Coolio = Amani Toomer

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June 9th, 2011 at 1:11 PM
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Yostal
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Coolio = Amani Toomer

OK, to my knowledge this has never come up:


That is the video for Coolio's single "1-2-3-4 (Sumpin' New)" from 1996.  When I saw it, I immediately noticed Mr. Ivey is wearing a 1995 Nike Michigan home jersey #18, which would make it Amani Toomer.  It would also make it one of the earliest Nike Michigan replica jerseys to feature the swoosh.  (He looks to have the tackle twill model rather than the screenpressed.)

But wait, at both 0:27 and 0:54, we see that one of Coolio's posse is rocking a #21 white Michigan road jersey.  I do not see the swoosh on it, so I am going to presume that this is a Howard homage rather than a Biakabatuka, although the video would have been likely shot post-1995 Ohio State game, so perhaps it is a 313 shout out.

Anyway, since it had never come up to my knowledge, here it is.  Enjoy your Thursday afternoon.  Because there ain't no party like a Big House party because a Big House party don't stop.

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June 9th, 2011 at 1:15 PM | Good looks. (Score:3 Normal)
snoopblue
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Good looks.

June 9th, 2011 at 1:25 PM | I very clearly remember that (Score:2 Normal)
jethro34
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I very clearly remember that from back in the day (1996 I believe) and knowing for certain it was a Toomer jersey.  I hadn't caught the 21 jersey before, but even though that was Tim's time, I would guess it was a Desmond-inspired jersey.  In spiute of Biakabatuka's accomplishments I don't remember feeling like he got anywhere near the kind of national love that Desmond had.

June 9th, 2011 at 1:46 PM | kinda mich related...Coolio (Score:2)
spoid_kills
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kinda mich related...Coolio recently toured with ICP and got a Jugalo tattoo

Scary.

June 9th, 2011 at 1:51 PM | about a minute and a half in, (Score:2)
ronmexico
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about a minute and a half in, the 69 Boyz maize it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP4Ezq77LsQ

June 9th, 2011 at 3:56 PM | I agree some times it has to (Score:3 Normal)
UMfan21
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I agree some times it has to do with gang affiliation, but many times in hip hop culture it's just about representing whichever team is "hot" at that moment.   To me, hip hop is all about "freshness", so you want to show a winner.  You have two options: Throwbacks or currnent winners.  Both are prevalent in hip hop videos.

 

Watch the video for "X" by Xzibit. That came out around 2001 I think, and at the end Snoop Dog is wearing an MSU jacket.  He clearly has no ties to MSU, and green is not part of his gang colors.  It's just "cool" becasue MSU was fresh off their national title in basketball that year.

June 9th, 2011 at 4:11 PM | Agree (Score:3 Normal)
jmblue
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We were huge nationally then.  As noted above, there's someone also wearing the away jersey in the video, and the color white has no connection to Crips (or Bloods, for that matter).  Around the same time, Skee-lo (I think) rocked a maize Chris Webber jersey in his video.

 

June 9th, 2011 at 5:06 PM | I tried to share this with a (Score:1)
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I tried to share this with a friend and it got blocked for "abusive content".  This should be marked NSFW in the thread title.

Abort, Retry, Fail?

June 9th, 2011 at 9:27 PM | My apologies, but I got this (Score:1)
Yostal
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My apologies, but I got this on my monitored network with nary a peep, so I didn't think anything of it.  Sorry about that.

Craig Barker || The Hoover Street Rag || Twitter

"The Michigan fanbase: a cynical, Eeyorish bunch even in the best of times."

June 9th, 2011 at 7:14 PM | I noticed that back in the (Score:1)
Louie C
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I noticed that back in the day when that video came out. I remember quite a few west coast rappers rocking Michigan gear. There's a few pics of Snoop from the early '90's rocking State gear as well.

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