HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Maddie Meyer / Getty Sounds like Nike and Vanessa Bryant are not on the same page. The late Kobe Bryant’s widow has revealed that a “Mambacita” version of the Nike Kobe 6 Protro that she designed was not approved for release. Bryant took to social media to explain that although designed the show in honor of her late daughter, Gianna aka Gigi, considering that she and her husband’s estate decided to not renew its contract with Nike, the sneaker should be a non-starter. She explained the jig in a lengthy Instagram post that included an image of the shoe, a Nike Kobe 6 Protro, in hand, but not her own. “This is a shoe I worked on in honor of my daughter, Gianna,” wrote Bryant. “It was going to be called the MAMBACITA shoe as an exclusive black and white colo...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / Nike Basketball LeBron James’ signature sneakers have become a go-to canvas for artists to bless with their own palette and personal touch. Renowned designer Mimi Plange linked with King James to hook up her own version of the Nike LeBron 18 Low. Source: Nike / Nike Basketball The Ghanaian designer rolled with an African aesthetic of “art, rituals and architecture” to inspire her collab. The first shoe in the line takes cues from the classic letterman’s jacket that’s become a staple in style, from preppies to the hood. Upon closer inspection, the shoe features mustard, burgundy, pink and crimson colors as well as a chenille Swoosh and a lion mascot. “My interests are in people,” says Plange, who moved from Ghana to Southern California when she was ...
Liverpool kits for the 2022-23 season have been leaked online. Twitter user Fumlerrawk has shared two illustrations of the home and away kit based on the leaked ‘minikits’. The user has created a mock-up of the rumoured kits and shared them on social media. LIVERPOOL 22/23: I made mockups based on the minikits from the catalog, and this is probably closer to how the away kit will look like(the minikit is a bit off). Home is darker than this year, and away kit is “Deep Ocean” with red logos and some wavy/smokey design. pic.twitter.com/5enaNpb09g — fumlerRawk (@FumlerRawk) May 6, 2021 According to the user, the Nike 2022-23 home shirt features a clean and simple design in dark red and white. The logos and the sponsors have been designed white in colour and the shirt will feature ...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz While sneakerheads around the globe continue to shell out millions of dollars on Jordan’s, Air Max’s and SB Dunks, Nike’s been reaping billions of dollars in profits while paying absolutely nothing in federal income taxes. Business Insider is reporting that for the past three years of the Trump era where the rich got richer and the struggling got extra bus fare (maybe) thanks to a controversial tax cut for millionaires, Nike was one of 55 other companies that made bank without having to pay a dime to Uncle Sam. Nike along with 25 other companies made a combined $77 billion dollars over a three-year period with Nike accounting for $4.1 bill of the $77. After the Trump tax cuts those billion-dollar companies paid $0 in federa...
The Liverpool home, away and third kits for the 2021/22 season have been leaked online. The rumoured kits for the next season are red, white and yellow in colour and have been shared by GiveMeSport. The Nike Liverpool 2021/22 home kit has a red base with bright red applications. The shirt also features diagonal stripes in a zig-zag pattern. The shirt features bright red sleeve cuffs. The club crest and logos are designed in white. Meanwhile, the away kit features the same diagonal stripes and is predominantly white in colour. The away shirt has black and red sleeve cuffs and collar. The club crest and the logos are designed in red. The third kit for the next season is undoubtedly the pick of the bunch, and it is yellow in colour with red vertical stripes. The shirt features red collar...