Supreme Reseller OG Ma Is a Chinatown Hypebeast

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  • čas přidán 24. 10. 2019
  • OG Ma is a streetwear legend. Born Lam Zie, she moved to the U.S. from China in the early 1990s. She fell in love with street style, and was rocking Supreme back when it was still a niche brand among skaters. One of the first people to realize you could make a fortune selling cult brands on the resale market, she opened Unique Hype Collection in New York City’s Chinatown. Today, the shop has become the go-to place for all things Supreme. She’s got fans in Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott, and everyone wants to have their photo taken with OG Ma, the icon herself.
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  • @FingeringThings
    @FingeringThings Před 4 lety +5420

    Hypebeast kid: *flexes*
    OG Ma: lmao ok

  • @joshuali482
    @joshuali482 Před 4 lety +4913

    Imagine being her grandchildren

  • @imbadman6658
    @imbadman6658 Před 4 lety +822

    “There’s always an asian who can beat you in your own game.”

  • @beatsbytani7875
    @beatsbytani7875 Před 4 lety +1995

    She needs to collaborate with supreme she’s the one that made it really hype

    • @PeepGamePopoff
      @PeepGamePopoff Před 4 lety +99

      Lil Tani imagine the og ma photo tee lol

    • @delmanglar
      @delmanglar Před 4 lety +29

      She obviously is working with them

    • @noahg-123
      @noahg-123 Před 4 lety +1

      Lol what are u guys on about

    • @RadioGalaxyWaves
      @RadioGalaxyWaves Před 4 lety +3

      Lil Tani nah man, Dipset in NY really made it known when I was growing up! I went to the original location on Lafayette back in 1998!

    • @hanoimenace
      @hanoimenace Před 4 lety +2

      @tyvek05 supreme was invested 50% by a firm something back in 2015 lol. if youve been since 1998 youve got to have connections

  • @craigc.4310
    @craigc.4310 Před 4 lety +3340

    She’s smart she knows if she bounces that supreme basketball itl decrease in value 😂👌

  • @Randze
    @Randze Před 4 lety +816

    this woman: old and knew supreme in 1992
    my dad: *uses phone calculator to call me*

    • @dumbleking5172
      @dumbleking5172 Před 4 lety +10

      My grandmother knows how to use a phone and the internet better than my mother ever could, yours a bigger case than mine since my mother could still call people on a normal cellphone and that's about it, she can hardly exit or understand any buttons work (not English native. Chinese).

    • @Randze
      @Randze Před 4 lety +19

      @@dumbleking5172 it was a joke but cool story

    • @atul1168
      @atul1168 Před 4 lety +2

      how do you use a phone calculator to call someone

    • @denverfleury4542
      @denverfleury4542 Před 4 lety +16

      When supreme came out in 1994 she knew it in 98 and u said 92🤔

    • @hmc7857
      @hmc7857 Před 4 lety

      lol

  • @diodominguez
    @diodominguez Před 3 lety +34

    I went there the other day and she is the coolest person ever. She helped me and my friends pick out clothes and gave us some free stuff too

  • @nileshdarunde
    @nileshdarunde Před 4 lety +823

    Doesn't matter how many times I see supreme brand name it doesn't looks different from Colgate logo.

  • @ericlin2328
    @ericlin2328 Před 4 lety +347

    I met her shes so nice and friendly

    • @unboxingmoney8926
      @unboxingmoney8926 Před 4 lety +4

      Eric Lin no you did not you lier

    • @bruh-xv2kg
      @bruh-xv2kg Před 4 lety +23

      Unboxinganime fat

    • @TommyNguyen-wp8he
      @TommyNguyen-wp8he Před 4 lety +6

      Unboxinganime how are you so sure dumbo?

    • @christyweng
      @christyweng Před 4 lety +40

      Unboxinganime you can literally go to the store and meet her... she’s always working and loves to talk with the customers lol

    • @sunnydforfree7145
      @sunnydforfree7145 Před 4 lety +25

      @@unboxingmoney8926 it's her store, that means she works there, u can lowkey go there and met her, I ain't something to liar bout.

  • @sonofspongebob471
    @sonofspongebob471 Před 4 lety +1087

    When grandma dresses better than you

    • @nelsonisverycool
      @nelsonisverycool Před 4 lety +15

      when your granny buys the af1 x off white collection then sells it retail for 2 racks

    • @laxmansaravanakumar8480
      @laxmansaravanakumar8480 Před 4 lety +29

      wearing hype stuff doesn't equal better dressed

    • @lucasgomez4877
      @lucasgomez4877 Před 4 lety +10

      Laxmansk64 Saravanakumar is u know how to put it all together it does

    • @mightdai7489
      @mightdai7489 Před 4 lety +1

      FIRE UNDERWATER not everyone likes supreme clothes

    • @xrizbira
      @xrizbira Před 4 lety +1

      NOPE, it look shit actually

  • @utngt0080
    @utngt0080 Před 4 lety +137

    Rich kid flexing: i-
    OG MA: Hold my money

  • @endvine9951
    @endvine9951 Před 4 lety +39

    1:52 “everybody wears supreme”
    Me: *laughs in poverty*

  • @misoSoup26
    @misoSoup26 Před 4 lety +70

    bro imagine a yr old grandkid fully decked out in supreme

  • @user-iy1go8tr7i
    @user-iy1go8tr7i Před 4 lety +122

    This is who we r losing to when copping supreme

  • @dustinwashere
    @dustinwashere Před 4 lety +297

    Supreme gives her the merchandise. They get a cut of the profits.

    • @juanchorancho5763
      @juanchorancho5763 Před 4 lety +4

      This facts?

    • @Justin-gw8zw
      @Justin-gw8zw Před 4 lety +74

      That’s not true, she pays a smaller fee plus retail of the item then paying resell. For example a hoodie is 168 USD, she buys it for 350 from a reseller and then sells it for 600.

    • @jairusloo4106
      @jairusloo4106 Před 4 lety +5

      Thats how business works

    • @sb8634
      @sb8634 Před 4 lety +28

      That’s not true she buys it in from resellers and gets proxy’s (people will stand in line for her then she’ll pay them for the time they stand in line)

    • @sudarshan1655
      @sudarshan1655 Před 4 lety +4

      jairus loo
      That’s how mafia works.

  • @IAM-yj6xr
    @IAM-yj6xr Před 4 lety +27

    0:03 for some reason, this sentence felt like forever

    • @PenSoul
      @PenSoul Před 4 lety

      lmao

    • @IIIIIE.
      @IIIIIE. Před 4 lety

      SAMEEE

    • @thebeastwithin6978
      @thebeastwithin6978 Před 4 lety

      It took around 12 seconds I counted

    • @wanttodie5074
      @wanttodie5074 Před 4 lety

      Yeah, I can understand Cantonese, she stuttered mid-sentence and said the sentence again. Like if I just rewrite it word for word in English which is just bad grammar but if it's rewritten in full English, it's like this. So obviously they just paraphrased it.
      "Because our store is opening in Chinatown, we sell the stuff "stutter" sell the stuff, the community thinks that because our store is in Chinatown is fake."

  • @kingkav6589
    @kingkav6589 Před 4 lety +768

    No one:
    Lady: mY naMe IS MiNi driVUR

  • @MushrooMania888
    @MushrooMania888 Před 4 lety +13

    Always pass by this store and go in once in a while to check it out. Pretty cool spot I'm glad shes getting recognition for this. She has a really big entrepreneurial spirit

  • @MoorishBrooklyn
    @MoorishBrooklyn Před 4 lety +6

    The only thing I will say is that what this story proves is whatever you love and passionate about, go all in and your passion will reward you. The the wisdom today is learning how to turn your passion, gift, talents, skills, experience, expertise, etc into a business format.

  • @joshr8454
    @joshr8454 Před 4 lety +18

    Every kid in 2019: “I’m sO cOoL!
    OG Ma: Hold my supreme!

  • @alphaTrader.oo1
    @alphaTrader.oo1 Před 4 lety +6

    Hypebeast: We know Supreme inside out
    OG Ma: Hold my basketball..

  • @pickle8022
    @pickle8022 Před 4 lety +16

    Finally they made a story on her

  • @JazzyCast
    @JazzyCast Před 4 lety

    I'm loving these videos !

  • @lakebreeze6248
    @lakebreeze6248 Před 4 lety +43

    Imagine making this whole doc and not realizing it’s her son that runs everything and started this. OG Ma is just the figurehead so that he can continue to work without people knowing who he is.

  • @krunoslavkovacec1842
    @krunoslavkovacec1842 Před 4 lety +7

    I can allready hear it!
    Daium my G! Sick fit!

  • @aadavanelangovan1630
    @aadavanelangovan1630 Před 4 lety +4

    This women is the greatest! While I don't believe in fads like supreme, she is bucking the trend and I am happy for her to see her succeed in something unconventional this

  • @ranajitchoudhury3189
    @ranajitchoudhury3189 Před 4 lety

    Simply great content

  • @freemind1229
    @freemind1229 Před 4 lety

    Thank you aunt OG Ma for representing china town NYC . Will come support u for sure

  • @pedromolina9558
    @pedromolina9558 Před 4 lety +4

    God bless her. I respect her hustle!!

  • @fuxkHATTERS101
    @fuxkHATTERS101 Před 4 lety +10

    I’ll never forget when I walked into this store on accident and it changed my whole life Lmfaoo

    • @fuxkHATTERS101
      @fuxkHATTERS101 Před 4 lety +3

      The main reason why I walked in was cuz their was some air mags and I thought it was fake until I walked in and saw the price lmaoo

  • @saywhat4229
    @saywhat4229 Před 4 lety +1

    Love it !!! Cantos doing there thing!!!

  • @helloitshenry7926
    @helloitshenry7926 Před 4 lety

    First I’m a big fan

  • @Stuxkinadaze
    @Stuxkinadaze Před 4 lety +16

    She gets her stuff cause she hire people to buy stuff for her..she uses “same ole line dudes”

  • @hectorcastillo1239
    @hectorcastillo1239 Před 4 lety +3

    What's more impressive is that she was able to gain so much attention living here with out speaking English that's unbelievable

  • @gucci.shadow
    @gucci.shadow Před 4 lety

    I didn’t watch this yet but I Love her already!!

  • @bigmikesneaks7867
    @bigmikesneaks7867 Před 4 lety

    OG MA ! Hype supreme ! Nice!

  • @cathelainedianeong9411
    @cathelainedianeong9411 Před 4 lety +10

    Lil tay: I’m the richest flexer of the century
    Og ma: HAHAHAH OK LOL HI

  • @drcola143
    @drcola143 Před 4 lety +4

    OG Ma: “Everyone wears Supreme”
    Me: Wears buttoned shirt

  • @kiva_J_T
    @kiva_J_T Před 4 lety +1

    This was a beautiful representation of the American dream being made into their reality. ✨🙏✨

  • @crappytourguide226
    @crappytourguide226 Před 4 lety +1

    Her cantonese accent is awesome - love it 👍

  • @KitKat-gn2nn
    @KitKat-gn2nn Před 4 lety +26

    Hello fellow Cantonese speakers!

    • @cammyfeng4066
      @cammyfeng4066 Před 4 lety

      Katie Cheung hello!

    • @musingsofajay387
      @musingsofajay387 Před 4 lety +2

      I hear a different dialect mixed into her cantonese.. is it slipping into toysan?

    • @kevintsang2205
      @kevintsang2205 Před 4 lety +1

      @@musingsofajay387 I think so too, the way she sounds it not your typical hong konger.

  • @corinavirus2581
    @corinavirus2581 Před 4 lety +4

    "OG Ma"
    Sounds badass

  • @Arjalsuperb
    @Arjalsuperb Před 4 lety

    Mind blowing !!

  • @hottrash8970
    @hottrash8970 Před rokem

    Love it

  • @FingeringThings
    @FingeringThings Před 4 lety +49

    Does she supply all those hypebeast international Chinese kids?

  • @silastibbiestar
    @silastibbiestar Před 4 lety +3

    Rich Kid: look at my Expensive clothing! Yes I’m that rich
    OG ma: hold my basketball

  • @sean-bh4mx
    @sean-bh4mx Před 4 lety +2

    Dang I was just in Chinatown for a school field trip, wish I heard of this place beforehand

  • @sohrabshes7264
    @sohrabshes7264 Před 4 lety

    Og ma one of the best people that’s insane!! Keep it up (:

  • @giorgiocartier9012
    @giorgiocartier9012 Před 4 lety +10

    I saw her on the B train filming during the summer

  • @ohnkiii
    @ohnkiii Před 4 lety +3

    Shit we need an OG MA x Thrift store collab

  • @alphaeus4263
    @alphaeus4263 Před 4 lety +1

    What is that galaxy like jacket at 0:20? Where do I cop?

  • @LAJE2000
    @LAJE2000 Před 4 lety

    Inspiring!

  • @Googelo02
    @Googelo02 Před 4 lety +5

    I cant be the only one that hears "minidriver" 0:45

  • @johangiggleburg2625
    @johangiggleburg2625 Před 4 lety +7

    Why did I read the title as “ supreme wrestler”

  • @mosthated2469
    @mosthated2469 Před 4 lety +1

    I was hoping this was in cali!!

  • @lightningzac2477
    @lightningzac2477 Před 4 lety +1

    When i heard minnie driver in my head i said to my self Mini Driver? As in tiny driver? Haha😂

  • @scrappy6144
    @scrappy6144 Před 4 lety +8

    This is literally the American dream

    • @go_away510
      @go_away510 Před 4 lety

      100 subs with no videos?? ? To eat lots of food and go obese?

  • @1fiddysquiddy386
    @1fiddysquiddy386 Před 4 lety +3

    I wish this was my grandma so she could give me supreme xD

  • @tabbyc3970
    @tabbyc3970 Před 4 lety

    I know this spot! Will be visiting soon! China town has so many deals!

  • @utngt0080
    @utngt0080 Před 4 lety +1

    "Mini driver" I'm dead😂💀

  • @enriquevargas2508
    @enriquevargas2508 Před 4 lety +7

    Supreme has to give her first dibs on everything bc she won’t reveal how she gets it

    • @paddyharrigan1530
      @paddyharrigan1530 Před 4 lety

      Enrique Vargas she has backdoors and proxies to get it. That’s why she won’t say if the Supreme employees who hook her up got caught they would get fired

  • @andyginterblues2961
    @andyginterblues2961 Před 4 lety +23

    I have to say that she was a babe when she was younger.

  • @4Realkevv
    @4Realkevv Před 4 lety

    Dope

  • @xgremmy
    @xgremmy Před 4 lety

    She a true hypebeast🔥❤️

  • @cloakedgod3026
    @cloakedgod3026 Před 4 lety +3

    Real nyc heads remember when her store was so small only like 3 ppl could be in there at once

  • @jonathantak547
    @jonathantak547 Před 4 lety +5

    it kinda annoys me that none of the clothes are in a dust bag

  • @zhenyao2941
    @zhenyao2941 Před 4 lety

    OG MA THE GOAT WRD2 my barber right next to unique hype !

  • @SorSon6
    @SorSon6 Před 4 lety +2

    I'd always pass by this store thinking it was another fake Supreme shop. Never been more glad to be wrong

  • @givanza1188
    @givanza1188 Před 4 lety +13

    So her grandchildren are always looking "fresh".

  • @viktorcheng2061
    @viktorcheng2061 Před 4 lety +6

    She really integrated with American pop culture.

  • @obey2dmax
    @obey2dmax Před 4 lety +2

    OG Ma - " Don't judge the book by its cover" 👍

  • @onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433

    Dope story

  • @cloutchaser9425
    @cloutchaser9425 Před 4 lety +3

    yes i speak cantonese

  • @bkarmark2602
    @bkarmark2602 Před 4 lety +3

    Shes balacing a $3000 skate deck on concrete :o

  • @mrcrabs7972
    @mrcrabs7972 Před rokem +2

    Everyone watching ts now jus missin the SoundCloud era 🙁

  • @nate_kuts8685
    @nate_kuts8685 Před 4 lety

    🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @aries8536
    @aries8536 Před 4 lety +4

    "my name is mini driver" I mean weird flex but okay

  • @DrAdnan
    @DrAdnan Před 4 lety +28

    This makes me want to start flipping

  • @user-yg5nf7wb8v
    @user-yg5nf7wb8v Před 4 lety

    The X Kaws figures are LIT

  • @ranajitchoudhury3189
    @ranajitchoudhury3189 Před 4 lety

    Great narrating from the host well done #greatness only #nocolourism
    #movement #lowsaltlowsugar healthy heart n body

  • @ako3617
    @ako3617 Před 4 lety +46

    Imagine being her children

    • @lakebreeze6248
      @lakebreeze6248 Před 4 lety +3

      AkoFN her son is the one that actually started this, but because of his buying tactics he wants to stay behind the scenes so that it’s harder for brands to crack down on what they do.

  • @josephrobinson9318
    @josephrobinson9318 Před 4 lety +6

    I think buying things for hundreds of dollars more that they're worth for a logo is supremely stupid.

  • @lovenurtures3724
    @lovenurtures3724 Před 4 lety

    OG Ma rocking that Supreme like everyday wear🤣Gangsta Granny🤣

  • @harove9195
    @harove9195 Před 4 lety +2

    Did I just see a Supreme bible? 😂 2:54

  • @flip1sba
    @flip1sba Před 4 lety +14

    I first thought she’s from HK. She speaks Cantonese,

    • @doc.l
      @doc.l Před 4 lety

      In nyc chinatown everyone speaks Cantonese. It’s more open now but my parents always used to tell me how back in the 80’s if you didn’t speak Cantonese you couldn’t get served anywhere

    • @jasondeng542
      @jasondeng542 Před 4 lety +1

      why is her Cantonese so bad lmao

  • @markonukes8156
    @markonukes8156 Před 4 lety +6

    0:02 it takes here 20 secs to say that sentence
    Just a joke

    • @swayamarora1262
      @swayamarora1262 Před 4 lety

      markonukes this comment is so underrated but when that ttv does this 👇,he gets 1000 likes 🤦‍♂️

  • @89jettayo
    @89jettayo Před 4 lety +1

    I met og ma she's a true collector

  • @larrynguyen3012
    @larrynguyen3012 Před 4 lety

    Great

  • @gam10101
    @gam10101 Před 4 lety +5

    oldest flexer of the century.

  • @Hostefar
    @Hostefar Před 4 lety +15

    “I believe nothing is more American than its immigrants”
    -Mini Driver

    • @sunnydforfree7145
      @sunnydforfree7145 Před 4 lety

      Lol wht irony.

    • @fapking4776
      @fapking4776 Před 4 lety

      Thats true tho america descendant comes from europe immigrant right? If only those "america" didnt kill "real america" ppl then i bet that immigrant word is not correct

    • @Hostefar
      @Hostefar Před 4 lety +1

      Fap King yes but an immigrant from Pakistan isn’t more American than a person born in America with generations of family from America

  • @eddygat3744
    @eddygat3744 Před 4 lety

    She got me into supreme

  • @ThousandClub
    @ThousandClub Před 2 lety

    OG Ma Is A Staple In The Community!

  • @511dydy
    @511dydy Před 4 lety +30

    The chinese are really the best at this. Everywhere in the world.

  • @xeno5021
    @xeno5021 Před 4 lety +6

    "I'm GiViNg YoU ChEaP PriCe"

  • @jzplayinggame
    @jzplayinggame Před 4 lety

    Thank you Minnie for doing Good Will Hunting.

  • @trixiespg3d485
    @trixiespg3d485 Před 3 lety

    “OgMa” ❤️

  • @JM-qr8qz
    @JM-qr8qz Před 4 lety +28

    Watching a documentary on Netflix on hype. These brands require "hype" are overpriced. Hype has no value. The only things that makes it overpriced is not the uniqueness but the low amount of stuff produced by pasting a name on it (which the company stole the font and color from a woman). This "brand" is the equivalent of putting a NOS or Rockstar energy drink sticker on a car. Lol.

    • @Quanic2000
      @Quanic2000 Před 4 lety +3

      What's the name of the documentary? I'm interested in watching.

    • @Justin-ik3qr
      @Justin-ik3qr Před 4 lety

      I know right? Supreme makes nothing original, and every single thing they make is just their red box logo slapped on it. Nothing else. They don't do collaborations or make other pieces. Just red box logos. I know nothing about Supreme but this is what the internet has told me. Supreme is also bad because Barbara Kruger invented Supreme and Supreme stole it from her. She invented white text in red boxes and "supreme" stole it from her. This is also what the internet has told me.

    • @timkraemer3223
      @timkraemer3223 Před 4 lety +4

      Justin don’t believe everything you find on the internet. First of all, supreme doesn’t only make pieces with their logo on it. Many of their pieces are intricately designed and from first look someone might not know it has any relation to the brand. Each season only a few products are released that have the logo plastered on it. Second of all, supreme has done dozens, maybe even hundreds of collaborations with other companies including north face, vans, Swarovski, cdg, hot wheels, Santa Cruz, fox, Johnson & Johnson just to name a few. Third of all Barbara Kruger didn’t “invent supreme”. She created a design which was used by supreme after. Supreme wasn’t a large street wear design brand to begin with. They were a small skate shop in New York.

    • @omarolive
      @omarolive Před 4 lety

      @@Quanic2000 Patriot Act, with Hasan Minhaj. He shows the history of supreme in one of the episodes.

    • @thebeastwithin6978
      @thebeastwithin6978 Před 4 lety

      Plain ass white shirt with red rectangle goes for sale at around $700

  • @90loneeagle
    @90loneeagle Před 4 lety +8

    Isn’t Minnie driver the hot chick from good will hunting?

  • @Shirleyxv
    @Shirleyxv Před 4 lety

    OG MAAAAAA ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @JJustinXu
    @JJustinXu Před 4 lety

    I would love to visit her shop!!!!!