IN THEIR OWN WORDS

ANGELO BAQUE/Founder of the Awake NY brand and former marketing director of Supreme

GÉRARD BASTE/French rapper

VERB BHENGU/Dancer based in Durban, South Africa

ALIX BURGOS/Novice rapper and appliance repairman in Brooklyn

LUIS CASTILLO/Former Yankees batboy

JEROME CHARYN/Cult New York novelist, author of a biography of Joe DiMaggio, among others

ROBERT GLOS/Founder of the Snapbacks store in Prague, Czech Republic

COUSIN BREWSKI/Real name Richard Goldfarb, a beer vendor at Yankee Stadium

LAURENCE JOSLIN/Sales and marketing director for New Era in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

CARLOS LAZO/Owner of the Gorras y Gorros store in Quito, Ecuador

STEPHANIE KENNEDY/Costume designer for the series Seinfeld

VANGELIS KOUNADIS/New Era manager for the Greek distributor Sports Wind

STEPHANIE KRAMER/Former research assistant in the Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA

JAMES LILLIEFORS/Writer, author of the comprehensive book Ball Cap Nation.

COREY PEGUES/Former N.Y.P.D. officer

MICHAEL RENDINO/Owner of Stan’s Sports Bar, a Yankees fan bar in the Bronx

TOJONIAINA RARIVOSON/Secondhand caps seller based in Madagascar

SEFYU/French rapper