's outside. He's outside. He's outside.
00:38:36
Speaker
But like, what do you see or how do you how do you stay tapped in? Because that's that's where I'm also trying to do, because I would love to put as much as this platform grows, like, you know, I'd love to put more people on to like what music in New York is again, like because the the scene is rising.
00:38:55
Speaker
I just say consistently putting out content, tapping in and just, i will honestly to keep you ear to the streets and staying on that phone. Being on social media all day, well not all day, but spend a little bit of time on it and catch up on shit or ask the homies, you can really see who's moving the needle and catch up on shit. yeah But my whole shit now is just catching up on everything outside of New York.
00:39:14
Speaker
I'm trying to catch that wave out of here and then bring it back into here. That's how usually your motherfuckers be doing it. They'll get the buzz somewhere else and then bring it back to the city. yeah I feel like I already got the buzz here. I'm trying to get out of the city and catch that shit worldwide.
00:39:28
Speaker
Interesting. Yeah, because I mean, you're doing the... i'm a couple I'm already traveling off this food Yeah, i'll just going to say, you did a couple of different spots. like Houston, Japan, Paris, yeah Italy. Rome, New York, LA. We're already talking about doing a food tour. This will be out, so I can talk about it. Yeah.
00:39:46
Speaker
Probably be doing a food tour coming up. So talking about Detroit, Chicago. They mentioned Columbia. Crazy. New Mexico. So yeah. Crazy. It's a food tour. Yo. And the only motherfucker to do that shit was Action Bronson. And I seen that.
00:39:59
Speaker
So I'm like, how can I? But he's going on tour for rapping and shit. Yeah. I'm just like, let me do strictly food and skateboarding. Nobody's doing it. Nobody. Nobody's skating and eating and bringing these athletes in to cook and eat with them.
00:40:11
Speaker
Nobody's bringing these other rappers to cook and eat with them and then try to get them to skate. I'm doing it. So I feel like I got something different and um I'm damn near you unique. definitely You are unique. That's why I'm like these other ah these other foodies or whatever you want to call them, they not.
00:40:25
Speaker
They just eating food and getting a little bag. They not really doing them. No, yeah I mean, yeah. I'm trying to do something that's impactful to New York yeah to a degree when it comes to like food, culture, music, fashion, down to every outfit I wear in the video, the song choices, down to the guests I have, the vibe, the energy, the lingo.
00:40:44
Speaker
That's all me. So I'm just trying to have that and let motherfuckers know, when you come to New York, I'll come eat here. did it do-dada yeah Instead of you being there watching the video and somebody's like, You should come here and eat. This is the best spot ever. Like, that's whack. How are you going to draw motherfucker to that? Can I say it?
00:41:01
Speaker
The worst dudes who is the two dudes. One of them is yelling. It's a black dude and a white dude, and they're yelling. where You ever seen that those videos? Nah, you gotta pull that up for I got to pull it up for you. i See, after this, because they put, the the reason why I don't like them is number one for this video.
00:41:14
Speaker
They were like, you got to come to Lighthouse, Seafood. like like Lighthouse in where? In Harlem. thought thinking about um Lighthouse all the way in Hartsdale or Cigarsdale. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
00:41:26
Speaker
In Harlem. So me and my girl go, the worst food I've ever had. Shit was butt. Terrible. the The shrimp was so overcooked and greasy. I don't know how you do that. Shit was booty. It was terrible.
00:41:38
Speaker
And it was all cash. I got sick from shrimp one time. Pause. Oh, man. I'm good off shrimp. I love shrimp, so. I got sick by the spot in Dykeman, El Tina's.
00:41:49
Speaker
Nah, never that. Yeah, that shit got me sick. That shit fucked me up. Just thinking about this fucking shrimp was like stuck in the middle of my gut, pause. Oh man. And I had to like fucking make myself throw up to get the shrimp out, pause. That sounds so crazy.
00:42:07
Speaker
That's wild. That's wild. You heard it here first. Honestly, I wasn't dead fucked up. What is, because, you know, we both doing this. I would say I'm also doing something very unique as well, especially within sneakers. But like, what is your goat, like goat guest and like goat spot? Wiz Khalifa.
00:42:24
Speaker
Wiz Khalifa. But where at? ah Somewhere in Pittsburgh or just somewhere dope. My GOAT guest is honestly Wiz Khalifa. Or maybe Larry June, but high key it's Wiz Khalifa. That's like overall my favorite. that it You was in the mixtape days with him?
00:42:40
Speaker
I'm watching his day to his old day-to-day. It's like 15 years ago. I'm watching that now. Wiz Khalifa is like, like hu he's like the goat to me. Honestly, anybody that knows, and I don't even smoke.
00:42:51
Speaker
You don't? So that's what fucks it up. yeah Everybody be like, what the fuck? like, I don't even smoke. I fucking love this man's music. Christian OJ2, have you bumped it? No, haven't yet. What? It's my bad. You're bugging.
00:43:02
Speaker
I listen to different music. I listen to weird music, bro. Like what? Like I listen Arm & Hammer and like... Isn't that a fucking detergent? It is, but it's also it's also two rappers from Brooklyn. Oh, see. It's like real gritty hood shit. Yeah, not gritty, but... Like, hey, yo, whoa, whoa. Uh-uh, not even.
00:43:17
Speaker
It's like... You listen to Mike? You know Mike? Of course. All right, so it's like Mike. I think he got a few songs in my homie Squills. 454. i don't know squeals he from Orlando okay Mike right yeah like black dude dreads yes yeah yeah I got a few songs in him on my phone oh okay okay yeah almost like on his vibe yes on his vibe but like he's so one of the dudes elusive who's future guest um ah he in the group arm and hammer with another rapper named Billy Woods
00:43:49
Speaker
And the there's like a whole lore around it. They did an album with Alchemist. Like, it's crazy. Oh, probably got to bump it. Yeah, you got to bump it. It's called it's called Haram. Baldy James is cool. Baldy James is fire.
00:44:02
Speaker
Would you do would you do a ah video with him? Of course. i need the We need to roam streets. I think he's out here next week or this week. That's crazy. So they're trying to make... if Hopefully something works. yes Honestly, a lot of these rappers...
00:44:15
Speaker
It's just random how we're just like, literally now it's became that. Like I'm just in the kitchen with these artists and I'm just like, what the fuck? Like I'm learning about you now and then we're doing this and then we ended up building a relationship.
00:44:28
Speaker
Like literally this Friday I'm shooting with Tia Corrine. That's crazy, man. So by the time this is out, that will already be out. Yeah. so go Go watch that if you haven't watched that. That's going to be tough. ah Well, after all that talk, right, you after what you just said about, like, being able to go to different different places, um the biggest word that I also feel like a lot of people don't really understand is the word culture. And so, like, you doing this is actually putting people into culture. But like, what what have you experienced and how to how how much of how much of culture have you been able to soak up while doing this?
00:44:58
Speaker
I've learned a lot of shit through just being in the skateboarding game and just being around of like sales reps and all the homies that are like just jugging into the skate shops everything. So I just learned a lot of like how to really maneuver with the culture while seeing people put stuff into stores. Like I don't even know how to explain it. Like...
00:45:14
Speaker
I had a homie that was like a sales rep for like Stance. His name is Steve Crowley. And I learned how to maneuver and like how to like talk to people and just know this is cool and this is cool and this is not cool just being around him.
00:45:26
Speaker
And what songs they play. Even at skate contests, they play in Mobb Deep. And I'm learning all of this and what's that wave and just catching up on all that, especially being with all the youngins and then being with all the OGs. Yeah. So I'm just like intertwining all of that in one. Yeah.
00:45:40
Speaker
And just damn near just doing it. I mean, it's crazy. Like, but I also feel like ah food is the the language of culture. Everybody eats. Yeah. Everybody got to eat. but But it's like, it's the one that translates where you're like, you're able, if you taste, you know, Mexican food, you could taste a piece of Mexico. Mexican person makes it. And I always said this too, like, you know,
00:46:02
Speaker
People get mad at me about the things i like. They be like, I'll be like, this is the best, this, this, and this. That's what I like. Yeah. You don't got to fucking eat it. Yeah. This is what I like. If you don't like it, I don't care. Yeah.
00:46:13
Speaker
This is what I like. I think it's dope. I fuck with it. I'm going to come here and support them. That doesn't mean for you to like, you could do whatever you want. I don't really care what you like. yeah But I'm putting motherfuckers onto this in New York City and into what I like and to my peoples and my viewers.
00:46:27
Speaker
it's And it's funny when people get offended by that shit too. People eat tight, bro. I got like a post on me saying New York got better tacos than LA. That's my opinion. Yeah, just watched that. That's my opinion. LA just tor tortilla, some meat, fucking lime and that shit.
00:46:44
Speaker
New York, we got cheese, guac, all that shit. But people are like, that's not real tacos. I'm like, I give fuck. I didn't grow up on what y'all had. I grew up on what I like, what my mama made me. yeah Taco Bell and what my mom made me. That's what I like. I want sour cream. I want cheese. ah Fuck what y'all like.
00:47:02
Speaker
Hey, you got to pull up a Roosevelt and get some good ass tacos. I heard Roosevelt got some shit. Yeah, man. You got pull up one time. I'll go with you. They got a lot of um fucking, what is it? A lot of bust going on over there.
00:47:14
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, yeah. um Rubbing tug spots over there. I've been seeing that. I just seen one earlier. Police dragging mad girls out of that shit. Yo, there was one time i was biking there.
00:47:27
Speaker
i was biking i was biking through it to get to my crib, and it was like 10 night, and it was just vicious. It was crazy. I was like, yo, what is going on? it was the Every block, it was like four or five girls outside being like, hey, hey, hey. I'm like,
00:47:43
Speaker
the hell is going on? Rent is due. Rent is definitely due. Rent is due. You got to it. ro Roosevelt crazy, man. Roosevelt crazy. And it's like, yo, there's a spot in Roosevelt, bro. Because I get my i get my my haircut there. um Shout out my barber.
00:47:59
Speaker
um But I get my haircut there and there's this like next to his spot. There's this like club slash bar slash. I don't know what's going in there. What's going on in there.
00:48:11
Speaker
But it always looks packed, bro. Packed. Like I'm talking about to the brim. And then they got it they got two security guards out front at all times. And the music is it's just blaring.
00:48:21
Speaker
And you could like see in and and you just see like figures and it's just lights just going off. And I'm like, what is going on in there? They probably trapping. There's got to be something crazy going on. They trapping girls in there. It's got to be something crazy.
00:48:35
Speaker
It's got to be something crazy. But there's a a dope taco spot right next to it. Oh, so you can go to both. For real. Spend a little bag and then spend a bigger bag. or Or you get a Peruvian chicken.
00:48:46
Speaker
Peruvian chicken. Peruvian food is gas. Lomo. There's a Lomo Italian spot in the the Bronx. What? Lomo Italian? Yeah. That's crazy. Right off the one train.
00:48:56
Speaker
Give me that. I need that. I just was at. Nobody know about that. See? I was just at a Apollo. New Apollo in Brooklyn. Apollo bagels? No, no, no. New Apollo is ah is a Chino Latino spot. oh and ah Like, you know, like Florida Mayo.
00:49:10
Speaker
Okay. But like, I don't know, tier two versus like Florida Mayo, I feel like it's like a higher tier. Yeah. Because Florida Mayo is like family style and all the food I feel like is prepped, right? You go to New Apollo in Brooklyn, you you go there and you go there more for the drinks because they're giving you the...
00:49:31
Speaker
the The ice, the iced tea tub. You know, when you go to Chinese spots, you get the iced tea tub. I order that all the time. Yeah. Empire walk. Uh-huh. Chicken wings and French fries. We a little bit of ketchup. Uh-huh. The iced tea.
00:49:42
Speaker
And then, but that is a Henny Colada. Over there. Yeah. Hmm. Where is it at in Brooklyn? It's Williamsburg. I'll say Drew it. It might be the spot.
00:49:55
Speaker
But I'll let you know this shit. why and I would say the food is not that great. I did have, i had i had broiled shrimp there, and which you're not going to eat. And that shit was bang. Eating shrimp anywhere is crazy. You're just eating shrimp anywhere.
00:50:09
Speaker
what's it What's your thoughts on street food? are you Are you like straight hell no? Or like, yeah, going to take the chance. It's cheap. It's cheap. Hell yeah. But I'm i'm talking about, which I'm not talking about like a halal cart. I'm talking about- would never do a halal cart. No?
00:50:24
Speaker
I don't eat halal food. Okay. Like lamb over rice and yeah water white sauce. Never. Never? i have a crazy experience with I'm good. What's the experience? I remember it was on 51st Street or some shit. it was one of these halal carts and we was done skating and we all ready to hop on the six train.
00:50:40
Speaker
And this halal cart was like, yo, here. He's handing out a whole bunch of like lamb over rice, chicken over rice, man, white sauce. And all my homies, we just we just got done skating and shit. We about to hop on the train go That's red flag already, Motherfucker giving us all of this. Like literally, it was like 10 of us.
Street Food Experiences and Cautionary Tales
00:50:57
Speaker
He's giving us all trays of this. And I'm watching, I didn't even get to mines i have mine. I had mine.
00:51:02
Speaker
I'm watching motherfuckers.
00:51:05
Speaker
I started seeing like two of my homies start throwing up. Oh my God. So we started throwing this shit. Yeah. it We was bad. We was bad. We started throwing that shit.
00:51:15
Speaker
you What the fuck is this? And I was like, I'm good off that. That's it. Never again. and It depends because certain motherfuckers, they be there all day. They don't be washing their hands, picking their nose, scratching their ass. yeahp And then they're going serve you some food.
00:51:29
Speaker
I'm picky and choosy though. It just depends. I got to fill you out. the I'll tell you my, ah the reason where I stopped for like five years with Halal, I, uh, I was, I was waiting online at, uh, Halal guys when it used to be before they heard about that. Yeah. yeah On 47th.
00:51:46
Speaker
And it used to be where they just had three four or five carts and then that's it. Right. Like they didn't have the storefronts, nothing like that. The one by the diamond district. Nah, wait I think it is like two blocks down. There's a new one. Now they took over. There's a new one that took over. That's like,
00:52:02
Speaker
There it towards the diamond district and it's something else. It's like an orange cart. That's that's that's a newer one pricing it Yeah, but this one is like oh this is where I don't know if you know um there was a you ever you ever heard of like I think it's called like ice 22 or something like that whereas like is a they used to have i don't know if they have these anymore it used to be a vodka bar where you go in and everything is ice and you they give you mink coats to come to the bar and everything you get, a like everything is chilled. Like I'm talking about the whole place is at like, it's 22 degrees inside the whole place. What? I've never heard of this till right now. the fuck? Yeah. I think it's a big age gap. yeah There is. Yeah. There is? I i don't know. 36.
00:52:45
Speaker
Yeah, it was that its like but it's like a nine-year gap. Yeah, yeah, yeah. and I've never heard of it. You said a few things. I was like, yeah, I wasn't around for that. I wasn't around for none of that yet. I mean, this is what we're here for. um But there that Halal guys used to be across where the hotel that is right there.
00:53:03
Speaker
And so one time we were on the line and I just see a van, a white van pull up. And they pulling out garbage cans and they just dumping chicken and like, lamb onto the carts, yo. And I'm like, yeah, I'm good. No, no. Actually, i was like, all right, fuck it. Whatever. I'll do it.
00:53:21
Speaker
I did it. And then my stomach was fucked up the rest of the night. Oh, my God. That's why I don't eat that shit. But what I was talking about street food is like, when you go to, see, we go we back in Roosevelt. Roosevelt, yo. I do like street tacos.
00:53:36
Speaker
Yeah, street tacos. Roosevelt got street good street taco parts. You doing street glizzies? that's This is where are we going. This is where we going. The only glizzy I think I would do is the one in front of the Met. Is that guy that he's like... ah I ain't no glizzies. No glizzies? No more?
00:53:49
Speaker
Maybe in my house with nobody around. I call them pipes. Pipes? We don't call them glizzies no more. Everybody call glizzies. We call them pipes. Pipes is bad for you. but I think I'm going to call pipes now, too. If you're eating a pipe, bro...
00:54:02
Speaker
I don't know, bro. Don't eat that shit around me. Ketchup and relish and mustard and all that. You got to get the onions, man. Hell no. If I was to eat a pipe, it would just be ketchup.
00:54:14
Speaker
I'm bad you saying it like that. And a little bit of mustard. Yo, the way you said it, though, that yo that shit is going to get clipped. Would you double pipe it? Yeah. Double pipe on one bun? No, I would not double pipe on one bun.
00:54:28
Speaker
I just seen my man's post on his story. He double piped it. that's And I just told him about times it. Was it times is hard? He got it outside. Times ain't hard. He just wanted that. It wasn't slit down the middle, nothing like that? No, he was craving that.
00:54:41
Speaker
That's crazy. He's like, yo, put two on him? Two on them That is crazy. Extra dollar for the extra one. yeah Extra dollar for the extra one. Pause, straight pause.
00:54:52
Speaker
I used to get hot sausages. yeah My mom be eating that. My mom be bodying them shit. My mom on freaky. My mom bugger. And then I had a bad one at 7-Eleven one time.
00:55:04
Speaker
See, why are you getting at 7-Eleven? The only thing you get at 7-Eleven is drinks. and You don't get a cheeseburger? The cheeseburger? Hell no. Only pizza. Cheeseburger pipe?
00:55:15
Speaker
Nah. Cheeseburger pipe? You're crazy. That's like ground beef and everything on it. You ever seen one? Nah. is a cheeseburger is a cheeseburger shaped into a into a hot dog?
00:55:27
Speaker
And then they they they they put um cheese in the middle. So when you bite into it, cheese come out. you've You got freaky taste. and No, i I had one. That was it One time and I was done.
00:55:40
Speaker
I was done with it. I was i wouldn't do that. i don't I wouldn't even do the pizza. And all their wings always look mad old in there. I had the pizza a few times. I think I had it ah in a Maine recently. They ordered that shit to the house. That's probably only thing I get from 7-Eleven.
00:55:54
Speaker
See, your stomach be jacked up. You be eating bad. Not anymore. This is when times is hard. This is when i would... i would ah You don't know about the McDonald's app. Remember the McDonald's app back in the day? You used to put a fake email and then you used to go up to the line and you get a free Whopper or a free quarter pounder. You don't know about that. We used to make a new email every day just to get free food back then when was skating.
00:56:16
Speaker
We had no money. or Remember two bros? Yes, two bros, yeah. On St. Mark's. Motherfuckers ain't had no money. We used to do that bagel, cream cheese, $1.25, get a nutty. Remember the nutties? Yeah. Remember of good old days. We used to split, save up our bread, put up but put up all our money and get a little Caesar's box.
00:56:34
Speaker
and Yeah, you guys guys did it. Or a Crave case. You got a Crave case from White Castle. I used eat that doli. Dolo? Shout out Josh. Josh Crespo. that's like my best friend. He used to work at White Castle from like freshman year to like right now. He just started working at Krispy Kreme.
00:56:49
Speaker
He was like an OG at White Castle. Yeah. Motherfucker never wanted to quit, but he used to hook it up at White Castle. Man, that's crazy. The murder burgers? That's what they call them. Murder burgers, yeah. Or the big-ass burger. You ever had those? Where's that?
00:57:02
Speaker
You'd get that from the deli. They'd always be frozen. Oh, hell. You see, you be fucking your stomach up. Who the fuck getting a burger, a big ass burger from the deli? I've never heard that. Yeah. You get pickles from the deli?
00:57:14
Speaker
Nah. Motherfuckers be doing that too. Like in the thing? jar. Oh, hell no. I wouldn't do that. That's like getting ah going to the to the bar and getting the pickled egg. I wouldn't do that either. It's gross.
00:57:25
Speaker
That's gross.
Reflections on Past Choices and Advice
00:57:26
Speaker
But we, we towards the end of the podcast, man. And I, my last question always deal with a little visualization. I want you to think back to when he was about to cop there wrap the, the Raptor sevens.
00:57:37
Speaker
Now you're you at this age behind your younger self. What would you tell your younger self as he opens that box?
00:57:45
Speaker
Hmm.
00:57:49
Speaker
What would I tell my younger self now as I'm getting those shoes?
00:57:56
Speaker
Save your money. Because you bought three of them, man. I bought three of them, yeah. I had three pair of them. Save your money. You don't need to get fly, get comfortable. I'm wearing loafers now. Big loaf gang. I'm actually over Jordan, so I would get them now, but I know I wouldn't be heavily involved into them.
00:58:13
Speaker
I'd probably just get them and give them away. That's what I usually do now with all my Jordans. Yeah, that's, I mean. I literally got the black cement threes that just came out. I got them and wore two times.
00:58:24
Speaker
I only got them because see my mans had them. And i was like, oh, you're trying to flex on me. So I ended up buying them, got them, and then sold them. So I'm really good off Jordans now. So if were telling myself that now, back then, I should have saved my money and put that shit into somewhere else. Yeah.
00:58:40
Speaker
To some Janowskis. Oh, yeah. yeah i' was going to say that. or The Tiffany Janowskis. That cost way more than them shits. Or the Wino Janowskis. Those, i'm still want I want those so bad. Those are basically grails at this point.
00:58:51
Speaker
he sold He sold that shoe, I think. He did? I don't think he like fully owns that. That's crazy. Because I know they brought it back with like a whole new, it's called like the OG Plus or something like that. And they did like a whole reconstruction the shoe. think his shit.
00:59:04
Speaker
That's why he's so rich. you never even see him. That's crazy. Yeah, you don't. You don't see a lot of these motherfuckers. You definitely don't. Definitely not. Ashad got a good shoe. Yeah. Oh, the new P-Rods. The new P-Rods, yeah.
00:59:16
Speaker
Shout out P-Rod. He sent me those. So, yeah. I got a shoe of his that he, I got a shoe of his he gave me like when he was done skating just sitting in my room. It was the, what's the one? You gotta send me picture those. What's the fucking shoe? um It was, I don't know which number is it. The one he had, it was like a boxing one.
00:59:33
Speaker
Oh, that's the thing. It's the nine. It was like the high. Yeah, the high joint. And he's Mexican flag colors. He finished skating them and I took them and I got them just sitting in my room.
00:59:45
Speaker
Just sitting in my room. That's fine. And we the same size. So when I used to skate back in the day with all of these dudes, I would be grabbing out of his stash. That's crazy. Just sitting in a jacuzzi with him. Like, oh, Paul, can i get a pair of shoes? He'll give me a pair of shoes. Spanish Mike would tell him and then he'll give me the shoes or I'll just grab all his old shoes.
01:00:03
Speaker
Man. Humble, yeah. Smoking cigars. Watching them boys smoke cigars because I didn't smoke cigars during that time. But I'll be watching them smoke cigars, sitting in a jacuzzi, playing around and playing basketball with them and skating skate spots with them.
Conclusion and Personal Reflections
01:00:16
Speaker
eating Thai food with him is mind blowing I mean it's crazy man you lived a life bro and I grew up idolizing the whole way me and him know each other and the people that we know that know him it's kind of crazy yeah life is insane life is insane man they called me from LA yeah let everybody know where to find you real quick again ah you can find me on Instagram vote for Pedro 5-0's TikTok's I think it's 4-5-0's I'll still pop up YouTube what is it my YouTube I think it's Pedro vote for Pedro just find me on the gram and it hit me up I may reply I may not
01:00:52
Speaker
Don't ask me because I'm, you know, he might be eating wings or something. might be eating at Buffalo. You know where find me. I am who is Hassan on social media. Follow the podcast at My First Kicks pod. Hell yeah. You already know. And ah if you have My First Kicks question, ah hit me up. Info at My First Kicks. Also support the Patreon. Patreon.com at My First Kicks.
01:01:13
Speaker
You know what we say each week. Wear your kicks. Peace.