{"id":174445,"date":"2011-07-28T18:22:21","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T23:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicekicks.com\/?p=174445"},"modified":"2018-05-10T22:32:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T02:32:20","slug":"wings-1-on-1-with-macklemore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/wings-1-on-1-with-macklemore\/","title":{"rendered":"Conflicts of a Culture: 1 on 1 with “WINGS” Artist Macklemore"},"content":{"rendered":"
“I think that Phil Knight (co-founder and Chairman of Nike, Inc.) has probably made billions of dollars or millions and millions of dollars off of being extremely good at manipulating the masses. But I love his shoes!”<\/em> – Macklemore<\/p>\n We can, and will always appreciate hip-hop artists that pinpoint sneakers as the focal point of their songs. Usually, we witness artists rapping about how many sneakers smother the walls of their closets or how they are sporting retros months before the official release date; however, Seattle, Washington based artist Macklemore brings a different, more controversial perspective to the sneaker culture.<\/p>\n Macklemore’s new song\/video, WINGS<\/em>, is a powerful story about American youth and their struggle to find their way in a culture dominated by consumerism, obsession and wanting to “Be Like Mike”. Following the debut of WINGS last week, we caught up with the candid, openhearted rapper to discuss a number of contentious topics pertaining to the sneaker culture. Specifically, Macklemore touched on the conflict of sneakers and their current prices, the correlation between sneakers and drugs and most of all his thoughts on co-founder and Chairman of Nike, Inc. Phil Knight.<\/p>\n Check out our in-depth, 1 on 1 interview with Macklemore below.<\/p>\n