Fat Beats 323 E. 9th St. June 1996

Today (July 14, 2015) marks the 21st anniversary since the opening of the first Fat Beats location at 323 E. 9th St. (which later went on to become Bobbito’s Footwork). Here’s some old footage I came across of the basement store with some of the earliest staff. Ryan Sikorski, Neal Santos, Ricardo (who didn’t work there, but ended up co-founding the Amsterdam store with Ryan), Mark Kotlinski (), DJ Hiro (.) and some bonus footage of Mista Sinista (X-Men) practicing while Hiro observes. An