Kobe Bryant has teamed up with brilliant Nike designer, Tinker Hatfield for his next Kobe 11 colorway, inspired by the Black Mamba’s favorite sneaker, the Air Jordan 3 “Black Cement.”
Hatfield is the mastermind behind several Nike Air Jordan sneaker designs, which Kobe says he grew up idolizing.
The detail-oriented Kobe 11 “Tinker Muse” feature a black and white flyknit upper, with a red Nike swoosh across the side. On the inner part of the tongue you will find autographs from both Kobe and Tinker.
The Kobe Bryant x Tinker Hatfield collab look crazy! Signature inside the tongue tho! 🔥🔥🔥🐍 pic.twitter.com/4JYxgUGl6d
MAMBA OUT!
Kobe went out with a bang in his last game! The Black Mamba ended his illustrious career in the best way he possibly could by scoring 60 points with four boards and four dimes.
His 60 point performance made it the most exciting game the Lakers played all season and brought an electrifying energy to the Staples Center, which wasn’t there all year long.
Of course the stars were in attendance to catch the ending of an era in LA. Everybody from Kanye West to Jay-Z to Kendrick Lamar to G-Eazy to George Lopez, the list goes on.
Ticket prices for the once-in-lifetime event were outrageous but anybody that experienced the moment can tell you every dollar was worth it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzpsyFvz7W0
Genuine basketball fans anticipated Kobe’s final game would be a very special one. However, nobody expected it to be as epic as the 60 point performance the Black Mamba had. Mamba out!
Last night was the final chapter to an incredible story. I walk away at peace knowing my love for the game & this city will never be broken.
WARRIORS SURPASS BULLS
The Golden State Warriors entered the season with one goal, that goal was simply to repeat as champions. As the season progressed, they continued to consistently win games and on Wednesday night they got their biggest win of the year, 73.
Their 73rd win of the season broke the ’95-’96 Chicago Bulls’ record for most wins in a single-season.
That Bulls team is viewed today as one of the best teams in history, so that is saying something about this year’s Warriors.
Although it’s been a record-breaking season for the Warriors, they have a long road in the playoffs and will focus on the goal they came into the season with, to repeat.
N.W.A. INDUCTED TO ROCK & ROLL HOF
One of the biggest outlaw groups in the history of hip-hop and also the pioneers of gangsta rap, N.W.A., were one of the biggest names in this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class.
Although there have been other hip-hop names notably Run DMC, Public Enemy and the Beastie Boys, N.W.A. are the first west coasters to get such honors.
It’s been long overdue for N.W.A. to get such honors as they were insturmental in inflating very controversial subjects and became villains for doing so.
Thru time the vindication they faced made them in some ways heroic figures and a voice for the “hood.”
Of course when you’re winning there’s always somebody trying to hate on your victory. Gene Simmons came out to say the rap group shouldn’t have been inducted because they aren’t “rock & roll.”
One thing is for certain, they did live like rock stars.
KHALED SIGNS ANOTHER ONE
DJ Khaled has had a very good year to say the least and it’s not even summer yet.
From signing to Roc Nation to getting a deal with Apple Music and earning a show, it’s been a very successful year.
The DJ goes on snap everyday and emphasizes that he is “up to something” on the daily. Those words have proved to be very factual as he has signed yet another contract, this time with L.A. Reid’s Epic Music.
It’s no secret how much Kobe Bryant means to the people of L.A. and all Laker aficionados.
In case you don’t know of Kobe’s legacy, Kendrick Lamar teamed up with ESPN’s Scoop Jackson to perform a special tribute for the Laker legend called, “Kobe Bryant: Fade to Black.”
The tribute is mixed with K. Dot’s Untitled 07 better known as “Levitate” off of his ‘Untitled Unmastered.’
Kendrick poetically highlights some of the Mamba’s biggest moments in the video, as he paces around the Forum in Inglewood, where the Lakers played until the ’99-’00 season.
Kobe will play his final game at home against the Utah Jazz Wednesday and will be aired on ESPN2.
