Solesville -- 'Sneaker Heads' Find Status and Self-Respect with the Right Choice of Kicks
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › January 08, 2008
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J.Rock sits on the floor of his Southwind apartment and considers the dozens of pairs of Nike Air Jordans that crowd the room.
To an untrained eye they just look like a bunch of sneakers.See the full content of this document
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Solesville -- 'Sneaker Heads' Find Status and Self-Respect with the Right Choice of Kicks
Yet J.Rock (real name: Jamie Brice), one-half of popular Memphis rap duo Da Volunteers, sees so much more.
He can still remember his first pair of Air Jordans, a gift from an older sister when he was 11 years old."They were red, black, and white," he says of the sneakers, which, in street parlance are called "MJ's" or...See the full content of this document
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