Dave East has been climbing the ladder of hip-hop success as of late and he is ready to take what he feels is rightfully his. He’s one of the names you hear brought up frequently in the “Who’s next out of New York?” conversation. Being the best out of New York isn’t appealing to him, though; he wants to be the best in the entire game. The Harlem native dropped his mixtape Hate Me Now last month and the joint has a lot of flamers on it. Today, he dropped the video to the second track off the project called “KD”. You can cop the project as a whole here and you can check the visual to KD below.

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Saw these over at Sneakermob and was incredibly disappointed. I like the KD5, but only the original color way, everything else was basura. The KD6 was a classic and at the price point of $130, not too many shoes were beating it out. Couple that with the injury to Kobe (Kobe 8) and the ugliness and no court exposure of LeBron’s X, it was the go-to shoe. Kevin Durant didn’t wear the KD7, but I liked that sneaker and the KD elite’s look dope — but this? Nah bruh bruh. With the release date rumored to be July 11th, unfortunately this might be the shoe. KD released a sketch on his instagram and I’m starting to believe this is the shoe, but this can’t be the shoe! It looks more like a running sneaker. Is KD going to be running the break now? Did Billy Donovan insert a high tempo offense? I don’t get it. This sneaker is ugly. The first color way doesn’t help either. The kiddies will still cop ’cause it’s KD, but it seems like Nike might want to give PG13, Kyrie and James Harden better offerings or Under Armour will squeeze into their marketshare with reigning MVP Stephen Curry. Curry chicken anyone?

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