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Lil Wayne and Kyrie Irving

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Key Takeaways:

• Lil Wayne acquired Kyrie Irving’s ANTA Hélà Style sneakers and praised the design on Instagram.
• He floated the concept of a future sneaker collaboration, calling it “designer s**t.”
• The Hélà Style “Roots” draw from Kyrie’s Native American heritage and dropped earlier this 12 months.

Lil Wayne desires to collaborate with Kyrie Irving. On Tuesday (July 8), the “A Milli” rapper shouted out the NBA All-Star after receiving a pair of ANTA Hélà Style “Roots” sneakers within the brown colorway.

“Kyrie, man, [I] ‘preciate these motherf**kin’ shoes, the other pair you sent, the hoodie, all that. You blessed me,” Wayne shared on his Instagram Stories. “I f**kin’ love ‘em, though. You know I don’t be wearing too much s**t.”

He continued, “If you had anything to do with designing these, you [are] dirty. We need to collab on some designer s**t ‘cause you know I do a lil’ something.” The sneakers, which are available suede cut up cow leather-based with multi-color laces, are additionally supplied in purple, black, and white on ANTA’s web site. Wayne concluded, “Thank you, brother. I appreciate that.”

According to House of Heat, the Hélà Style attracts inspiration from the Dallas Mavericks participant’s Native American heritage. The sneaker initially dropped throughout NBA All-Star Weekend in February earlier than receiving a wider launch in April.

Wayne, in fact, is a large sneakerhead. He even had a cope with Supra again in 2012. Speaking to Complex’s Joe La Puma about why that collaboration ultimately fell by means of, he defined, “They didn’t need to do what I needed to.”

According to him, “They saw the uprise in the Yeezy shoe at that time, so when they came at me with the idea. It was like, ‘This is the shoe we want to put out.’ I was like, ‘It looks just like Kanye’s s**t.’”

Music-wise, Wayne is at the moment on the highway selling his newest album, Tha Carter VI. It arrived on streaming providers with “Written History” and “Hip-Hop,” plus collaborations with Big Sean, 2 Chainz, and extra.