Looks like the blowback from Rick Ross’ controversial lyrics has come back to hit him where it really hurts, his pockets. Reebok has reportedly dropped Rozay as a spokesman.
The issues many have with Rick Ross’ date r@pe lyrics have moved from rhetoric and posturing on social media to real action. Yesterday afternoon, protesters gathered at the Reebok store in New York City to demand that the sneaker company sever ties with the Miami rapper.
Basketball publication Slam and Hip-Hop publication XXL have collaborated to create a special one-off magazine called Kings of the Game. The cover subjects of the new issue are Allen Iverson, Rick Ross and Tyga.
Rick Ross raps about living in the lap of luxury so emphatically, and it’s a wonder that it’s taken him this long to act the part. Reebok tapped Rozay for the starring role in their latest commercial for a line of white on white sneakers, that include the Question Low, Workout Plus, Classic Leather, Workout Mid, Twilight […]
The foundation of legendary street and visual artist Keith Haring claimed in court that a Florida-based company is selling counterfeit work featuring his namesake. The Keith Haring Foundation filed a copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit against Colored Thumb Corp. and company president Michael Rosen over a Miami art show that supposedly featured Haring’s original work […]
Old school sneaker connoisseurs will be happy to hear of plans to retro the Reebok Shaq Attaq in its original colorway. The news came courtesy of Swizz Beatz, who hosted a press conference at PROJECT Las Vegas yesterday to unveil the shoe.
As far as we know, YMCMB’s Tyga can’t slam dunk or throw a football 60 yards. Nevertheless, the Compton rapper does have a knack for making catchy tunes and now has his own signature sneaker called the T -RAWW, courtesy of Reebok Classic.
Even if Allen Iverson himself were to never play a game of basketball again, his Reebok Question sneakers would get plenty of run. A.I.’s debut signature shoe will dropping in this very ill, in a good way, black and gold colorway on Saturday, December 29.
Nobody wants to be a sell-out in Hip-Hop. It’s almost a dirty word that can be a death blow if it sticks to you. However, there are times you have just got to get that paper. There are those rare occasions where big time companies tap a rapper for access to their “brand” and the […]
Before he was partying it up and aspiring other NBA players to rap, Allen Iverson was an elite college basketball superstar on the verge of entering the coveted club only few have entered and flourished getting his own signature shoe. With his first sneaker, “The Question” by Reebok, getting a retro release on October 5th, […]
You can’t say Swizz Beatz isn’t trying his best to get Reebok back. Besides hooking up beats for his wife and rappers like this guy named Nas, the producer/rapper designs kicks. Whether said sneakers are good looking, is debatable. The latest model to drop on Swizz’s watch is the “Time To Show.”
It’s getting hard to determine which of 50 Cent’s many claims at any given moment will actually come true. Case in point, the Queens rapper was supposed drop a free album, 5: Murder By Numbers, today. That didn’t happen. Today, the G-Unit mastermind did reveal the artwork for the aforementioned title (see below), which will […]
