Roddy Ricch Goes Sneaker Shopping With Complex

[Applause] [Music] what a fiery body is Joe from complex we're in New York City at Stadium Goods with platinum rapper rowdy rich gonna do some sneaker shopping today gonna see what he's feeling what he's not and then hopefully he's gonna buy some sneakers let's get into it let's go [Music] radhiya ready interview you said hobbies growing up building your shoe collection and playing basketball those go hand in hand were you buying a lot of shoes I mean when I was playing basketball I used to just playing like I don't know like harness or like Elevens the levers my favorite drawer once I know I'm more of a classic like I heard no one - 13s and that's it I heard after 13 we have a mutual friend that said listen after 13 he doesn't buy anything after 13 is that true yeah so no 14s not even the 16 or 17 maybe if I fill only if I if I put room but they usually just want to thirteen there's one thing I wanted to talk about you got your name from something that happened in the cafeteria at school yeah not many people may know that yeah describe that story about what happened that's crazy yes so one day I was I just had a lot of money on me and I was like I'm just buyer body food like my class or dinners girl just start calling me right rich at that so the name just kind of just stuck was that high school or yeah I would like to begin in high school yeah and then in high school how many times were you switching up kicks was it always important to you to come fresh I mean I ain't really having like a moment like my mom she she had money like a little bit but like I I had to go in borrow my shoes so like I just built up my place and just just steadily just but now I just be born with it [Music] you know you said you came up playing basketball in middle school but you had some basketball shoes in middle school what do you remember as like the first signature sneaker that you really liked I mean back when I was a young young pop yeah bran Joe I guess so like that was my little my little thing I bought like surprise okay and then you were some Katie's and pearls I think you said so you're gonna mix with basketball sneakers yeah you know you said LeBron your dad bought you the jersey what's it like he's posting start with me what was that moment like for you um he's been supportive sense of feed the streets to like just he pulls it down below at first he just been like tapped in and stuff so like it's cool to just see like somebody I grew up watching like just supporting me like it's always that's crazy did you hit him up after that or have yeah yeah we had conversation I'm supposed to pull up and watch a song play - Ronnie what I love about Ronnie is like he's gonna come up with all you guys you know it means the young crop of rappers and brawny like his basketball career and your careers are gonna go so that's gonna be exciting to watch I still gonna comment on the post like this guy's really the best day in our long could be a a in our in the business of course yeah of course I feel like just his world with all those being like someone who pushed the limits on everything I feel like he for sure could be whatever you wanna be but he has a good ear yeah you said LeBron is like your all-time favorite but I've seen you in yo mrs. Jersey you think he's like the next guy is he one of your favorites are you just like the colors one thing about me when I go from city to city I really just collect jerseys even if I don't know I mean of course I know but it'd be an old-school Jersey our movie judge my brother tell me about I just buy it just to like go look at the movie or see what the character was it just something I just did just just on my little time and it's an older brother who's putting you up yeah yeah yeah cuz I saw I made in America I think you were the Iverson Jersey and that was a big moment for you Meek Mill who did all the air so here's yeah you're sentimental with those Jersey yeah closet looks like a Mitchell in that store or what is coming up yeah Roddy you're also a big fan of old-school air maxes what models are your favorite we have the 95 and 97 97 for sure I had a pair of these gold ones just I just wear those when I'm just relaxing in ass whistle you know comfortable yeah yeah you're from Compton we got to talk about a Compton centric shoe or Tess's yeah were you a big cortez guy or what he got I wasn't a big question I never bought a pair for two but I know that's like an OG thing like not really OG adjust if that show swag like I always was just into like the more the Jordan just just different but I know shout out the dot cater he yes that's his Cortez but that's his drift you know saying I was just different another big thing in Compton buying sneakers at swap meets your older brother was bird at the swap meets buying sneakers or what did I ever tell you about me I went to the swap meets okay swap means what I just I don't know I was more like Air Force Ones and Tam's I wore attends an Air Force Ones for I am really like we talking about just my basic sneakers you know what I'm saying like that just was my for someone who doesn't know the swap meets what exactly is it like alright so you got the fake jury okay you got some cool jury in there you could buy you just gotta go to the right person I mean sweaty guy regular stuff you could come up on some cool sneakers off yeah yeah you can go in there and buy it buy the Jordans when they come out of just got to make sure they are dentists to hope or someone who co-signed you on the west coast of course Nipsey Hussle you know racks in the middle comes out i see tweets like they got to get rowdy a grammy for his humming on that song what's it like you know unfortunately he passed but to see the response to that song and him co-signing you early I mean he went when the song was made he told me like the streets really gonna feel this little oh he told me this so it just like just to see it manifest it was crazy and the thing is like I had to book it down and just really have serious conversations about just expanding business on different levels you know so that's just what a game absolutely and you know he dropped the puma collection yeah they saw it through even with him passing and all the proceeds went to his foundation and you think about that moving were you excited to see that oh yeah I posted it and everything I get support every time every time the marathon closing for something month we support you finished yes it's all well talked about everything now easy part browser so let's see what you're gonna buy these ones right here go away with the heat right away yeah yeah I'll go get these for the city nice you ready no I'm gonna get the flu games my first sold-out show in LA I had the flu at the Novo and to do the show whole town with the flu so and I gotta go with the cat this deck man Travis Scott just brought me on to astral world something like I got a supporting he okay your total today is gonna be nine thousand three hundred three dollars and 37 cents [Music] [Music] so rowdy came through got some great pickups thanks so much for taking the time you already know make sure everyone checks out the album please excuse me for being antisocial on the new tour coming soon [Music] you

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Length: 8min 22sec (502 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 18 2019