Michael Jordan shoes Brand

Now that Kanye West has officially severed his ties with Nike, Drake has stepped up to design for the brand.

The rapper announced the offer last night at their concert in Portland, relating to Billboard. "Today also happens to be one of the best days of my life, " he said. "you understand, growing up, I am sure most of us idolized this person – he goes on the name of Michael Jordan. Therefore today, we stumbled on Portland, Oregon and I officially became inducted in to the Team Jordan family."

Jordan's Twitter account in addition heralded the partnership previous these days. "he is house, " published Jordan. "enjoy the modern person in #TeamJordan, Drake." Drake posted pictures of some of their designs – OVO Stingray 10s and OVO Stingray 12s – to their Instagram page.

Previously, Drake made forays in to the manner globe as a consultant using NBA staff the Toronto Raptors. In September, he disclosed that part of that price will be starting a clothing line when it comes to staff. Couple of years ago, he released a restricted run of varsity jackets via his October's Very Own range. Plus in between those two endeavors, he discovered himself criticizing clothing lines launched without his permission by Walgreens and Macy's for emblazoning clothes because of the slogan "YOLO." "Walgreens. . . you gotta either chill or slice the cheque, " he said at the time. "Macy's. . . same goes for you."