In 2015, A$AP Rocky claimed during an Oxford Union Q&A that he made "wack" Air Force 1's popular just for fun.
ASAP Rocky talking about he started the trend of wearing Air Force 1’s then talking about their “wack” bruh GTFO ๐งข pic.twitter.com/DSytg78xCR
— P.Curry ๐ซ๐ (@bigpcurry) April 23, 2020
"Coming out with the Air Force 1 thing, man, I lie to you not," Rocky claimed. "You can ask my manager, it was all premeditated. I said, listen, I'm gonna wear these wack sneakers. It was 2011. I said I'ma wear these wack sneakers just to test the scene."
Once the clip of Rocky's bold flex re-emerged, Twitter decided to dole out a history lesson involving a St. Lunatic named Nelly.
Nelly still gets free Air Force ones from Nike for a song he dropped in 2002 https://t.co/9YjoMwjNSj
— 8 24 (@MikeSceezie) April 22, 2020
A$AP Rocky: I’m the reason everyone wears Air Force 1’s.
— Jermaine Watkins โ๐พ (@JermaineWatkins) April 23, 2020
Nelly: pic.twitter.com/8iMPprGGRo
Hey Siri, play Air Force Ones by Nelly pic.twitter.com/FsNRCNp45s
— Patriot J ๐ฅ (@sirhottest) April 22, 2020
Whew - ain’t nobody thinking bout no damn ASAP when they wear Air Force’s and he definitely didn’t make them popular it was definitely NELLY - that nigga REACHING โ๏ธ nelly made them go from $50 to $80+ lol ๐ https://t.co/m6WurSBHIY
— ๐ป๐พ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฝโ๏ธ (@PrettyMulaaa) April 23, 2020
Does Rocky deserve a cancellation party for this?