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Jordan Brand Celebrates Air Jordan XI’s 25th Anniversary by Revealing Two New Sneakers

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4 months ago

December 11, 2020

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Jordan Brand is celebrating 25 years of the Air Jordan XI with the release of two new sneakers. The latest releases are the Air Jordan XI Jubilee and the Air Jordan XI Adapt.

The Air Jordan XI Adapt which takes the silhouette of Jordan’s future takes Tinker Hatfield’s classic XI design. The pair is laceless and brings in the Nike Adapt power lacing technology.

The Air Jordan Jubilee pays tribute to Air Jordan’s rich past. The pair has a metallic jumpman logo and an embroidered heel; embroidered with a silver “23”. The shoe has ‘JORDAN’ on the eyelets and “25” printed on the insoles to celebrate 25 years of excellence. The tongue has a special stitched “JUMPMAN” and “JORDAN” tag.

“Where the Air Jordan XI Jubilee celebrates the rich history of the Air Jordan XI, the Adapt iteration takes the silhouette into Jordan Brand’s future. By folding in the best of Nike technology, we’ve delivered on Tinker’s original vision of the Air Jordan XI, while simultaneously offering wearers the most personalized Jumpman shoes to date.” says Jordan Brand VP/ Chief Design Officer, Martin Lotti.

Using Nike Adapt App, users can customize the Adapt buttons on the shoe’s midsole through customizing their colour scheme and flashing pattern. Nike Adapt technology has previously featured in Nike performance basketball products and Nike sportswear.

The Air Jordan XI Jubilee drops on December 12 on SNKRS in sizes for the entire family, and the Air Jordan XI Adapt drops December 30 on SNKRS.

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Woman Finally Has the Gorilla Glue Taken off Her After a Four-Hour Surgery

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2 months ago

February 12, 2021

Nicole Calier

Woman Finally Has the Gorilla Glue Taken off Her After a Four-Hour Surgery

Tessica Brown, the woman who was to sue the Gorilla Glue company after she used the glue on her hair, has finally found relief. The woman eventually underwent a four-hour surgery that took the aggressive agent from her hair.

The publication TMZ was present during the whole procedure. They did not just sit and watched, but they rather filmed the entire procedure showing the making of the mixture that the plastic surgeon used to remove the Gorilla Glue from Brown’s hair.

🚨 The Gorilla Glue is finally out of Tessica Brown’s hair 🚨 https://t.co/GCn3VqTu9A pic.twitter.com/ZVRDDloUTF
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 11, 2021

The plastic surgeon, Dr. Michael Obeng, used a mixture made of a medical-grade adhesive remover, acetone, aloe vera, and olive oil. The procedure would typically cost $12,500, but Tessica Brown was lucky to have it done on her for no charge at all!

After the procedure, Tessica was so relieved at having the glue out of her hair. As she ran her hands through her hair, even Dr. Obeng seemed like he got emotional watching her savor the feeling.

Gorilla Glue company finally had a sigh of relief. After they heard that Jessica Brown had finally had the glue removed out of her hair, they released a comment stating, “We are glad that Miss Brown was able to be treated, and we hope that she is doing well.”

The story had lit up the internet with Tessica Brown’s video threatening to sue the Gorilla Glue company posted on her handle on TikTok. Tessica Brown had used the glue after running out of her regular hair spray, making her hair stay in the same condition for a month.

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You can have a look at some of the reaction from Twitter below:

Ghanaian-American plastic surgeon, Dr Michael Obeng (a plastic surgeon and all-round smart man) rescues Tessica Brown from glue hell… https://t.co/wLsh8ZfRLW pic.twitter.com/2t6kK6Xqi7
— Ottilia Anna MaSibanda (@MaS1banda) February 11, 2021

The fact that Tessica still has both hair AND Edges. & is getting a wig from Tae. Black people are amazing. That doctor is Black excellence.
— Beyoncé Of Marketing✨ (@JunaeBrown) February 11, 2021

Open Hair Surgery!#TessicaBrown’s hair made it. It’s a modern day miracle. #gorrilagluegirl no more. 😅 pic.twitter.com/ezI5IitSxW
— Femi Oke (@FemiOke) February 11, 2021

I'm not exactly sure why it brings me so much joy (perhaps it's the trauma many black woman have re: our hair) that a Ghanaian surgeon, Dr Obeng, was able to help Tessica Brown get that glue out of her hair. #sweetrelief
— Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe (@MsAngelineTW) February 11, 2021

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P Diddy Sues Sean John’s Clothing Company for $25 Million for Using His Image on Ads

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2 months ago

February 8, 2021

Nicole Calier

P Diddy Sues Sean John's Clothing Company for $25 Million for Using His Image on Ads

P Diddy is suing Sean John’s clothing company for using his image on their adverts without his consent. The lawsuit, which is not the first lawsuit Diddy had against the clothing company, was filed at Manhattan, New York, on Thursday 4th (Feb). The clothing company, Global Brands Group, allegedly teamed up with UK based women’s clothing company, Missguided. The two then used Diddy’s images, name ad likeness to promote the brand.

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The lawsuit reads, “The SJ/Missguided Agreement was entered into without Mr. Combs’s knowledge, approval, or consent,” the case reads. “And Mr. Combs has never endorsed the GBG Collection, which is branded ‘Sean john x Missguided’ and ‘Sean John x Missguided.’ Mr. Combs has neither granted Defendants the right to use his name, image, likeness, or persona in conjunction with the GBG Collection, nor has he agreed to make a public statement or appearance in support of the GBG Collection.”

Diddy’s legal team is suing Sean John for false endorsement, misappropriation of likeness, and violating his publicity rights. The $25 million lawsuit will be looking to recover any damages that may arise, the profits they will get, and attorney fees that Diddy will incur.

GBG and Diddy have HD other legal issues in the past. This happened last year when GBG used the phrase ‘Vote or Die’ that Diddy had made famous on the Citizen Change political service group in 2004.

Diddy who founded Sean John in 1998, and later went on to sell majority stake to GBG in 2016, is yet to release an official comment on the matter to his fans.

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Everything You Need to Know About Sneaker Bots 2021

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3 months ago

January 29, 2021

Nicole Calier

Everything You Need to Know About Sneaker Bots 2021

Sneaker bots are a heavily discussed topic within the sneakers society. This topic tends to divide this community with some disagreeing with the sneaker bot practice. But what is all the buzz really about? What are sneaker bots?

Let’s look at all this, and more on, all you need to know about sneaker bots.

What Are Sneaker Bots?

These are programs that automatically purchase limited sneakers as soon as they go on sale online. The programs responsible for making this happen run on high-speed servers, with incredibly fast internet connections. They can put sneakers into the online cart in a matter of seconds and quickly buy them. This happens really fast, and within a short time, a large stock of sneakers could suddenly appear sold out.

At 21 years old, Ari Sarafyan, owns a cook group dubbed AK Chefs and a resale shop called Private Exhbit that is soon to launch. Ari works with his brother, Lawrence, who has also been a part of the sneaker reselling operation for a while. The two have been conducting their sneakers business in a warehouse in Northern New Jersey, where they own a garage packed of neatly stacked sneakers.

Ari, who is the man behind this brand, began reselling sneakers seven years ago. His business activities do not only consist of reselling sneakers but also helping out and facilitating other resellers.

He first started with reselling Air Jordans and Nikes later on then included other brands such as NMDs, Ultra Boosts, and Yeezys. It was slow at first with him making $400-$500 a month in profit. But a year later he rippled to $1,000 a month, and in 3 years, he was making $3,000 a month.

In his sixth year, he made profits of up to $6,000 a month. A year after that, his earnings have only been growing higher.

How Can You Join the Sneaker Bot Practice?

To venture into the sneaker bot practice, you first have to join a decent cook group, which is generally a Discord group where resellers trade information.

This will help you find out which items you can resell; since there’s more to sell than sneakers including stuff, like sports cards, Pokemon cards and more.

You then need to get a bot. You may be able to purchase a bot that is being resold, which could cost you close to $300-$500 a year. There’s plenty of bots in the market such as one called Cyber, which goes for $7k, and another called Wraith, for $8k or Balko, which costs $3K, and many more.

And if you don’t have a good computer, you may need to get a server as well. This may cost you around $80- $100 a month. Using proxies helps you hide your identity and IP address from websites, so you don’t get blocked as a reseller. This too may cost you around $100-$150 a month.

You will also need to pay about $30 a month for Gmails which are used to help bypass CAPTCHAs on retailers’ websites. Nike’s SNKRS cost $1.50 an account, and since the SNKRS accounts are constantly always getting banned, you could actually end up spending more.

The overall cost for everything you need could sum up to $800-$1,000 per month, but if you venture into reselling sneakers, you may end up gathering up to $600 in monthly profits.

Before getting into reselling sneakers, you need to understand that it will take a while before your business fully picks up. You’re not going to get enormous profits overnight.

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Cardi B Teases New Reebok Neon Colorways Collaboration on Her Instagram

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3 months ago

January 23, 2021

Martin Tremblay

Cardi B is back with another Reebok collaboration, and this time they are going neon. The rapper teased the new collaboration on her Instagram.

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The Insta post was a picture of the WAP” hitmaker holding a neon pink Reebok shoe. The caption read, “My next @reebok drop is going to be sooo bute & fun!!!! can’t wait!!!! I wish I can put it on right now! I mean I could, but I wanna wait!! Who ready?”

The sneaker takes inspiration from streetwear styles. It has high-shine patent uppers and a see-through lifted midsole. The neon pink colorways will drop on February 12 a.m. ET.

Along with the neon pink, a neon yellow version and an all-white version will be released on the same day. The shoes will be going for a retail price of $100 on Reebok.com.

Also dropping are her other Reebok collabs, the sold-out Club C and Coated Double C Double. These will be released on February 5.

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The two silhouettes will come in Hi-Vis Green, Dynamic Pink, and White colorways. The Club C Cardi for kids and infants, which will be selling for $45, will be in a Classic Pink colorway.