- So excited!
Oh my god, how beautiful!
Oh my god! - Oh my god!
We just got the Air Force ones,
De Lo Mío edition!
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They came out a couple weeks ago,
and they sold out.
- They sold out yeah.
- The first day!
First and foremost, let's talk about this box.
- Yup.
- Because Dominicans, all we do is play dominoes.
(laughing)
- This box is not the box that everybody gets,
this is the exclusive box.
But the other box is dope as well,
it's just in a Nike box and has the Dominican Flag,
but it's not the domino box.
- We exclusive!
(laughing)
- We got the box last week,
and we were...
- Crazy.
We were crazy.
- De Lo Mio personal!
I was running all over the place,
people were like, what's going on here?
(singing) Wow!
Wow!
- I love that it says, Republica Dominicana,
and it doesn't say Dominican Republic.
- I know, I was looking
at that too. - I love that!
- It smells new.
- I love the new sneaker smell.
I love new sneaker smell, car smell...
- Car smell, huh?
- New car smell, and I like gas.
- What?
- This one is red...
- And this one is blue.
- And this one's blue!
- Wow, mira wow!
- That's awesome!
But, this is my favorite part,
Bam!
- De Lo Mio. - Oh my god.
For me I'm like, this is such a small thing,
but it's so personal.
- But to be honest, when I first saw De Lo Mio,
I felt something, like yeah like that's us.
- Even the ending of the laces.
- Oh wow!
- Those are such details.
I love this Nike sign too.
- And it changes color.
It comes with these little things.
- It's like the coolest thing ever,
the fact that they have little dominoes.
- Yup.
Put them right here, right in the front.
Boom, you can rock dominoes on your sneakers
all day son!
- And it has the Nike check on it.
I think it's a full case of dominoes.
- You think we could play?
- You can really play!
- Hell yeah.
(laughing)
- I love that sound!
Little things like this,
is like what makes like a good product, great.
- And we got different shoelaces.
- Wow!
Mira I love that everything is red, white and blue.
- Oh, it also comes with a candle.
- That is so dope!
- The dopest part about the candle
is the little rope thing around it.
This is how the Brugal comes in.
And every Brugal that you buy...
- If you look at the details of it,
you see a barbershop.
Look, the fire escapes.
- The fire escapes.
It's just so perfect,
you see the grocery store sign.
We got real dominoes.
- We got actual dominoes.
- Oh, this is so cool.
- Wow. - Wow.
(laughing)
- This is my favorite part.
From Washington Heights, and Grand Concourse
to Corona and the South side of Williamsburg.
We came to Nueva York
in search of the American Dream
and discovered much more than that,
we found home.
We brought our culture here.
The Dembow and Merengue blaring out of speakers,
the noise on the block.
- [Man] And Bachata.
- [Lisa] The aroma of cafe and fritura.
We made uptown our own mini DR.
- [Man] That's true.
- [Lisa] The community gathering
in front of bodegas and chimi trucks, the frio-frios.
People playing dominoes
because it's more than a game for us,
it's a rite of passage,
an integral part of
the culture that transcends age and class,
a way of life.
We came here wanting to be the one.
We wanted to represent.
We wanted to stand out.
We worked hard to create opportunities
so more of our people could get their turn
to fulfill their dreams.
We are proud.
Of our people.
Of our island.
Of our culture.
Somos Dominicanos.
De lo Mio.
(laughing)
- You gonna cry again?
- I'm reading this, and I feel like
- You were there. I'm in New York.
- Every time you read it, I do get emotional,
pero I don't cry because...
- Did you not tear up the first time?
Cause I got receipts!
- Cause she's always crying, and I'm like
I'm not trying to cry with you Lisa,
and you're not helping!
- That's so awesome!
- We grew up in this, this was our lifestyle.
When it was depicted in this poem, it was like,
wow I never noticed how beautiful that was.
- Everything comes to life
when you see that this shoe,
is what this is talking about.
A Dominican fulfilled his dream,
by making this sneaker for us to be proud of.
That's a big deal!
(laughing)
These are not shoes that you
like wear all the time.
- Have you seen my closet,
I only got like two sneakers.
- This is collectibles.
- You think this is collectible?
But I don't collect, so I'm gonna wear them.
I think this was dope.
- Weren't they dope?
- I'm not a sneaker head though.
- I am.
- I'm not crazy about sneakers,
like I don't think about it,
I just get whatever sneakers.
This is the first time
I felt like this over some sneakers.
It was emotional.
- Shout out to Nike who did this,
who put this whole thing together,
and for Cesar to have that opportunity.
And you know, Tony who got us on the list.
- Tony, shout out!
- Shout out to Peralta Project.
If you didn't already grab yours,
you shit out of luck.
(laughing)
- Yeah, that's it no?
- I'm not sure if there will be re-releasing,
so maybe they will, maybe they won't.
- I'm gonna wear them all the time!
- De Lo Mio, de lo mio, de lo mio...
- personal. - Personal.
(laughing)
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