The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
The question is, What type of human do I want to be? How do I want to use my platform? Do I want to be safe, under the umbrella of my white privilege? Or do I want to push back and resist?
It's weird because music is this thing that you love doing, and it comes completely from a place of creativity, and then that transfers into having to manage a business and make decisions and figure out what is the best route to go in terms of getting your product to as many people as possible.
Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems.
The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.
