Back In February, Lil Wayne sat down with Vibe and let the cat out the bag about his first signature shoe. He told the magazine that it would be with a big shoe company but it wasn’t Nike or Reebok. In April, Lil Wayne announced a shoe deal with Supra while he was on MTV’s POV. Lil Wayne’s S1w Supra is the second collaboration shoe the company has did with a celebrity this year. It’s also Lil Wayne’s first shoe with Supra. The first sneaker collaboration that Supra released this year was with Grammy winning producer Just Blaze that was a limited release of only 413 pairs.
Stevie Williams was the one who plugged Lil Wayne with the deal at Supra. After the deal with Supra was finalized, Williams asked Lil Wayne to do a shoe colorway with him. Lil Wayne & Stevie Williams S1W Supra represents their friendship between Lil Wayne and Stevie, but also a mixture of skateboarding and hip-hop. Look for more sneakers to launch in the Lil Wayne Supra line next year.
The S1W is an all red/ white colorway which Lil Wayne reps heavily. The shoe comes in all red upper completed with suede & leather along with the over and upper layers. Supra added an all-white sole for a clean mix to a shoe with white owl eye shapes laces. The shoe has custom “PRESIDENT” (left) and “CARTER” (right) in the insoles of the sneaker, white accents, padded red mesh lining and tongue.
I received my S1W in the mail from Supra last week, I haven’t had the chance to wear them out yet but I have worn them around the house to get some wear in them. I am not a skateboarder but an avid sneakerhead and find these shoes to be very comfortable. I recommend that you pick these up.
The Stevie Williams S1W by Lil Wayne was released last week at fine SUPRA retailers worldwide, and suprafootwear.com for $105.
