Playboi Carti Unveils Nike TN Allegedly Meant For Drake
At the end of August, a new which a Nike designer, posting to Instagram, said was ‘ Spin on the OG.’ The IG has been deleted for reasons only now apparent, but you can see a screenshot below.
Usually you’d take Instagram intel with a few grains of salt. But this post came from Sean McDowell, designer of the and current VP of design and innovation. If anyone had inside knowledge on a sneaker Drake was working on, it would be McDowell.
However, any links to Drake are now out the window. Playboi Carti has just appeared in a video unveiling the pair, which is part of a new ‘Frequency’ pack. The more jaded among you could deduce that the mix-tape featuring TN was meant to be co-signed by Drake, and that recent turmoil then led Nike to supplant his clout with Playboi Carti’s.
Whether that’s true, we’ll probably never know. But you’ll be able to get a pair for yourself when they hit on September 14.