- Who telling me now, that the right suit,
I'm gonna like an all-white suit on,
I might look like Daddy Yankee.
What's good everybody, I go by JI
This is My Life In Sneakers with GQ.
I really became a sneaker head in Middle School.
I grew up in poverty.
So like when you grow up in poverty
all the kids want the Jordans,
the newest Jordans coming out
your friends got them, you fell away.
I would look at like the hottest releases
throughout the year.
And I'm like, right, imma get these imma get these.
You feel me? There's certain people who got those sneakers
and they can't get these,
and it was always something about the fives,
it was between the fives or the 11s.
I was just a big fan of Jordans.
I don't know, even four's the fire too, but I was mainly
like the, the 11s, the 12s and the fives.
These are the oldest pair
of sneakers I got in this collection right now.
And you're going to probably look
at them and be like, why would you show us these pair
of sneakers during a GQ interview?
But I definitely got to humble myself.
These sneakers,
I used to go to my sessions last year,
and I would wear these sneakers.
Like these were like my go to sneakers Jordans.
I just loved the way they looked like,the design
the straps fire, big fan of these.
It's crazy cause I would wear these like almost every day.
That was another thing,like when it came to sneakers,
I couldn't wear the same sneaker back to back.
If I wore these today, I couldn't wear them tomorrow.
It was just my mentality.
Now it's like, I don't care because I got so much sneakers.
I could wait.
[beep]
it's three days in a row.
What do you gonna tell me?
You gonna tell me nothing.
This is crazy.
Looking at these.
Like it really humbles me.
I went to all my sessions last year with these sneakers on,
recorded me with these on
I had right sneakers,
but I just liked these and I don't know,
I guess this is good luck.
This is a good luck.
I may assign these and sell these five years from now?
Let's see.
Since we're still on the Jordan topic,
I might as well bring these,
and these are like a newer release.
This was like an impulse buy,
but at the same time, I'm not going to lack and flex these,
I like this,
my friends got them,
and I would say, you know what, let me get them too,
I got a solo pair cause you will never go wrong
with the right pair of Jordans.
These are calm, nothing too crazy.
This is like a barbecue cookout fit,
I go there and cookout my weddings.
I go to Dinners at your house and my told is on.
We're going out to the movies.
I might told his on column page.
You know, you don't really get too crazy with these.
Let me introduce what I have on my feet.
Fresh off my socks.
These just came off my feet.
These is super fire.
Louis Vuitton.
Let me just get the baby spin so you can see it.
Just see the different cuddle designs.
These caught my attention off rip.
When I saw them, I knew I needed to have these.
So I got these, different.
Now these other pair of sneakers
I'm gonna bring out same to Louis Vuitton,
but you just see how different the style is.
That's what I love about Louis Vuitton.
Their style is different.
You see the difference between the two shoes.
This, this looks completely different.
And then you see the style
between this and they're both classy.
It gives me a classy feel, this is like, you know what?
Jay Z is throwing a rock nation party.
I might just come through and throw these on you.
Fit this on and show him what I got on my feet.
I'm a big fan of Louis Vuitton for sure.
And outside Baba might throw in the right jeans,
nice Louis belt,
nice T-shirt,
maybe like a scarf around the head or around the neck maybe.
Or if I'm going to like an event,
or like a...
Or something important and professional,
don't want to baby suit,
probably flex these with a suit,
telling me know the right suit.
I gotta get an all-white suit on.
My late Daddy Yankee, who knows, you?
I might pull it off, you'll be surprised.
I basically made the Louis Vuitton style relevant.
Let me just finish it off with these
and probably one or maybe two or three times too different.
I like these a lot.
For example,
the symbols on the corner right here, ridiculous.
If you look closely, it looks like a checkerboard.
There's different shades of gray, light gray on the sneaker.
You could barely see it from a distance.
You have to literally look up close.
That's why it's just so dope to me,
the material isn't cheap.
You know, it feels authentic.
Alright, it feels stink,
but it's still authentic.
You know, I wore them twice,
probably bad days when I put them on,
I'm probably sweating,
[beep]
but it's cool.
Now I'm gonna go to my Gucci collection.
These are the slides.
I think this came up recently,
so I definitely had to get these.
I don't really see too many people with these.
That's a good thing.
I want to keep it like that,
but, super fire.
You see that, I think this is the Apple,
super fire, love the club.
Of course I have to get the bucket hat to go with it.
You see the bucket hat probably to fit my head,
is just a little big, but super swaggy.
You feel me?
I could probably go to that.
Like, I don't know Island
or something with this and just different vibes.
You understand me, you see what I'm giving to y'all
and I can't believe they said I had no swag is crazy.
I'm going to finish up the collection.
As you can see everything I showed you has the same design.
I can think these are like
literally like the only, as far as foot footwear
this is like what came out for the collection?
And I had to definitely top it off with this.
This is a little more classier.
If I'm wearing it
it has to be like a right type of gathering.
And I gotta be around the right people to bring these out.
This is not something I'm gonna bring around just anybody.
You know, like there's certain name
brands that they try to go above
and beyond to make their product look unique.
And sometimes they do too much.
This, it just feels like, it feels organic.
You know it feels fun.
I like this, it feels fun.
And that's why I like it.
So overall, what I just showed you guys
when it comes to my Gucci collection
that's probably like the classy, effortless, flashy feel.
Gucci's where I go and I could go
gaze showing you guys my collection
but this is just a part of a new
collection that I got recently.
Next I'm going to step into the Dior world.
I do it myself, so I Dior myself.
I saw them then I knew on flip I had to get them.
I have a Dior shirt that goes with it,
but this is probably the only piece
of Dior I have as far as sneakers and footwear go,
and I'm not mad at it at all.
You see this,
see for Christian, fire, it gives you a different feel.
This gives me more of like a positive,
yet again, classy feel,
but a different type of classy, this is like unique classy.
Like we won't see too many pieces like this.
And that's why I got this big fan.
So this collection is from a Versace collection.
Versace is dope, compared to the other Versace's I got
it gives me a comfortable feel
almost like a high end skecher type of feel.
Cause I don't want to downplay these sneakers in the brand,
but they're other sneakers I have,
they have like exotic designs
on it and the laces are different,
these sneakers it's like, it just feels natural,
You know? And I love these sneakers a lot.
It's comfortable, and the overall design
is dope to me to Versace here on the tongue.
And then you see the head,
like at the bottom of the shoe, it's dope.
You can't go wrong with a Versace, never.
These sneakers right here, I only wore them once.
I'm very touchy on these sneakers because it
didn't deserve to go through what they went through,
you understand me?
But, you know, accidents happen,
You've got friends that have knucklehead sometimes
and they don't understand the drip that's really going
on in the room.
Sometimes they just get too ahead of themselves
and he spilled the wrong thing when your sneakers
and then you can wear your sneakers anymore.
That's what happens.
I'm not sure if you guys have had that happen to you,
but that's what happened to these sneakers.
It's not laced up, but I wore these for my Spanglish video.
I love the name brand and I love high end fashion.
When people think of Javan,
she didn't think of something exotic
or just something that jumps out to you.
And with these, it just gave me like a comfortable vibe.
I don't have sneakers
like this and it's like a little pocket.
You can just throw your funding, it's built like a sock,
and I didn't clean this up and maybe get a different pair,
but this is just a glimpse of my sneaker collection.
I'm a sneaker head.
You understand me?
When it comes to sneakers, I need them.
It's like the skin of my body, basically.
I love you guys.
You got it done, I'm out of here.