{"id":335377,"date":"2013-09-26T12:18:22","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T17:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=335377"},"modified":"2022-09-16T16:23:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T21:23:34","slug":"video-kanye-west-talks-air-jordans-sneaker-design-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/video-kanye-west-talks-air-jordans-sneaker-design-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Kanye West Talks Air Jordans, Sneaker Design &#038; Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kanye West<\/strong> isn&#8217;t just a rapper, but rather an artist who has a burning interest in many different cultural channels. One of those other avenues is his well-documented passion for fashion, which includes sneakers. In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PED4zgjG3Ng#t=927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zane Lowe<\/a>, Kanye rapped about his interest in clothing and footwear, and why he invests so much into it. He speaks of his days drawing sneakers in grade school, his vision for his <strong>Nike Air Yeezy<\/strong> and <strong>Nike Air Yeezy 2<\/strong> signatures, and why Nikes are so powerful.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Ye&#8217;s interview in its entirety below, and click through and read the transcribed tidbits that include sneaker snippets. Tell us what you thought of his words in the comment box, and keep <strong>Snkrs Day<\/strong> bookmarked for everything sneakers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PED4zgjG3Ng\" height=\"465\" width=\"620\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kanye West:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019ve got a very particular, specific take on men\u2019s footwear. No one can say I cannot design or understand how to design a guy\u2019s sneaker. When I was in 4th grade, I was drawing Jordans. When my Momma couldn\u2019t afford them, I was drawing those Jordans &#8211; getting kicked out of class for drawing them. And when I got that opportunity to work with Nike, I went into that emotional space and place in my life and said, &#8216;What was it about that, what were the cues that I can add when I make the Yeezys?&#8217; I wasn\u2019t the one rapper that had the opportunity to do a shoe with Nike for no reason. It means it has to be another step, it means it has to keep going. People didn\u2019t love the Yeezys the way they did for no reason. Picture this, for me to do the Yeezys and not have a joint venture backing deal with Nike the next day would have been like if I made &#8216;Jesus Walks&#8217; and was never allowed to make an album.\u201d<\/p>\n Image via Individual Sole\n<p><strong>Kanye West:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m not trying to get into (the high fashion) world. I\u2019m trying to make a higher level of product for the REAL world. Because people say that life isn\u2019t fair, and unless you\u2019re Kanye West, or your parents had money, you don\u2019t get to wear Versace all the time. The only thing about it that\u2019s different with Nike, is there\u2019s never a time when someone can walk in with some non-Nikes and you feel less in yourself. You still feel like the greatest version of you when you have those Nikes on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kanye West:<\/strong> \u201cPeople can say, &#8216;What do you mean you want to help the world and you\u2019re so concerned about fashion?&#8217; It\u2019s illegal to be naked. It\u2019s not illegal to not listen to music. That is a very high opinion to have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n Nike Air Yeezy 2 &#8220;Red October&#8221; Custom by Mache\n<p><strong>Kanye West:<\/strong> \u201cThat is something that is extremely important: SHOES! You put on shoes every day. You\u2019re walking down the street with no shoes, somebody might think there\u2019s something wrong with you. No shoes? What\u2019s going on?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kanye West:<\/strong> \u201cNo flip-flops for black dudes. I don\u2019t care where you\u2019re at. No flip-flops for black dudes. Wear some hot a** Jordans on the beach.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kanye West isn&#8217;t just a rapper, but rather an artist who has a burning interest in many different cultural channels.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4655,"featured_media":335386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,1224791,1225514],"tags":[101,920,1205896],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Video: Kanye West Talks Air Jordans, Sneaker Design &amp; Inspiration | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy Video: Kanye West Talks Air Jordans, Sneaker Design &amp; Inspiration shoes. 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