I didn’t know shoes on power lines was a way to remember the dead

[Black Haven]

I seen this all the my life in many neighborhoods and never thought nothing of it that’s crazy.

 

[Blankthawtz]

i just threw my trash kicks up there when I cop'd some fresh ones.....

 

[EARFQUAKE]

I thought it was for aesthetics. Even read that it could be related to gang territory. Whose throwing the shoes of deceased people on power lines to remember them by?

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

I remember one of my friends tried to climb up and get them and almost busted his head.....that's what he get

 

[Ya Sinning Mane]

Meant hookers could be purchased in the area
where I grew up

 

[Ricky Fontaine]

Yeah okay

Maybe its different in other places but i specifically remember dope boys throwing them up there to show people where the trap was at

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

That wasn’t even in no bad neighborhood where you used to see shyt like that. And why were all them pairs of shoes up there White people don’t know what they talking about as usual

 

[Oatmeal]

I thought those shoes let you know there's dog food available in the area

 

[El Poyo Loco]

I always thought it was a NY thing. Growing up someone got killed they threw their sneakers on either power lines or light poles

Now I know it's different meanings in other places

 

[invalid]

I thought it was meant as a warning, that somebody was finna get killed.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

Did all that work, and invested in construction uniforms and equipment for a $20 payout. Talk about hustling backwards.


(Yea I know it’s fake)

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

That is not the only meaning

 

[DJ Paul's Arm]

Only real nikkaz know what that means. Some of my white coworkers that I was in a fantasy league were like “Did you guys see Marshawns post? What does that mean?”

 

[Mr Rager]

The only time i actually saw this irl was when a dude got beat up and they tied his shoes together and tossed them up on the line just to be a$$holes

 

[Luke Cage]

The only time i actually saw this irl was when a dude got beat up and they tied his shoes together and tossed them up on the line just to be a$$holes

This is what it means where i'm from. helps a nikka remember his L anytime he happen to be in the area ever again.