Tag: Nike

Kendrick Lamar To Release “DAMN.” Nike Cortez On “GRAMMYs” Weekend [PEEP]

On GRAMMYs weekend Kendrick Lamar will be quite occupied, as he will attend the event with seven nominations including “Album of the Year” for his critically-acclaimed ‘DAMN.’ album.

To celebrate the nominations, he will release his highly-anticipated first collaboration with Nike. The first venture will bring forth a retro Cortez runner inspired by Kung-Fu Kenny’s outfit colorway, which brings together a smooth contrast of red and white.

The shoe will include a large Swoosh on each side with a classic Cortez sole, Chinese lettering scripts, and a lace holder that reads: “DON’T TRIP.”

His DAMN. album was definitely a classic, so this collaboration should be no different. The Nike Cortez “Kenny” will release on GRAMMYs night, which takes place Sunday, January 28th. They will be available through “SNKRS” for $100 USD, upon the show’s commencement.

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Frank Ocean Performs Stripped-Down Version Of “Nikes” [WATCH]

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It’s always a treat when we get anything new from Frank Ocean. After surprising fans with his new “Provider” single and freestyle over Gucci Mane’s “Rolls Royce Bitch,” Frankie comes back with a performance of “Nikes” over a stripped-down instrumental.

During a rehearsal Frank sat down in front of a mic stand as a pianist hit the keys and the Odd Future crooner displayed his lyrical attributes.

Watch below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=462&v=xg5UexY4iD0

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Chance The Rapper Teams With Nike For “Unlimited Together” [VIDEO]

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During the regular season players are at each other’s throats, but during the Olympics everyone is united as one. Chance The Rapper teamed up with Nike for “Unlimited Together” to pay tribute and show support to Team USA. The Chicago rapper hits high notes on his wordplay as he preaches unitedness of the world’s best basketball players. In the video you will see Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Jimmy Butler, Kyrie Irving, DeMar DeRozan, Maya Moore, Diana Tuarasi and Elena Delle Donne.

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Kobe Releasing New Shoe Inspired By Air Jordan 3 “Black Cement”

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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.

According to various sources the official release date is May 5th with an MSRP of $200.

Watch Kobe show his appreciation for Tinker below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0sIWjVYViY

WRITTEN BY: BRYAN MELARA – @IamBNyce

Nike Announces Collaboration With Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci (News)

Nike announced their new collaboration today, and it happens to be with none other than Givenchy’s main man Riccardo Tisci!

Nike reps confirmed a line dubbed Nike RT, (standing for Riccardo Tisci, for those of you who lost track) and the collabo, which will bear the logo Nike RT, will arrive in stores and on Nike.com this spring. Riccardo posted this video on his Instagram today, teasing the collabo!

Kanye West Explains Why Adidas Deal W/ Angie Martinez (Video)

Kanye West stopped by Hot 97 today with Kim Kardashian by his side, and he explained why he left Nike for Adidas, and how he wants to become the first hip hop designer.

In the second part of his interview with Angie, Kanye talked about his love for Kim, and being a father to North.

So then I start turning up in the BBC interview, so [Nike] said, ok cool, we’re gonna give you a bigger sandbox to play in. We’re gonna give you this amount right here to design, and two collections a year, and 30 skews — that’s the amount of items that you have. Would that make you happy, Kanye? And I said, well I need royalties. It’s not even like I have a joint venture. At least give me some royalties. Michael Jordan has 5%, that business is $2 billion. He makes a $100 million dollars a year off of 5% royalties. Nike told me we can’t give you royalties because you’re not a professional athlete. I told them, I go to the Garden and play one-on-NO-ONE. I’m a performance athlete. Did I really ANYTHING? YES! Did I really EVERYTHING. 100,000 percent. I’m 100,000 percent at all times. It’s people that work in offices trying to tell me how to think, when I got a better perspective. I live in Paris.

So the old me, without a daughter, would have taken the Nike deal because I just love Nikes so much. But the new me, with a daughter, takes the adidas deal because I have royalties and I have to provide for my family.

Whatever’s official, non-official, official, what y’all gonna see is… I am going to be the Tupac of product… I’ma be the first hip-hop designer, and because of that… I’ma be bigger than Walmart.

L.A. Sneakers – Nike Basketball Elite 2.0 Superhero Collection

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These drops this Saturday at 8am.

The Nike Basketball ELITE Series 2.0 features shoes inspired by the inner superheroes of modern-day athletic heroes LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant. All three styles in the collection offer lightweight construction, enhanced fit and dynamic protection on the court.

L.A. Sneakers – The LeBron X Atomic Teal / Total Orange

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These drop tomorrow at 8am.

Nicknamed the “Miami Dolphins” edition, this Nike LeBron X comes in a dark atomic teal, sail, total orange and melon mint colorway. Inspired by the Dolphins team colors, these feature a teal based upper with sail and orange accents. A general release, they will be available at select Nike accounts worldwide on Saturday, March 9th, 2013.

Retail is set at $180