What is FUBU?

[kyutip]

I saw it on TV yesterday. Lenox Lewis Trainer was using this shirt
that has FUBU written on it. Is it just a brand name? or else?

 

[Superwombat]

brand name

 

[Passions]

for us by us

 

[Pretender]

Brand name.

 

[TheLizardMan]

I take it you live in "redneck town usa" huhh????

well uhh I'm not "African-American" but i seen a lot of them wear that brand of clothing, and pretty much so everyone knows its a black ppl clothing. if your white then don't wear it or ppl will make fun of you and call you a wigger. unless you like that

well that's all, and if I have offending anyone... then you need to get a dam life.


btw like 5 years ago tommy hillflinger was the thing to wear now, its fubu. but tommy is more of a brand that everyone wear.

 

[yakko]

Brand name.

That Lenox Lewis fight sucked.

 

[fishy101]

isn't it For U by U? I could be wrong tho.

 

[SpeedGod]

its a brand name. and ghetto people wear it in my school.

 

[Sephiroth_IX]

It is a clothing brand that stands for "For us by us." Us meaning black people. And we wonder why rascism still exists...

 

[TheLizardMan]

thank you Sephiroth_IX, i didnt have the b@11z to say that.

 

[hans007]

asian people wear it sometimes. Of course asian people wear mecca and ecko too. Those asian people are dumbasses.

 

[Real G]

<< asian people wear it sometimes. Of course asian people wear mecca and ecko too. Those asian people are dumbasses.>>

Did y'all know that FUBU is a Korean brand. Samsung owns it. Suprising, isn't it?

 

[jonnyGURU]

What's wrong with Ecko?!?!?!

Ecko is a freaking motorcycle/BMX threads company.

Sheesh!

It's like when the guitar player from Living Color wore AXO leathers in the cult of personality video; all of the sudden &quot;it's a black thing to do&quot;.

Gimme a break people!

I couldn't wear my leathers off the track anymore. Even if I was standing outside of a 7-11 next to my bike drinking a Gatorade I'd get funny looks.

Ok... maybe I'd get funny looks anyway.

 

[Dedpuhl]

I'm white and proud of my Ecko shoes. I love my rhinos

As far as FUBU goes. How racist of a clothing line is this? If a white person came out with that, there would be an uproar from the blacks, jews, asians, NAACP and Spike Lee.....

 

[dude]

<< As far as FUBU goes. How racist of a clothing line is this? If a white person came out with that, there would be an uproar from the blacks, jews, asians, NAACP and Spike Lee..... >>



hahah good one.

But I don't think you hear of Asians in uproar about racism. Mostly (sorry if I offend anyone) Blacks and the NAACP.

In my community, in Philadelphia, that crackhead mayor of ours tried to put a stadium in Chinatown, which was right outside of the Center City area. I don't know about you, but that's a fight if I ever saw one. :|
So what did we do? We had protests of course! Only quite a few of them were silent protests. They just stood there with signs and walked around city hall and public meetings. Man, what a rowdy bunch!

I have yet to see the papers report anythign about asians complaining about racism in the papers and I read it almost every day for the past 7 years... I can't say that for other groups....

 

I have to laugh when I see white people wearing FUBU. At least FUBU gear looks better than Hilfiger gear. That sh1te is the worst!

 

[kami]

I'm not a big fan of brand names. Sometimes I'll see a nice sweater and then notice it has some stupid &quot;TOMMY&quot; logo printed on it. What kind of crap is that? Gayass brand names...I just want a fvcking nice sweater without your stupid logo slapped all over it...bastards!!! :| :|

rant over

 

[bigbootydaddy]

yeah...but you will never get complimented on a &quot;nice kmart shirt&quot;

i think fubu stuff is ridiculous... i mean, it just sounds funny... i mean fubu

 

[KidViciou$]

<sarcasm>yea i know what you mean bootydaddy, i mean stussy</sarcasm>

i personally wear enyce, pelle pelle, roccawear, rugid, DA Link Went, Rookie

ecko is made by a white guy, just like tommy. FUBU is no longer the &quot;in&quot; brand, i dont think it WAS the &quot;in&quot; brand. a lot of people wore it, but not enough to constitute it being an &quot;in&quot; brand. and some of the FUBU stuff IS nice. especially the ladies dresses

 

[DefRef]

I thought that FUBU was a black-owned firm and the idea was for black people to support black businesses. Who decides what's &quot;in&quot; or &quot;out&quot; anyways. I mean, Timberland boots aren't exactly a &quot;black&quot; firm, but they're very popular in the hip-hop community.

I didn't know that you had to be a certain color to wear clothes. Sheesh, I used to wear Team Haro and Vision Street Wear stuff a few years ago because it looked cool and suited my tastes. I had BMX friends, but I wasn't trying to be a &quot;wannabe&quot;.

Russell Simmons hired a Korean-American kid to be head designer of his Phat Farm clothes. So? Some of the stuff looks pretty cool, though I wouldn't drop the $$$ on it.

Black, white, whatever. Be what you want and wear what you want and if someone looks at you funny, flip 'em off!

 

[pen^2]

<< Did y'all know that FUBU is a Korean brand. Samsung owns it. Suprising, isn't it? >>


yes, i have known about it all along, read about FUBU in a korean newspaper when they first opened their buisness.


<< asian people wear it sometimes. Of course asian people wear mecca and ecko too. Those asian people are dumbasses. >>


um... whatever... now we all should be sporting abercrombies all of a sudden? at least them bigots cant call us 'wiggers' cuz we aint white...

 

[SUOrangeman]

I have to disagree with the notion that FUBU or any other brand mentioned in this thread is racist. Just don't bring up British Knights.

Is it racist just because the original idea behind this company was African-Americans supporting AA-owned/operated businesses? How about self-supported or self-promotion? How many of you have been prevented by a store from buying such goods?

Let's not be so eager to slap a label on something (yes, that is directed at EVERYone).

-SUO

 

[KidViciou$]

OOOOOOHHHHHHHH $$$$$$$$HHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!

SUO BROUGHT UP THE BK's!!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

i remember being in kindergarten and thinking it was cool because other kids had them, hahahahaha

 

[mikee]

FUBU stands for &quot;For U By Us&quot;. It was started by two African Americans who got backing/financing from Samsung. Samsung provided the money, distribution, resources, etc. Saw a local news special on the company.

 

[goog40]

As far as FUBU goes. How racist of a clothing line is this? If a white person came out with that, there would be an uproar from the blacks, jews, asians, NAACP and Spike Lee.....

Sure, keep smokin that buttcrack. There's already a clothing label intended for white people, I believe Tommy Hilfiger is that guy's name.