Veeze defends Lil Yachty towards sneaker critics whereas teasing new colorways of the controversial shoe.
Lil Yachty’s frequent collaborator Veeze is standing up for him following his latest conflict with a sneaker critic who beforehand trashed his Concrete Boys collaboration with Nike.
In his newest sequence of Instagram Story posts, the Detroit rapper spoke out towards the rising discourse surrounding Lil Boat primarily based on his interplay with Portland content material creator Bimma Williams. Within the string of posts he shared, Veeze confirmed what seems to be unreleased colorways of Lil Yachty’s Concrete Boys Air Pressure One sneaker — that Williams beforehand clowned for resembling a “normal launch” from the sportswear big.
“They like to hate on my lil brotha,” Veeze wrote within the story put up. “Imma a take up for him each time dweebs don’t perceive we get our swag from actual style makers and the dope boys we grew up round.”
Veez continued in a separate story, writing, “Bloggers be goofy. I do know y’all speak for shock worth.”
He concluded, noting the longevity his Atlanta rap counterpart has created for himself almost a decade after his viral banger “Minnesota” catapult him into the forefront of the mainstream seemingly in a single day.
“Y’all ought to be proud and actuality most rappers that grew to become wealthy whereas nonetheless a teen not right here right this moment,” he wrote.
Yachty and Williams, who has beforehand labored for manufacturers reminiscent of Nike and adidas, had been concerned in an express back-and-forth throughout a panel dialogue that occured earlier this month at Complexcon. The dust-up was kicked off when Lil Boat was tipped off to William’s presence within the crowd, which prompted a curse phrase crammed rant.
“Everybody has their very own tackle a sneaker,” Yachty started. “So if I need to make an Air Pressure and I need it to be white and blue—when you don’t prefer it, that’s cool, however the best way he tried to make it appear as if like ‘this n###a can’t make a shoe as a result of he doesn’t respect the tradition,’ what the f##ok are you speaking about n###a?”
Yachty continued, “I’ve been into this sneaker s##t for 15 years, after I had 5 cents to my identify. I can let you know about any type of shoe. What are you speaking about? You clearly don’t know my historical past on sneakers and the way concerned I’m on this s##t.”
