Everyone has different sneaker practices when it comes to keeping their kicks fresh. T.I. took to Instagram on Wednesday (January 19) to showcase his collection of Nike Air Force 1’s and revealed he only wears each pair once in public before they’re thrown in the trash.
“1 wear & outta there,” he captioned the post featuring a photo of seven pairs of the crispy Nike classics.
With a net worth north of $50 million, the trap pioneer is free to do as he pleases when it comes to his sneaker habits, but not everyone was rocking with his AF1 assembly line in his comment section.
A few rappers co-signed his rotation such as E-40, Curren$y and “Range Brothers” producer Jahaan Sweet. Spitta detailed his own process how he tries to get three wears out of certain pairs of sneakers before sending them packing.
“Swear … I try to get three outta mines,” Curren$y explained. “1st wear is a day time event, club night 2nd wear… and Sunday I can lowride in a worn pair of ones they still fresh enuff to go cruisin in and if the car breakdown and we gotta get on the floor to fix shit I won’t have to worry about creasing them hoes cuz this was their last day…. all that to say I ain’t as rich as u haha one day I’ll be doin em 1 and dun tho. One day soon hahaha.”
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While some didn’t agree with the Atlanta legend’s bougie ways, he did stand up for the commonfolk when taking a shot at NYC Mayor Eric Adams by telling him “vocabulary matters” regarding the mayor’s “low-skilled workers” statement.
“My low-skilled workers — my cooks, my dishwashers, my messengers, my shoe shine people, those who work at Dunkin’ Donuts,” he stated during a January 4 press conference in cringeworthy fashion. “They don’t have the academic skills to sit in a corner office. They need this.”
Could at least give them away to the less fortunate
Wtf are they going to do with them?
Fucking wear them because they are brand new and they maybe cant afford shoes?? Are you deliberately this stupid or just trolling, mr LMAOOOOOO?
Oh, that’s real helpful. That will definitely improve their financial situation…
Can’t believe we’re down to reporting on a man’s collection of shoes. At least we’re not reading about people senselessly losing their lives.
AF1s are trash. Dunks and Jordan 1s are more comfortable, add more style and individuality to what you’re wearing, and are less clunky.
This extra pretentious mofo right here…
I guess it comes to a point when you become rich enough to forget how poor you were once. SMH. This fuckin habit of throwing sneakers to trash after wearing them just once is similar to rappers throwing a huge amount of cash to ratchet hoes in strip clubs. Brainwashed mfs.
I mean it’s his money he can do what he want, but shit seems really wasteful. Guess it’s a byproduct of living in a materialistic society. Money is God.
Flamboyantly wasteful, balling!
I really hope this dude isn’t throwing perfectly good $80 dollar sneakers in the trash when he could be auctioning them off for charity or even just giving them away. Dude may as well get a clown nose surgically attached
I’ve definitely thrown out brand name gear for whatever reason that I could have given away and no one’s perfect. But don’t tell me this guy just does this on the regular. I can’t respect that.