Not the first. The one that spread.

JULIO 204 was up before him. Ask anyone who was first anyway.

A seventeen-year-old foot messenger from Washington Heights wrote his name everywhere the job took him — TAKI from Demetraki, 183 from his street. In July 1971 the New York Times ran a short piece about him, and a scattered habit became a citywide competition with a scoreboard. He has never dressed up why he did it.

Know the history, link to the free Vault article: The Name Before the Username

THE DETAILS

• 80% acrylic, 20% wool
• Structured, 6-panel, high-profile
• Flat visor with green undervisor
• 6 embroidered eyelets
• Plastic snap closure, one size fits most.
• See chart for sizing details. Head circumference: 21 5/8″–23 5/8″ (54.9 cm–60 cm)
  
• Blank product sourced from Vietnam or Bangladesh
• Tonal black embroidery, not printed

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BX ORIGINALS — TRUE TO THE CULTURE
Hip-hop has four elements: DJing, MCing, Breaking, Graffiti. Each cap in this series carries one, set in that element's own lettering tradition. Not four versions of one graphic — four distinct hands held together by one system.

THE BX VAULT
Every BX Originals piece connects to the BX Vault — our library of long-form writing on hip-hop history and practice. Not marketing copy. Real research on the people, places, and decisions that built this culture. The culture on the cap. The context behind it.

FROM THE BRONX
BX Originals documents hip-hop's four elements from where they started. We're not a fashion brand borrowing an aesthetic. We're building an archive that happens to make things you can wear.