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The Complex Sneakers Podcast

How Eastside Golf Got Jordan and Obama to Believe in Them

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Complex

Society & Culture

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. This week they’re joined by Olajuwon Ajanaku and Earl Cooper, the founders of Eastside Golf. The duo talk about how they’ve landed multiple successful Air Jordan collaborations, their relationship with Michael Jordan, and the goal of placing Eastside on Barack Obama. Also, the cohosts give an update on the Adidas Yeezy fallout and a tribute to Takeoff.

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0:00.0

What's up everybody, it's Joel with Puma, you were listening, you were watching the

0:04.6

Complex Sneakers podcast.

0:05.9

As always, I'm with my two friends.

0:07.8

First off, Mr. Matt Welty.

0:09.3

Here we are, mild weather outside, mild week.

0:13.8

It's true.

0:14.8

And of course, to my left, Mr. Brennan Dunn, how you doing?

0:18.3

I'm okay.

0:19.9

Starting off with sad news, today we woke up and take off was killed in Houston, very

0:25.9

sad shocking news that we woke up to this morning and we had him on sneaker shopping three

0:32.0

weeks ago and we had him 2017 and just spending time with him throughout the years here

0:37.2

and there, just such a great talent.

0:39.7

I feel like, you know, the last episode, one thing that was really, I was really happy

0:46.4

about it was like, some of the comments were, wow, takeoff is like really like his personal

0:51.6

hand.

0:52.6

He was shining through and he's like a humble guy.

0:55.4

So, so humble, like, I remember even the day on set, he was like very happy to be there

1:00.0

and obviously, you know, this is a sneakers podcast, so I don't want to get too, too much

1:06.1

into it, but I thought that we would start by sending our condolences for the family,

1:12.2

such a tragic, tragic loss, so young and again, like throughout the years, just had great

1:18.4

experiences with him and to film with him three weeks ago and, you know, just thankful

1:26.1

I got to catch up with him and have him on set.

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