-It's nice to see you, bud. -Good to see you, man.
-Good to see you. Look here on the cover of "GQ"
right here. Look. Come on. That's what I'm talking about.
Men of the year. I have to ask you this.
I watched you last night. I was watching the Knick game.
The Knicks won, by the way. Hey, Knicks.
And I was watching you at the game.
That must have been exciting. And something happened to you
that I think is a nightmare for me
is if you get courtside seats, you go, "Oh, this is fantastic,"
but you never want to get in anyone's way or anything.
And a ball hit your drink.
And not only just hit your drink,
but the drink exploded or something.
I've never seen anything like --
Can we just take a look at what happened?
-Take a look at the ball here as it comes off of Quickley.
Bang, right there. -Oh, wow. That's a geyser.
-I mean, that was -- It looked like you shook that can up.
-Oh, he's just going to open up another can.
-Then you open -- [ Laughter ]
So you bring your own cans to the game?
-Yeah. I got this drink called Cacti.
It's amazing. [ Cheers and applause ]
Okay. -So you show up with a Cacti?
-Yeah, I had Cacti, and I was drinking it.
You know, they are basketball players.
They're not football players.
So they might not have the best hands in the world.
And, you know, it's crazy because I was thinking, like,
all night, I was like, "Man, it's crazy.
Like, this ball is getting a little bit close all night."
I was like, "It's no way they're going --
this thing is going to hit me."
So I was talking to my friend,
and sure enough, here comes the basketball. Pow!
And it was crazy because it went all over my friend
and he was like, "Yo." -It went like two feet high.
-Yeah, it was crazy. It just like erupted because,
you know, it hit my thumb. So it hit like the perfect spot.
And then it just like exploded.
And I was really trying not to, like, have it spill on me.
So I was, like, holding it out.
-Wait, you're having it fall over the court?
You're like, "I don't want anything on me.
Yeah, I don't care if it gets --" But then I love
that you're just so chill about it and cool about it.
You go, "I'm just gonna open up another one."
[ Laughter ]
I'm like, "Come on, bud." There's so many things
I want to talk to you about. First of all, congrats on --
You're just such a creative mind.
But you make these Nikes. You design your own Nike shoes.
Now look at this. Look at this. [ Cheers and applause ]
This is what I'm talking about here.
Now, what are these called right here?
-These are the Mac Attacks.
These are the -- -You and John McEnroe.
I saw you on the Internet. Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I mean, does that blow your mind that you designed these?
-Yeah. No. It's dope. It's crazy because, man, I was --
I'm glad you got the right ones because, you know,
messing with John, he tries to, like, whack my name out.
We got this thing going on,
and I think I'm going to see him tonight when I see him on...
-Yeah. Yeah, yeah. No. Exactly.
I mean, when you do this do you, you had the reverse swoosh.
That's your thing on these Nikes.
Now, when you pitch this to Nike,
do they go, "No, that's our logo, dude"?
-You know, I mean, it's an amazing company.
You know, and it's a fun time.
They understand me and they're amazing.
And I like to just throw out ideas and it's never --
you know, I always tell like, you know, friends
and even just fans and even just kids, like,
always throw out the wildest ideas,
no matter if you get shot down, you know.
You know, the dumbest question is a question not asked.
So I just try anything and then, you know,
we just work together and figure it out.
-So you're like, "Can I put this reverse swoosh?"
and they're like, "We'll figure it out maybe."
-Yeah, exactly.
-And you came out with these shoes the other day
and I think they sold out in minutes.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -That's fantastic, dude.
[ Cheers and applause ]
They make the best shoes.
They also give a lot back.
They do a lot for kids too. I know. I follow them.
They do stuff with Doernbecher and stuff like that.
Nike's good stuff. These are great.
Are these -- -I gotta get you right.
Hold on. Let me see.
-Are these my size? -Yeah. This is you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-That's it. Dude, I can retire.
-Yeah, there you go. -I can retire tonight right now.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you, bud. I appreciate it. Thank you very much.
That's what I'm talking about.
Hey, thank you, pal.
[ Cheers and applause ]
It says, "To Jimmy Kimmel, you're my favorite."
Well, that's close enough. Close enough.
[ Laughter ]
Bud, first of all, I couldn't even help noticing,
by the way, what you have on your wrist there.
-Yeah, man, it's crazy. I make music,
but I've been making a lot of crazy stuff lately.
I made this watch for Audemars.
-Look at this.
[ Cheers and applause ]
It's amazing. Do you --
I mean, do you think as a kid when you go like,
"Oh, my gosh, like," do you remember getting Nikes
when you were a kid and going like --
That's a big deal. That makes my whole year
when I was a kid. -Yeah, my mom and dad,
they did everything to try to make sure
I had, like, some good shoes on my feet.
So yeah, I had like some Jordan 12s and 4s.
I still -- My mom still has them, like, randomly
just put up. They're so dirty and busted.
-Yeah, you gotta keep 'em.
It's such a big deal. -Yeah.
-And look, now you're designing watches and everything.
I mean, it's all great.
Congrats on "Utopia," by the way.
This came out this summer. [ Cheers and applause ]
One of the biggest albums of the year,
number one on the Billboard chart for four weeks.
It was the best-selling hip-hop album of the year.
It's been streamed over 3 billion times.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And is nominated for a Grammy for Best Rap Album.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Come on, bud. That's great.
How'd you find out that it was a nominated for a Grammy?
Do you remember where you were? -I was on tour.
And I was about to go to the venue,
and my guy, my partner in everything I do,
David, he called me. He was like, "Yo,
we're nominated again for the Grammys."
I was like, "Yes! Okay.
This time we got to just bring it home," you know?
-It still mean something to you?
-Oh, yeah. It means a lot to me, you know?
You know, I love music, and, you know, I love the Academy.
I think, you know, some of the most amazing artists
and talented artists -- I've achieved that.
And, you know, as a producer and as a writer
and as a musician, you know, I take music very seriously.
So I, you know, I love it. You know, it's amazing.
-So it'd mean a lot to you if you got it.
I will say there's a lot of great features on this album.
You have Drake on this album.
You have The Weeknd, you have Bad Bunny, you have SZA,
you have Beyonce on your album. I mean, come on, buddy.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Did you happen to see Beyonce on tour?
-Yeah, I went to the show. Yeah, it was amazing.
-Yeah, she's -- I think they might have used
your song in the show at one point.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. She does.
It's actually crazy. I never knew it was in the show.
I seen it and I, like, turned to Jay and he looked at me.
He was like...
-You just performed two sold-out Brooklyn shows.
Tonight you're at Madison Square Garden.
In Brooklyn two nights ago, you sang your song "FE!N"
10 times in a row. -Yeah.
-Sorry. So sorry.
You sang your song "FE!N" 10 times in a row.
What made you do that? And what made you stop doing it?
I mean, you just go, "Let's do it one more time"?
-Man, I have, like, the best fans in the world,
and I, you know, I go off the energy they give me.
And they were wild that night. And so I just got even wilder.
Tonight I plan on going even crazier in MSG.
I want to -- [ Cheers and applause ]
-You do nothing but that song. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-You should do the song 30 times.
-Yeah, it might be that. -Yeah, it might happen.
Congrats on everything, buddy.
Always good to see you. Thank you so much.
Thank you for the sneakers too.
I appreciate this.
Travis Scott, everybody. "Utopia is out now."
We're talking to Joe Keery after the break.
Stick around. Come on back.