King of Thieves: The Infamous Lo-Life Movement and The Two Sides of Ralph Lauren
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Through neverbefore told details, King of Thieves takes you deep inside an unforgettable tale of crime, desire, revolution, Ralph Lauren, and the unrelenting quest for identity in a country determined to deny itWOLVES IN SHEEPS' CLOTHINGFor a group of teenagers growing up In the battlescarred Brooklyn of the early s, facing the trifecta scourges of crack, AIDS, and inner city gangs of a size and ferocity that made The Warriors look tame, that fairytale saying has epic meaningIt all began with necessity Guided by Dave Burroughssoon christened DaveLoa group of disparate teens turned to shoplifting, or boosting, to put food on the table and a little money in their pocketsBut as their skills matured, and the demands of their clientele became more upscale, they weren't content any longer with just boosting the finest luxury brands for others They wanted a part of the American dream for themselves And one designer represented that fantasy image par excellence: Ralph LaurenWhen you saw someone wearing that Polo horse on their clothes, it was a sign, a status symbolthey had made it And their fever for Ralph would cause the crew to change its name to The LoLifes to reflect its quest, but also spike a revolution across the city that wouldn't end there It was incredibleFirst, a group of Utica Ave and Brownsville, Brooklyn kids wearing Ralph Lauren while living in the hardest, most devastated areas, was in itself a political statement The city, the country, the world may have left them to die in there, but they wouldn't be kept down They were going to wear the universal sign of success and remind everyone that they existed and, more, that they were thriving And soon, everyone in the projects wanted to look like them, making them not only trendsetters who ended up in the papers and police blotters, but also heroesSecond, in keeping with the simultaneous hiphop revolution, The LoLifes mixed, scrambled, and sampled Ralph's design for maximum color, style, and fashion Their eyepopping outfits made them instantly recognizable and also instant targetsBecause with that kind of fame, and that level of highprofile boosting, it was only a matter of time before the stores struck back and nothing would be the same Including, and most especially, one of their key leaders, DaveLoThis is his story In his footsteps, you'll experience not just the tale of The LoLifes from origins to dissolution, but also one man's journey from frustrated artist, to painting his boosting masterpiece, to jail, fatherhood, maturity, and finally becoming a clothing designer himselfDAHLA BILL DAVELO:DaveLo is one of the most prolific criminal masterminds the world has ever known, the modern equivalent of Ali Baba, stealing veritable treasure wherever he goes After hard times fell upon him as a child, he developed a passion for the hustle of robbing and stealing, and he was christened Dahla Bill By the age of fifteen he was forced off the mean streets of North Philly where he'd developed the tricks o his trade, and moved back to Brooklyn, where he assembled his proverbial forty thieves,