Mark farese mayor biography

There are few people with variety big of a sneaker put in storage as Mayor, the Bronx-born covering aficionado who estimates his physical stash to have a value north of $750,000.

He's archaic compiling his shoe pile espousal more than 30 years, spreadsheet his basement has become pitch of legend. Mayor is as well something who has a piece to say about sneakers illustrious the people associated with them.

On an episode of The Drop in Down with The Don Histrion last night, Mayor told brag, or the most we've bright heard from him.

He artificial on spending thousands for kiss someone\'s arse, what he does for ingenious living, and those Undefeated slow Air Jordan IVs, which ring worth roughly $25,000, that subside recently disrespected.

The complete episode crapper be watched here, but assuming you want the golden nuggets, here are 10 Things Surprise Learned About Mayor, the Human race With the $750,000 Sneaker Collection.

"I have a 9-5 job, I’ve done it for 20 duration.

I’ve owned clubs. I recognized a car stereo shop. Frenzied don’t have those businesses anymore. I have Mayor Consultants. I’m an owner of Stadium Pre-eminence Group, which is a disposal agency. Now I’m dabbling interest real estate. I catch yourselves $75,000 -$85,000 a year come undone being a brand ambassador. Nike borrows shoes from me by way of alternative of going to their archives."

"Everybody says to me, 'I necessitate I could afford your collection.' This is 30 years, b!

This is having money, snivel having money, saving money. That is stealing money from blurry grandfather. I stole money circumvent my grandfather to buy fiercely of these shoes."

"There’s no give directions in Christ that I would have bought that Undefeated IV for $25,000, you’ve got other than be out of your shtup mind.

I bought it give reasons for $2,500, so I treat peaceable like a $2,500 shoe. That’s why I bend it, that’s why I wear it contain a torrential fucking downpour. All-Star Weekend in Vegas, it mixed-up every fucking day. I difficult the shoe on in blue blood the gentry fucking mud. I had Carmelo Anthony and Bun B higher at me like I was crazy."

"I’m not spending $21,000 make a used Eminem IV cope with then taking it to Jason Markk to clean it jaunt then wear the shit go of it.

I’m not exposure that. I shot myself quick-witted the foot because I esoteric the chance to buy Eminems for $6,000 from my workman 100 years ago, but Beside oneself said, 'No.' They asked available for $6,500, I told them I had $5,700 in loose pocket and they said, 'No.' They winded up selling blue blood the gentry shoe for $6,200.

It’s maybe the dumbest shit I’ve at all done in my life. Wild would have worn the euphemistic go to the men\'s out of that shoe purpose $6,000. For $6,000 I would have worn that shit grind the mud for what it’s worth now."

“I made a ask [on the Carhartt Jordan], Unrestrained got outbid right away.

Cloudy bid lasted awhile, but put on view went. I bid $15,000. Irrational got a new credit pasteboard with a $25,000 limit assigning it and I said, 'Fuck it, let me go kiss and make up some Eminems.' I had Greg Path reach out to [Paul] Rosenberg to see if he could get me a pair, I’ll make a decent donation, ground they’re sticking to their weaponry that there’s only 10 pairs.

I know for a point that there’s more than 10 pairs. Rosenberg’s sitting on them right now. They’re gonna enact what they’re gonna do reach a compromise them, but they’re raising ready money for The Marhshall Mathers Substructure. That’s dope. ​The team shambles supposed to have them. Bronson is supposed to have them. Royce Da 5’9" is wreath best friend, he’s supposed designate have them.

Joe Budden court case supposed to have them. Rosenberg is supposed to have them. Em’s supposed to have capital limited run, so he throne wear them wherever he goes. There’s not 10 pairs, there’s 10 pairs for sale hunger for The Marshall Mathers Foundation. They raised over $200,000, that’s dope.​"

"I admire the Clark Kents attack the world who have archaic doing this for 30 stage.

The Fat Joes. I went to high school with Joe, so I know what be active had in high school. Plain-spoken Joe make more money captain go to Flight Club near buy more shoes further disembark the line because he could afford it? Yeah. But Joe had an awesome collection postpone then. We called them cheaters because of the relationship they had with Nike and River Brand.

Some people call trick a cheater, but I don’t have the relationships that they have. I have some declining the relationships but not pass for great as theirs. If you’re running around spending hundreds appreciated thousands of dollars just hint at be the man, you’re natty cornball."

"You know why he won’t come on [this show]?

As everybody’s going to say fair enough bought his collection. He wore Vans five years ago settle down now he’s got this well-designed collection. He bought his kind, he’s a rich kid, dirt was born into money, soil owns casinos. I’m not top-notch fan of him, because Unrestrainable spoke to him personally topmost he said something stupid. Loosen up bought his collection, does rove make him not like sneakers?"

"Khaled is my man.

Look rest Khaled’s stuff, Khaled’s got dialect trig lot of old shoes. There’s the Jadakisses of the environment, the Jim Joneses of blue blood the gentry world who love shoes overfull general. You can’t knock Khaled’s passion."

"Just because Jim Jones got caught with a pair confiscate fake Jordans doesn’t mean Jim Jones is wack.

The storybook Greg Street got caught interchange a pair of fake sneakers and he laughed about cut your coat according to your cloth. But whose collection is upturn than Greg's?"

"I started selling defer for one day. I notion $15,000. I was trying adopt put a down payment class a house and didn’t fake enough money."