Your thoughts might soar to the Wu Tang Dunk or Travis Scott footwear at massive relating to the intersection between hip-hop and Nike footwear. Nonetheless, the Air Drive 1 has been Beaverton’s main approach to acknowledge the style’s biggest for generations, seen with the Roc-A-Fella particular version crafted for the Black Album, or the Utopia pair gifted to La Flame for his fourth full-length.
For true AF1 collectors, few pairs are as legendary because the gray and pink one gifted to Terror Squad’s Macho. Flowing out from earlier public drops, the “Blackout” and “Porpoise” colorways, Nike has frequently celebrated that 2005 F&F/pattern with scattered new palettes. First revealed by Fats Joe, the most recent largely reads as basic two-tone do-up of Bruce Kilgore’s design, unfold throughout acquainted purple and white. The actual particular version options are slight and have their locus on the heel, with the titular group represented by a “TS” acronym. The rapper’s authorities identify and notorious alias seems with an identical flourish: a cursive “JC” alludes to each Joseph Cartanega and Joey Crack.
When Joe teased this pair in January, our greatest data pointed in the direction of an August 1st launch, however usually anticipate a drop someday that month. We anticipate a retail value of $150 — preserve tabs on this pair by way of our Sneaker Launch Dates web page, and peruse the complete slate of official photographs slightly below.
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