Yo Bloomy, CAN I LIVE? Cant I go to down to Canal St, and cop my wifey (or jump off) the new bootleg Louie bag? You know how much that shit cost? $1400 for her to like me? FUCK OUTTA HERE SON!
Ok Im venting but this is a serious matter. Over the last decade, Bloomberg at the behest of the high end retailers (mostly nike to be honest) have put the squeeze on the very popular bootleg trade all over NYC. Bootlegs have been on the rise since the late 90s. Everyone has brought a bootleg cd or dvd or VHS in their life times. Shit I dont even need to go out and find it, the movies, mixtapes and albums are one click away (you gotta find that out yaself. NO SNITCHING!). It got to the point where the Box Office and the music industry set forth the dogs of war: their lawyers. Several cases have been reported of people like you and me being sued for MILLIONS because Limewire had the new DJ Clue. But that didnt stop the bit torrents from evolving. So now, the attention has turn onto the retail business.
Back in 2007, there was a place in Manhattan we in the know called the spot. The spot was heaven for a person getting fly on a budget. They had three floors: the bottom was for the kids and females. I didnt really stop there. the top had sneakers, boots and coats. I was up there sometimes but it was hard to tell if they were bootleg or not (I support bootleg bags but not kicks. Shut up!). The middle floor is where it was at. They had 2 for 20 jeans (rocawear, levi's, LRG,) and they had $50 "high end" brands (bape, BBC, red monkey, evisu). Me and my homies racked up! It was a beautiful 7 months. My wardrobe was poppin and I had money for lunch afterwards. Then one sad day, I got a call from my homie. He said they shut it down. Im like NO NOT THE SPOT SON! I head down to the city and saw the legal tape with my own two eyes. Bloomy and gang shut down the spot son. I cried (pause).
It got real. Ever since then, Bloomy has been on a city wide shut down on all popular bootleg centers. In Queens they caught another good spot which had over $4 million worth of bootleg clothes and kicks. Shit really hit the preverbal fan when they shut down Canal St's infamous Bootleg Triangle. If you know someone who was broke and then all of sudden had the new Coach, Gucci or Louie, most likely, she went to the triangle and hit one of those Africans or my Chinese man for that.
So now today, this Council Woman, Margret Chin wants to take it to another level. She is currently in the process of trying to pass a law that would arrest and fine anyone who is caught copping bootlegs. Violators could be fined $1000 and face a year in jail. FUCK IS ON YA MIND SON!?!?!? A year for copping that bootleg Louie? Word b? Right now the bill has alot of co-sponsors and can take effect as early as the end of the week. If so, there shall be "numerous" signs posted, warning folks not to hit up my Africans. A lot folks on the street find this new law unfair and totally wrong. How can someone who isnt aware of Louie, tell the difference? Why not attack the suppliers who ship their, bootleg goods from China, Mexico and Korea? Why attack the everyday man like me who trying to impress these hoes out here?
In closing I will leave you with a story:
I was dating this one girl who was into copping the real Louie and Gucci but she worked for meager baubles at Toys R Us. One day I came by to visit and she was telling me how she was only one check away from buying this $700 bag. Not too far away, a mother and daughter (yea they were white) had the exact bag she was saving for. So they walk by us and my girl said "hey soon I will afford that bag". The mother turned and replied "you cant afford $25? I got this from Canal St downtown girl! HEHEHEHE"
See folks... bootlegs arent that bad. Peace
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