Who popularized the Air Force 1s in the culture?

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Stupid beef du jour

Nelly in his feels cuz ASAP Rocky stated he is the one who popularized the Air Force ones

 

[RozayTabernacle]

 

[illed_Out]

Niggas been rocking forces since the 90’s...

 

[BDBIID]

Harlem

 

[RozayTabernacle]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_(shoe)

air force 1's came out in 82. You telling me they weren't popular until 20 years later in 2002?

 

[Sony Montana]

Damn yo I think it WAS rocky

 

[konceptjones]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_(shoe)

air force 1's came out in 82. You telling me they weren't popular until 20 years later in 2002?

Fam, nobody was really fuckin with AF1's. In 91 I had copped a pair of Air Force V's, all white, in both high and low top. Each time a new AF shoe dropped, that's what cats fucked with. Nooooooooobody had AF1's back then unless they were hand-me-downs and leanin' to the side like three wheel motion. Through the 90's you ain't see 'em at all. When Nelly's joint dropped, that's when you started seein' people rockin' em heavy. He single-handedly made AF1's popular 'cause they never left the streets after that.

 

[keemz]

who the fuck cares . more important things to worry about

 

[A-List]

I didnt even know the name till them shyts blew up in the early 2000, they were called Uptowns.... Use to have NYC on the tongues where the Nike is...This was in the early 90s

 

[Freshb651]

NY and Baltimore popularized AF1's ,after they released in 82 nike stopped producing them as

General releases and B more and NY were the only places that sold em. As far as new school, 2000's

to present you definitely have to give Nelly his props. AF1's are wack now though.

 

[KINGEC]

Niggas been wearing them. But yous a lie if you say Nelly ain't popularize them back in the early 2gs.

idk what Rocky on about.

 

[87alan]

First pair i ever had was in 01' i believe

I use to buy a fresh pair every 18 months (All White or All Black)

TBH all white af1, jeans, and white tee was like standard 1st day of skool "Fit"

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

I think it was like the summer of 2002, for like a week you couldn’t find white Air Force ones anywhere in the city..... rumor was that R Kelly bought out the entire shipment coming into the city lol

 

[87alan]

Nelly "popularized" buying multiple pairs and getting different colors

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

We been wearing 1s tho.... I stopped wearing 1s in the early 2000s when I got into dunks

 

[Ghostface]

We been rocking uptowns way before nelly even dropped that song

 

[5th Letter]

They were hot out here. To others Nelly popularized it.

 

[5 Grand]

I bought some Air Force Ones a few years ago, or so I thought.

They turned out to be bootlegs and the sole wore out after wearing them about 5 times. The problem was I didn't wear them 5 times in a row, it probably took a month before I wore them 5 times. I didn't have the receipt so I couldn't return them.

I learned my lesson, never buy brand name shoes from an independent mom and pop store. Go to a well known chain like Foot Locker or Macys. Or Amazon.

 

[Sony Montana]

Wouldn’t catch me dead in some all white air forces now

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

I bought some Air Force Ones a few years ago, or so I thought.

They turned out to be bootlegs and the sole wore out after wearing them about 5 times. The problem was I didn't wear them 5 times in a row, it probably took a month before I wore them 5 times. I didn't have the receipt so I couldn't return them.

I learned my lesson, never buy brand name shoes from an independent mom and pop store. Go to a well known chain like Foot Locker or Macys. Or Amazon.

They like 70 dollars fam