May 13, 2020 • 23 mins
Yeezy Busta speaks on sneakers finally beginning to release after being postponed and how sneakers can make you money!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's going on, guys. Welcome to another episode of Legit Check.
I'm your host, Easy Busta who it's uh. It's been
a rough couple of weeks, and every week we just
get more and more. You know, I hope that things
are going to open back up. And you know, we've
had a couple of sneaker releases, which is good, and
(00:22):
a couple of updates on some sneakers, so that means
that slowly things are starting to get better because everything
was getting delayed indefinitely, which is really really sad um.
Last week we had the drop of the Air Jordan
five fire reds, and you know, they're actually reselling a
little bit. And I didn't think that they would resell
(00:45):
because they had like a shock drop kind of like
a couple of weeks before and they sat for a while,
and now this time they sold out and I think
they're going for about fifty to eighty dollars over retail,
which is, you know, not bad, but you know, with
tax and everything, you end up only making like thirty bucks.
But still it's great fire Red obviously classic color way.
(01:07):
I think maybe part of the reason why that shoe
is doing so well is because of the Michael Jordan's
documentary that has been playing over the last few weeks.
A lot of people have been watching, and a lot
of sneakers have been going crazy because that like the
(01:27):
Jordan one Chicago's, which used to be like a seven
to eight hundred dollar shoes now going for like thirteen
right after the episodes of The Last Dance came out
came out, I think that's what it's called. It's called
The Last Dance. I'm pretty sure. I'm not exactly sure.
I actually haven't watched it, and I have made it
a goal of mine to watch the whole series all
(01:49):
the way through. I definitely should, I should keep up
to date on my Jordan's history. But I have enjoyed
all the memes that have come out of it thus far,
and I'm sure I'll understand them more when actually start
watching it. So definitely on my to do list for Quarantine.
But I hope all you guys are doing well back
at home. I know it's a real rough time right
now for everybody. It's not just for you guys, it's
(02:11):
you know, for me and for pretty much everyone I know,
and um, the least I could do is just give
you guys some content, and your boy hasn't posted again
in a month. I told myself I wouldn't do that again,
but I'm kind of a perfectionist with everything, and whenever
I make a video, I will literally scrap it on
the spot if I don't even like like one small
(02:31):
part of it. And it's really frustrating because I'll film
and edit for hours and then I'll end up not
liking it and I have to scrap the whole thing
and that's literally just like ten, ten fifteen hours just wasted.
So I apologize, but we'll be getting on the content
grind coming soon. But I'm really happy that you guys
are tuning in every week for legit check. It makes
(02:54):
me really happy that you guys are listening. We have
gotten a absurd amount of new listeners. Shout out to
all you guys. I appreciate you guys, and they will
be and you give away coming soon. So for everyone
that's listening, that's here from the giveaway that I did
on YouTube for the Off White Fives. The winner will
actually be announced this weekend. I think if the day
(03:17):
I'm recording this makes sense, then it should be announced
this weekend. So shout out to all you guys who
downloaded the podcast, because this was one of the main
parts of the giveaway, and I hope you guys stick
around and actually, you know, enjoy and listen to the podcast,
especially during these hard times. If you guys are just
chilling at home and getting some work done and you
guys just wanna hear me talk about sneakers and kind
(03:38):
of like the world as a whole, then make sure
you guys tune in. But this week has been not
the most eventful week in sneakers besides the fire Reds
of course. Um some Jordans are going up. I noticed,
like bred ones are going up, and um some I
forgot what else is going up, But like just because
(03:59):
of the last days, and one sneaker that I'm so
excited for it is dropping at the end of this month,
Fingers Crossed is the Chunky Donkey Nike sp So it
is a collab that Nike is doing with Ben and Jerry's.
I love Ben and Jerry's I always have And as
you guys can tell by how thick I am, I
(04:21):
love Ben and Jerry's a little bit too much. So
I think that Wow, I definitely I'm gonna get clowned
for that. But anyway, Um, the Chunky Donkeys are coming
out at the end of May, which is not confirmed yet,
I think, but they were actually supposed to come out
at the beginning of May and they never dropped. And
I guess the only sneaker releases that really happened over
(04:44):
the last few weeks were the fire Reads and some
gr stuff and then the um the four twenty like
reverse skunks. I don't know exactly what they're calling them,
but I mean, I guess there are a reverse skunks,
and I think that's like the best way to describe them.
But those shoes are going for astronomical amounts of money.
(05:06):
They're going for four to five thousand dollars, which blows
my mind. I mean, it doesn't make sense though, because
they're so limited. There's only four pairs because of the
holiday four twenty, which is kind of funny to me.
Um that Nike makes the shoe every year for weed.
I actually I don't smoke myself, so I don't partake
in those activities, but I think that the sneaker that
(05:29):
comes out in four twenty every year is normally pretty dope,
so I'll give them that. That's my celebration of four twenties,
like looking at new sneakers and hopefully trying to get them.
But the reverse gunks are sick. I can't believe they're
going for that much money. I really thought that they
would go for like, you know, one to two thousand
because of how rare they are. But I mean, as
bees are so hype right now that you know things
can go for pretty much anything, like it's it's it's crazy.
(05:52):
I have some as Bees that I bought for I
think three to four hundred dollars and now they're going
for for over like hundred to two thousand dollars, which
actually blows my mind, like crazy. I I bought them
not thinking that they were going to be an investment.
I bought them because I genuinely liked them. I'm like, well,
these are like sick. I I have a feeling that
(06:13):
like these are gonna be the next thing, and what
do you know, Like the Stuicy Dunks, for example, I
bought those for four so that's like the most expensive
sp I bought, and those are going for I think
two thousand in my size. And then um, another shoe
that I bought was the Uncle Dunk shout out my
boy Ryan Cooper for who give me up on those?
(06:35):
If you're listening, UH appreciates you. I got those for
fift hundred, which is actually pretty a pretty good price
considering now they go for three thousand. I bought Papa
Bear Nike Highs, nikesb Highs for how much did I
buy those four? I think I bought them for six hundred.
I think how much I bought them, and I think
(06:57):
those are going for twelve hundred now, Like it's crazy.
Sbs are going through the roof and I have no
intention of selling any of my shoes. I I've worn
most of them, but it's just like crazy to me.
And I bought them at a good time, so you know,
I was pretty happy about that. There's only one SB
that I actually bought for an investment, just because I
wanted to test the market and see exactly like how
(07:21):
it works. Because everyone's always saying like, no matter what
Travis Scott wears, it's gonna go up, which for the
most part, it has been true. Like even like the
Stuicy I don't even know what they're called. I gotta
look this up because this is gonna bother me. But
literally Um, they're kind of an ugly shoe. Honestly. I
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mean I think it's cool, but it's a very like
dad looking shoe that I did not expect people to like. Um,
it's a very like New Balance E looking shoe, but
I don't know. I think it was cool, but it
was kind of ugly at the same time, it was
the Nike air Zoom Spirid Dawns. So it's the stucy
fossil color ways of the Cage two or whatever. Now
(08:03):
that should dropped for a hundred and sixty dollars and
it's going for three four hundred bucks because Travis warre
him and I think there's a new color way coming out,
which I don't really like as much. But anyway, getting
back on track, like pretty much everything he wears people
go crazy for, so he's like the big you know,
everything hype is around him. So one thing that I
decided to do kind of as a social experiment, um
(08:27):
as soon as Travis or the Nike Bucks. So the
Nike uh okay, yes, the Nike dunk as b Low Bucks.
So I actually had a pair of Bucks before this picture.
I genuinely thought they were so dope. Green is my
favorite color, and he has b or a sneaker that
has green on it. I will probably buy it just
(08:48):
because of the color. And like, I love green. Um,
it's not my favorite. Shaded green, military green or olive
green or whatever you guys want to call it is
my favorite. But I had a pair of those that
I had worn, and those shoes are from two thousand
and two, I want to say, or two thousand three,
I think I think it might be two thousand three.
(09:09):
And um, they were going for I think, um, how
much were they going for? When I bought my pair,
I bought them for like two fifty, so like almost nothing.
And and then when Travis war him for he warm
in an Instagram photo and I was like, oh, Dawn,
like these are about to go up. So as a
(09:30):
social experiment, I went on and go and I bought
five pairs, just like five random sizes like that minute
and I bought five pairs and I just kept them
in my room. And now let's see how much they're
going for. I think I bought each pair for like
three fifty or something like that. Now, um, the lowest
I could sell them for is eight fifty, which is
(09:52):
crazy to me. And some of the smaller sizes, I
can sell them for like up to which is insane.
So guys like certain as bees are always going to
be hot, like the bucks have like some history behind them.
I'm pretty sure that I can't remember the exact history
behind the Buck, but I think that here let's see,
(10:13):
let's let's have some little like sneaker history lesson. Let's
have a little sneaker history lesson right now. So let's
see S B dunk Low Buck. So I I'm pretty
sure that um that, like I think Phil Knight designed
them or something. It was like his favorite true or something.
I can't remember, but okay, let's read the dunk Low
(10:36):
pro as B. Buck pays tribute to Nike co founder
Phil Knight, who's alma mater of the University of Oregon,
inspires the shoes green and yellow color way. The heel
tab features in brodery of the name Buck, a nickname
that's stuck with Knight from childhood to college. Okay, so
I was a little bit off, but it was inspired
by the by Oregon's colorway, so green and yellow, and
(10:56):
then I had the word Buck, which was Phil Knight's nickname,
which is really really cool. And that's weird because on
on stock X it says they came out in two
thousand three, but on go To assays two thousand and four.
So let's see who's right. I'm actually I'm not sure.
Let me go take a look at my pair and
(11:18):
see what the production date was, because they should probably
say that on the inside. On this one. I'm just kidding.
Of course they say that. So the production date is
two thousand and three, so October three, so that means
they probably dropped two thousand four. And it says they
dropped on New Year, so January one, two thousand four,
(11:38):
So I think it is correct in this one, unless
I don't know, maybe there's a friends and family thing
that dropped before that. But on my parent at least
that says they dropped in they were created at the
end of two thousand and three, so that's true. It
was a little um kind of social experiment. I wouldn't
say social experiment, I'd say an investing experiment. And that's
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something that I want to show you guys, because I
think it's really important for people to not only like
obviously like collecting sneakers is a big thing, like everyone
loves their shoes. I love my shoes. I have such
a hard time selling anything in my collection and I
really don't have any intention of selling anything, especially if
it's in my size. I have some shoes that are
(12:21):
not in my size that I have gotten rid of, um,
just because I'm like, you know, why do I even
need the shoe. There's only a couple of shoes that
are not in my size that I will never sell
just because of like a sentimental value or you know
where I got them, and uh, like here, I'll give
you guys an example. So I went to Astra world
Fest this year, or I guess, and um, I was
(12:46):
there with my boy Andre. He's the one who hooked
it up with some passes. So shout out to Dre
a k Croatian style and um, we went to the
concert amazing. We had like v I p every thing backstage.
It was done. We had, we had a great time. Um,
it was really cool to see um Check West, Don Toliver,
(13:10):
um all them goos. It was cool, like, um, they're
frequent like clients of ours and um, so like it
was cool to see them. And then obviously Travis, Um,
I saw Kylie. There a lot of people didn't think
she was gonna be there because it was like right
when the scandal was going on. But um, anyway, so
the concert was great. It went great, and then the
(13:31):
day after we decided to visit Um Travis's new store.
It's called Space Village, and UM basically Blitz had um
Blitz had given Travis like a hundred thousand dollars in
supreme to sell at the store, and so we went
to go check it out. Blah blah blah. And when
(13:52):
we were there, UM, it was like a friends and
family only thing, like at first and then after they
opened it up to the public, but it was like
in possible to get into the store. But they were
selling pretty much all of travis Is sneakers for retail,
which was crazy. And I ended up getting a pair
of Travis Scott Jordan once um in a size nine
and a half. The actually didn't have my size, which
(14:12):
was funny, but I got a nine and a half
And I don't think I'll ever saw that shoe just
because I got it from like Travis's store, and it
actually means something, you know what I mean. Maybe a
lot of you guys will think I'm weird, but I
just feel like the like there is a sentimental value
about sneakers, Like certain shoes I won't wear until I
(14:33):
have a reason to wear them, you know, certain shoes
like I'll just like I'll get them and I'll be
so excited about them that I'll just bust them out
the box and I'll just like put them on my
feet right away. But there are certain shoes where I'm like,
you know what, I'm gonna wait until this concert, or
I'm aa wait until I meet up with this person
or I go to this event, or like whatever. So
I think it's important for people to have like, um,
(14:57):
deeper meaning behind their sneakers. Um. There are some people
who literally just keep them in their room and just
stare at them all day. Like. I don't have any
issue with that. I don't have any issue with people
wearing their shoes to the ground. I know both types
of people. I would say I'm a little bit in between.
I definitely don't wear my shoes into the ground. Yeah
I do. I have certain shoes that I do, But
(15:18):
for the most part, I take a really good care
of my sneakers. UM A lot of the times after
I wear them, all clean them, especially if it's like
a parent that means a lot to me. Um. But
I think the reason why wearing your shoes and having
a sort of sort of story behind them, it just
makes them that much more special, you know, like I
wore these shoes when I met this person or when
I went to this event or like whatever. Like it
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really like adds so much to the shoe. It's not
just like a like a physical possession anymore. It's like
a part of your life, which I think is so cool.
And that's kind of why I love sneakers so much,
because every sneaker kind of has a story behind it,
you know, um, the designer or I mean, like that's
especially why I love sps. I know at this a
million times, but it's because each shoe has like a
(16:03):
story behind it, and the Bucks especially, Like that's such
a good dope story. Like Phil Knight, co founder of Nike.
I think he is he the co founder or the founder.
Let's see co founder and current chairman of Nike. So
let's see who's the founder of Nike. Then I think
it was definitely him, and then who else? Um? And
(16:26):
then Bill Bauerman. Wow, that's a name that you don't
really hear a whole lot. William J. Bill Bowerman was
an American track and field coach and co founder of Nike.
Over his career, he trained thirty one Olympic athletes, fifty
one all Americans, for American record holders, twenty two and
c A double A champions in sixteen sub four minute milers. Wow,
that is sick, but looks like he passed away in
(16:52):
So that was like before Nike really really blew up,
which is crazy, that's sad. So but I guess Nike
was founded in UM. That's pretty incredible actually, but Nike
really really started blowing up in uh wait, no, I'm
tripping Nike was hot in what am I talking about? UM?
(17:18):
But I would say closer to when the Nike really
become huge. Well, obviously, you know Michael Jordan's UM started
in UM. That was like the first shoe first Jordan,
and then before that, UM, I don't know how like
the airships obviously the dunks um. Hm hmm, I wonder
(17:42):
I actually don't know. I should read up a little
bit more on my Nike knowledge. I'm not a Nike encyclopedia,
but I mean it is really interesting. Start should probably
read up on it. But I think that's so dope
how they made a shoe with the word buck on it,
because like that's like what his nickname was, and the
color way of his alma mater, which is Oregon. That's
why Oregon has all the coolest like peas because because
(18:03):
that's where Phil Knight went to college and obviously where
um Nike's headquarters are important in Oregon, so you know,
they we support their home team. The schools that always
have the best p s are Oregon number one, and
then U n C because of Jordan's and then um
Michigan has some really dopees too. I think Florida has
(18:26):
some six P six ps, like the Gators are like
the Georgian ones that have like the croc skin on them.
We're so sick or where was the crocer python? I
can't remember? It was so fire um, but well, yeah,
it's interesting. Like that's why I really think it's important
for people to, you know, have some sort of connection
(18:47):
to the shoes in a sense, but not too much
because then you become a hoarder like me. Um. But anyway, guys,
I mean right now, it's really important for you guys
to understand that you know, if you have any sort
of money laying around or anything. And I know a
lot of you guys don't, like I don't either, like
nobody does. Because of everything that's going on. UM in
(19:09):
the last two months, I have lost out on I
can't even begin to tell you guys how much money
I've lost out on. UM. At the end of the day,
it is my it is my business, and it's important
for me to travel and go do and like you know,
make money because it is my business at the end
of the day. So UM. But you know, I'm blessed
(19:29):
to be in the position that I am, and I'm
so thankful for all you guys listening and everybody who
supports me, because without you, guys like I would be nothing.
So UM, let me just preface it with that. But
if you guys have any sort of like money, um,
any money that you just want to use, because one
thing that I think is really bad is that people
(19:50):
just let money sit in their bank accounts. Obviously, have
enough money in your bank accounts, pay off your credit cards,
your mortgage, and like car payments like whatever it might be.
But the rest of the money, let it work for you,
let it make you money. I think it's so important,
and I feel like I sound like, um, um, what's
his name, ty Lopez? Right now? But go get some
knowledge and invest all your money. I'm just kidding, but um,
(20:14):
you know, sneakers are a great investment. And that's what
I was trying to get up when I was talking
about the SPS earlier. I always get sidetracked, and um,
there's a way that you can exponentially make money from
your sneakers. Like like I'm telling you some like some
shoes I spent under fifty dollars on resale by the way,
Now I didn't get them for retail. I I paid
(20:36):
like two hundred fifty dollars resale for him, and that
can sell them for like a thousand dollars after a year.
So if you think about it, that is a what
return in a year, which is a hell of a
lot better than most stocks. That's all I'm gonna say.
You know, like, I think that there's a way to
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kinda get before the wave so you can really see
like what's gonna be hot. But beside that, I mean,
obviously you guys can invest your money in like stocks. Um,
I have a portfolio myself I've been investing, and quite frankly,
I think it's really important for everybody to have UM
an investment portfolio. And that's why today's sponsor is And
(21:16):
I'm just kidding um no um no sponsor, but UM
I think that it should you guys should definitely take
advantage of like all the um the apps that are
readily available, like at robin Hood or you know, I
don't use robin Hood myself. I use UM. I'm I'm
with Charles Straw, but you know, t d umair Trade
(21:38):
and there's so many, so many like investment platforms, so
you guys can use but learn it make some money
in the meantime, like instead of sitting down and playing
video games and watching Netflix all day. And I am
guilty of it too, don't get me wrong, but UM,
you know, try to find a side hustle. If you've
ever been interested in stocks or investing, like that was
a great time to like really look at it. Um.
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And you know, I hope you guys are staying safe,
like please stay at home. UM. I hope you guys
are all okay financially. I know it's like a really
really rough time right now, but things will get better.
Things are starting to look better already. UM. One thing
that I wanted to mention with you guys is the
masks have been doing amazing. Shout out to all you guys. UM.
(22:22):
Originally I had so I had thousands of them and
I barely have any left now, which is great. And
I've donated all the profits to Feeding America. So with
you with your guys as help, we've actually been able
to donate over a hundred thousand meals. So shout out
to all you guys. If you guys want to buy
a mask, because at an easyBus dot com, it's like
the first thing that you can you see. I am
(22:42):
going to be donating all the profits. It's like the
one way where I've been able to really help out
the community because I think it's really important that you know,
people are fed during this time and you know some
people need a helping hand. And UM, it's at least
I could do because of all the support that you
guys have given me. So I appreciate you guys. Eyes
and UH, make sure you guys are subscribed to UM
(23:05):
this podcast on wherever you guys are listening on my
Heart radio and Spotify, on Apple podcast, Google podcast whatever.
Make sure you guys download all the podcasts and winner
of the off Wi fives will be announced this weekend.
I know I delayed it a little bit. I'm sorry.
I was supposed to make another video, but anyway, it
will be announced this weekend. So I appreciate you guys,
(23:25):
and I'm gonna kid you guys next time on Legit
check Piece
What's going on, guys. Welcome to another episode of Legit Check.
I'm your host, Easy Busta who it's uh. It's been
a rough couple of weeks, and every week we just
get more and more. You know, I hope that things
are going to open back up. And you know, we've
had a couple of sneaker releases, which is good, and
(00:22):
a couple of updates on some sneakers, so that means
that slowly things are starting to get better because everything
was getting delayed indefinitely, which is really really sad um.
Last week we had the drop of the Air Jordan
five fire reds, and you know, they're actually reselling a
little bit. And I didn't think that they would resell
(00:45):
because they had like a shock drop kind of like
a couple of weeks before and they sat for a while,
and now this time they sold out and I think
they're going for about fifty to eighty dollars over retail,
which is, you know, not bad, but you know, with
tax and everything, you end up only making like thirty bucks.
But still it's great fire Red obviously classic color way.
(01:07):
I think maybe part of the reason why that shoe
is doing so well is because of the Michael Jordan's
documentary that has been playing over the last few weeks.
A lot of people have been watching, and a lot
of sneakers have been going crazy because that like the
(01:27):
Jordan one Chicago's, which used to be like a seven
to eight hundred dollar shoes now going for like thirteen
right after the episodes of The Last Dance came out
came out, I think that's what it's called. It's called
The Last Dance. I'm pretty sure. I'm not exactly sure.
I actually haven't watched it, and I have made it
a goal of mine to watch the whole series all
(01:49):
the way through. I definitely should, I should keep up
to date on my Jordan's history. But I have enjoyed
all the memes that have come out of it thus far,
and I'm sure I'll understand them more when actually start
watching it. So definitely on my to do list for Quarantine.
But I hope all you guys are doing well back
at home. I know it's a real rough time right
now for everybody. It's not just for you guys, it's
(02:11):
you know, for me and for pretty much everyone I know,
and um, the least I could do is just give
you guys some content, and your boy hasn't posted again
in a month. I told myself I wouldn't do that again,
but I'm kind of a perfectionist with everything, and whenever
I make a video, I will literally scrap it on
the spot if I don't even like like one small
(02:31):
part of it. And it's really frustrating because I'll film
and edit for hours and then I'll end up not
liking it and I have to scrap the whole thing
and that's literally just like ten, ten fifteen hours just wasted.
So I apologize, but we'll be getting on the content
grind coming soon. But I'm really happy that you guys
are tuning in every week for legit check. It makes
(02:54):
me really happy that you guys are listening. We have
gotten a absurd amount of new listeners. Shout out to
all you guys. I appreciate you guys, and they will
be and you give away coming soon. So for everyone
that's listening, that's here from the giveaway that I did
on YouTube for the Off White Fives. The winner will
actually be announced this weekend. I think if the day
(03:17):
I'm recording this makes sense, then it should be announced
this weekend. So shout out to all you guys who
downloaded the podcast, because this was one of the main
parts of the giveaway, and I hope you guys stick
around and actually, you know, enjoy and listen to the podcast,
especially during these hard times. If you guys are just
chilling at home and getting some work done and you
guys just wanna hear me talk about sneakers and kind
(03:38):
of like the world as a whole, then make sure
you guys tune in. But this week has been not
the most eventful week in sneakers besides the fire Reds
of course. Um some Jordans are going up. I noticed,
like bred ones are going up, and um some I
forgot what else is going up, But like just because
(03:59):
of the last days, and one sneaker that I'm so
excited for it is dropping at the end of this month,
Fingers Crossed is the Chunky Donkey Nike sp So it
is a collab that Nike is doing with Ben and Jerry's.
I love Ben and Jerry's I always have And as
you guys can tell by how thick I am, I
(04:21):
love Ben and Jerry's a little bit too much. So
I think that Wow, I definitely I'm gonna get clowned
for that. But anyway, Um, the Chunky Donkeys are coming
out at the end of May, which is not confirmed yet,
I think, but they were actually supposed to come out
at the beginning of May and they never dropped. And
I guess the only sneaker releases that really happened over
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the last few weeks were the fire Reads and some
gr stuff and then the um the four twenty like
reverse skunks. I don't know exactly what they're calling them,
but I mean, I guess there are a reverse skunks,
and I think that's like the best way to describe them.
But those shoes are going for astronomical amounts of money.
(05:06):
They're going for four to five thousand dollars, which blows
my mind. I mean, it doesn't make sense though, because
they're so limited. There's only four pairs because of the
holiday four twenty, which is kind of funny to me.
Um that Nike makes the shoe every year for weed.
I actually I don't smoke myself, so I don't partake
in those activities, but I think that the sneaker that
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comes out in four twenty every year is normally pretty dope,
so I'll give them that. That's my celebration of four twenties,
like looking at new sneakers and hopefully trying to get them.
But the reverse gunks are sick. I can't believe they're
going for that much money. I really thought that they
would go for like, you know, one to two thousand
because of how rare they are. But I mean, as
bees are so hype right now that you know things
can go for pretty much anything, like it's it's it's crazy.
(05:52):
I have some as Bees that I bought for I
think three to four hundred dollars and now they're going
for for over like hundred to two thousand dollars, which
actually blows my mind, like crazy. I I bought them
not thinking that they were going to be an investment.
I bought them because I genuinely liked them. I'm like, well,
these are like sick. I I have a feeling that
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like these are gonna be the next thing, and what
do you know, Like the Stuicy Dunks, for example, I
bought those for four so that's like the most expensive
sp I bought, and those are going for I think
two thousand in my size. And then um, another shoe
that I bought was the Uncle Dunk shout out my
boy Ryan Cooper for who give me up on those?
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If you're listening, UH appreciates you. I got those for
fift hundred, which is actually pretty a pretty good price
considering now they go for three thousand. I bought Papa
Bear Nike Highs, nikesb Highs for how much did I
buy those four? I think I bought them for six hundred.
I think how much I bought them, and I think
(06:57):
those are going for twelve hundred now, Like it's crazy.
Sbs are going through the roof and I have no
intention of selling any of my shoes. I I've worn
most of them, but it's just like crazy to me.
And I bought them at a good time, so you know,
I was pretty happy about that. There's only one SB
that I actually bought for an investment, just because I
wanted to test the market and see exactly like how
(07:21):
it works. Because everyone's always saying like, no matter what
Travis Scott wears, it's gonna go up, which for the
most part, it has been true. Like even like the
Stuicy I don't even know what they're called. I gotta
look this up because this is gonna bother me. But
literally Um, they're kind of an ugly shoe. Honestly. I
(07:41):
mean I think it's cool, but it's a very like
dad looking shoe that I did not expect people to like. Um,
it's a very like New Balance E looking shoe, but
I don't know. I think it was cool, but it
was kind of ugly at the same time, it was
the Nike air Zoom Spirid Dawns. So it's the stucy
fossil color ways of the Cage two or whatever. Now
(08:03):
that should dropped for a hundred and sixty dollars and
it's going for three four hundred bucks because Travis warre
him and I think there's a new color way coming out,
which I don't really like as much. But anyway, getting
back on track, like pretty much everything he wears people
go crazy for, so he's like the big you know,
everything hype is around him. So one thing that I
decided to do kind of as a social experiment, um
(08:27):
as soon as Travis or the Nike Bucks. So the
Nike uh okay, yes, the Nike dunk as b Low Bucks.
So I actually had a pair of Bucks before this picture.
I genuinely thought they were so dope. Green is my
favorite color, and he has b or a sneaker that
has green on it. I will probably buy it just
(08:48):
because of the color. And like, I love green. Um,
it's not my favorite. Shaded green, military green or olive
green or whatever you guys want to call it is
my favorite. But I had a pair of those that
I had worn, and those shoes are from two thousand
and two, I want to say, or two thousand three,
I think I think it might be two thousand three.
(09:09):
And um, they were going for I think, um, how
much were they going for? When I bought my pair,
I bought them for like two fifty, so like almost nothing.
And and then when Travis war him for he warm
in an Instagram photo and I was like, oh, Dawn,
like these are about to go up. So as a
(09:30):
social experiment, I went on and go and I bought
five pairs, just like five random sizes like that minute
and I bought five pairs and I just kept them
in my room. And now let's see how much they're
going for. I think I bought each pair for like
three fifty or something like that. Now, um, the lowest
I could sell them for is eight fifty, which is
(09:52):
crazy to me. And some of the smaller sizes, I
can sell them for like up to which is insane.
So guys like certain as bees are always going to
be hot, like the bucks have like some history behind them.
I'm pretty sure that I can't remember the exact history
behind the Buck, but I think that here let's see,
(10:13):
let's let's have some little like sneaker history lesson. Let's
have a little sneaker history lesson right now. So let's
see S B dunk Low Buck. So I I'm pretty
sure that um that, like I think Phil Knight designed
them or something. It was like his favorite true or something.
I can't remember, but okay, let's read the dunk Low
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pro as B. Buck pays tribute to Nike co founder
Phil Knight, who's alma mater of the University of Oregon,
inspires the shoes green and yellow color way. The heel
tab features in brodery of the name Buck, a nickname
that's stuck with Knight from childhood to college. Okay, so
I was a little bit off, but it was inspired
by the by Oregon's colorway, so green and yellow, and
(10:56):
then I had the word Buck, which was Phil Knight's nickname,
which is really really cool. And that's weird because on
on stock X it says they came out in two
thousand three, but on go To assays two thousand and four.
So let's see who's right. I'm actually I'm not sure.
Let me go take a look at my pair and
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see what the production date was, because they should probably
say that on the inside. On this one. I'm just kidding.
Of course they say that. So the production date is
two thousand and three, so October three, so that means
they probably dropped two thousand four. And it says they
dropped on New Year, so January one, two thousand four,
(11:38):
So I think it is correct in this one, unless
I don't know, maybe there's a friends and family thing
that dropped before that. But on my parent at least
that says they dropped in they were created at the
end of two thousand and three, so that's true. It
was a little um kind of social experiment. I wouldn't
say social experiment, I'd say an investing experiment. And that's
(12:01):
something that I want to show you guys, because I
think it's really important for people to not only like
obviously like collecting sneakers is a big thing, like everyone
loves their shoes. I love my shoes. I have such
a hard time selling anything in my collection and I
really don't have any intention of selling anything, especially if
it's in my size. I have some shoes that are
(12:21):
not in my size that I have gotten rid of, um,
just because I'm like, you know, why do I even
need the shoe. There's only a couple of shoes that
are not in my size that I will never sell
just because of like a sentimental value or you know
where I got them, and uh, like here, I'll give
you guys an example. So I went to Astra world
Fest this year, or I guess, and um, I was
(12:46):
there with my boy Andre. He's the one who hooked
it up with some passes. So shout out to Dre
a k Croatian style and um, we went to the
concert amazing. We had like v I p every thing backstage.
It was done. We had, we had a great time. Um,
it was really cool to see um Check West, Don Toliver,
(13:10):
um all them goos. It was cool, like, um, they're
frequent like clients of ours and um, so like it
was cool to see them. And then obviously Travis, Um,
I saw Kylie. There a lot of people didn't think
she was gonna be there because it was like right
when the scandal was going on. But um, anyway, so
the concert was great. It went great, and then the
(13:31):
day after we decided to visit Um Travis's new store.
It's called Space Village, and UM basically Blitz had um
Blitz had given Travis like a hundred thousand dollars in
supreme to sell at the store, and so we went
to go check it out. Blah blah blah. And when
(13:52):
we were there, UM, it was like a friends and
family only thing, like at first and then after they
opened it up to the public, but it was like
in possible to get into the store. But they were
selling pretty much all of travis Is sneakers for retail,
which was crazy. And I ended up getting a pair
of Travis Scott Jordan once um in a size nine
and a half. The actually didn't have my size, which
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was funny, but I got a nine and a half
And I don't think I'll ever saw that shoe just
because I got it from like Travis's store, and it
actually means something, you know what I mean. Maybe a
lot of you guys will think I'm weird, but I
just feel like the like there is a sentimental value
about sneakers, Like certain shoes I won't wear until I
(14:33):
have a reason to wear them, you know, certain shoes
like I'll just like I'll get them and I'll be
so excited about them that I'll just bust them out
the box and I'll just like put them on my
feet right away. But there are certain shoes where I'm like,
you know what, I'm gonna wait until this concert, or
I'm aa wait until I meet up with this person
or I go to this event, or like whatever. So
I think it's important for people to have like, um,
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deeper meaning behind their sneakers. Um. There are some people
who literally just keep them in their room and just
stare at them all day. Like. I don't have any
issue with that. I don't have any issue with people
wearing their shoes to the ground. I know both types
of people. I would say I'm a little bit in between.
I definitely don't wear my shoes into the ground. Yeah
I do. I have certain shoes that I do, But
(15:18):
for the most part, I take a really good care
of my sneakers. UM A lot of the times after
I wear them, all clean them, especially if it's like
a parent that means a lot to me. Um. But
I think the reason why wearing your shoes and having
a sort of sort of story behind them, it just
makes them that much more special, you know, like I
wore these shoes when I met this person or when
I went to this event or like whatever. Like it
(15:41):
really like adds so much to the shoe. It's not
just like a like a physical possession anymore. It's like
a part of your life, which I think is so cool.
And that's kind of why I love sneakers so much,
because every sneaker kind of has a story behind it,
you know, um, the designer or I mean, like that's
especially why I love sps. I know at this a
million times, but it's because each shoe has like a
(16:03):
story behind it, and the Bucks especially, Like that's such
a good dope story. Like Phil Knight, co founder of Nike.
I think he is he the co founder or the founder.
Let's see co founder and current chairman of Nike. So
let's see who's the founder of Nike. Then I think
it was definitely him, and then who else? Um? And
(16:26):
then Bill Bauerman. Wow, that's a name that you don't
really hear a whole lot. William J. Bill Bowerman was
an American track and field coach and co founder of Nike.
Over his career, he trained thirty one Olympic athletes, fifty
one all Americans, for American record holders, twenty two and
c A double A champions in sixteen sub four minute milers. Wow,
that is sick, but looks like he passed away in
(16:52):
So that was like before Nike really really blew up,
which is crazy, that's sad. So but I guess Nike
was founded in UM. That's pretty incredible actually, but Nike
really really started blowing up in uh wait, no, I'm
tripping Nike was hot in what am I talking about? UM?
(17:18):
But I would say closer to when the Nike really
become huge. Well, obviously, you know Michael Jordan's UM started
in UM. That was like the first shoe first Jordan,
and then before that, UM, I don't know how like
the airships obviously the dunks um. Hm hmm, I wonder
(17:42):
I actually don't know. I should read up a little
bit more on my Nike knowledge. I'm not a Nike encyclopedia,
but I mean it is really interesting. Start should probably
read up on it. But I think that's so dope
how they made a shoe with the word buck on it,
because like that's like what his nickname was, and the
color way of his alma mater, which is Oregon. That's
why Oregon has all the coolest like peas because because
(18:03):
that's where Phil Knight went to college and obviously where
um Nike's headquarters are important in Oregon, so you know,
they we support their home team. The schools that always
have the best p s are Oregon number one, and
then U n C because of Jordan's and then um
Michigan has some really dopees too. I think Florida has
(18:26):
some six P six ps, like the Gators are like
the Georgian ones that have like the croc skin on them.
We're so sick or where was the crocer python? I
can't remember? It was so fire um, but well, yeah,
it's interesting. Like that's why I really think it's important
for people to, you know, have some sort of connection
(18:47):
to the shoes in a sense, but not too much
because then you become a hoarder like me. Um. But anyway, guys,
I mean right now, it's really important for you guys
to understand that you know, if you have any sort
of money laying around or anything. And I know a
lot of you guys don't, like I don't either, like
nobody does. Because of everything that's going on. UM in
(19:09):
the last two months, I have lost out on I
can't even begin to tell you guys how much money
I've lost out on. UM. At the end of the day,
it is my it is my business, and it's important
for me to travel and go do and like you know,
make money because it is my business at the end
of the day. So UM. But you know, I'm blessed
(19:29):
to be in the position that I am, and I'm
so thankful for all you guys listening and everybody who
supports me, because without you, guys like I would be nothing.
So UM, let me just preface it with that. But
if you guys have any sort of like money, um,
any money that you just want to use, because one
thing that I think is really bad is that people
(19:50):
just let money sit in their bank accounts. Obviously, have
enough money in your bank accounts, pay off your credit cards,
your mortgage, and like car payments like whatever it might be.
But the rest of the money, let it work for you,
let it make you money. I think it's so important,
and I feel like I sound like, um, um, what's
his name, ty Lopez? Right now? But go get some
knowledge and invest all your money. I'm just kidding, but um,
(20:14):
you know, sneakers are a great investment. And that's what
I was trying to get up when I was talking
about the SPS earlier. I always get sidetracked, and um,
there's a way that you can exponentially make money from
your sneakers. Like like I'm telling you some like some
shoes I spent under fifty dollars on resale by the way,
Now I didn't get them for retail. I I paid
(20:36):
like two hundred fifty dollars resale for him, and that
can sell them for like a thousand dollars after a year.
So if you think about it, that is a what
return in a year, which is a hell of a
lot better than most stocks. That's all I'm gonna say.
You know, like, I think that there's a way to
(20:56):
kinda get before the wave so you can really see
like what's gonna be hot. But beside that, I mean,
obviously you guys can invest your money in like stocks. Um,
I have a portfolio myself I've been investing, and quite frankly,
I think it's really important for everybody to have UM
an investment portfolio. And that's why today's sponsor is And
(21:16):
I'm just kidding um no um no sponsor, but UM
I think that it should you guys should definitely take
advantage of like all the um the apps that are
readily available, like at robin Hood or you know, I
don't use robin Hood myself. I use UM. I'm I'm
with Charles Straw, but you know, t d umair Trade
(21:38):
and there's so many, so many like investment platforms, so
you guys can use but learn it make some money
in the meantime, like instead of sitting down and playing
video games and watching Netflix all day. And I am
guilty of it too, don't get me wrong, but UM,
you know, try to find a side hustle. If you've
ever been interested in stocks or investing, like that was
a great time to like really look at it. Um.
(22:01):
And you know, I hope you guys are staying safe,
like please stay at home. UM. I hope you guys
are all okay financially. I know it's like a really
really rough time right now, but things will get better.
Things are starting to look better already. UM. One thing
that I wanted to mention with you guys is the
masks have been doing amazing. Shout out to all you guys. UM.
(22:22):
Originally I had so I had thousands of them and
I barely have any left now, which is great. And
I've donated all the profits to Feeding America. So with
you with your guys as help, we've actually been able
to donate over a hundred thousand meals. So shout out
to all you guys. If you guys want to buy
a mask, because at an easyBus dot com, it's like
the first thing that you can you see. I am
(22:42):
going to be donating all the profits. It's like the
one way where I've been able to really help out
the community because I think it's really important that you know,
people are fed during this time and you know some
people need a helping hand. And UM, it's at least
I could do because of all the support that you
guys have given me. So I appreciate you guys. Eyes
and UH, make sure you guys are subscribed to UM
(23:05):
this podcast on wherever you guys are listening on my
Heart radio and Spotify, on Apple podcast, Google podcast whatever.
Make sure you guys download all the podcasts and winner
of the off Wi fives will be announced this weekend.
I know I delayed it a little bit. I'm sorry.
I was supposed to make another video, but anyway, it
will be announced this weekend. So I appreciate you guys,
(23:25):
and I'm gonna kid you guys next time on Legit
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