We opened Nikes eyes to a lot of that- Nelly confirms he made Nike Air Force 1 popular

Nelly has claimed that he was partly to blame for the early 2000s price increase of Nike Air Force 1.

Nelly discussed some of his favourite footwear in an interview with Complex’s Sneaker Shopping, including the Nike Air Force 1, whose resurgence in fashion has long been attributed to the St. Louis rapper’s 2002 smash tune “Air Force Ones.”

The author of “Ride Wit Me,” who doesn’t dispute the hypothesis, stressed that Nike did contribute to his early career as compensation for his promotion of the company.

“Let me tell you something … everybody that got Nike shoe deals need to be thanking us right now because we opened Nike’s eyes to a lot of that,” Nelly said at the three-minute mark. “At that time they weren’t doing it. They were basically on some, ‘they’re gonna win regardless.’

“Now, did they donate? Yes, they did donate some to the tour. They did sponsor some of the things for the tour because one of our tours we came out we had a big Air Force 1 that used to go across the stadium and things like that, which was really dope. They did load us. I didn’t know it was a limited time, you know?

He added: “But when we first started rocking Air Force 1’s they were $59.99, when we did the song, eight months later they were $100 … Now we ain’t get no residuals so hollar at your boy.”

The Nike Air Force 1s were originally produced in 1982 and Nelly has long reaffirmed that he was the pop culture icon responsible for making the shoe popular.

SOURCE: www.Ghbase.com

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