Pooh Shiesty thinks Nike owes him a check.
During a recent episode of Complex’s Sneaker Shopping, host Joe La Puma brought up A$AP Rocky‘s appearance on The Questlove Show, where the Harlem rapper revealed that he throws on a balaclava —which has since become synonymous with the Memphis rapper — whenever he hops on a train to maneuver through his hometown unnoticed.
“When I take the train, I put a Pooh Shiesty on,” Rocky told Questlove. “Sometimes I’m by myself. Sometimes I’m with security. I take the train to keep myself grounded.”
Someone off camera then tossed La Puma a package of a Nike Hyperwarm Knit Hood and the two got into how the fashion accessory has become known as a “shiesty,” with Pooh saying, “Come on, man. That’s supposed to me right there, man.” Adding, “For real, these junks get you through some places, you know? Like he told you, he snuck through the subway. Wouldn’t be able to do that with no regular [look.]”
When asked if he knew him throwing on a “shiesty” would become so influential, he replied that he never really thought anything of it at first. “Nah, I ain’t think that,” he answered. “But you know a lot of stuff a man do, a lot of people gravitate to.”
Pooh Shiesty’s bubbling career hit a snag back in 2022 when he was sentenced to five years in prison for a gun case, but hit the ground running after his release last October with the single “FDO” that has been on the Billboard Hot 100 going on 12 weeks now.
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