**The Importance of Taking Care of Your Sneakers**

For me, my sneakers are the top five most important things in my life. I need to take care of them. I've learned that throw any color at me, and I'll buy it. My shoes are a staple in my wardrobe, and I want to make sure they last long. Whether it's the Air Jordan 12 Taxi or another dope insert, I'm always on the lookout for new sneakers to add to my collection.

**The Significance of the Air Jordan 12 Taxi**

I recently picked up the Air Jordan 12 Taxi, and I couldn't be more excited. The matte gold black white colorway is perfect for anyone who wants a versatile shoe that can be worn with anything. I've already worn them out and about, and they're a staple in my wardrobe. My friends often ask me why I'm always wearing sneakers, but I just tell them it's because we wear our sneakers. Whether it's a basketball game or a casual day out, my sneakers are always there to take my style to the next level.

**Sentimental Value and Personal Connection**

For me, these shoes have sentimental value. My dad bought me my first Air Jordan 12s when I was younger, and now I have this new pair of Air Jordan 12 Taxis. Every time I see them, it reminds me of that moment with my dad. When you wear a shoe like the Air Jordan 12 Taxi, it's not just about the style – it's about the memories and experiences you've had while wearing them.

**The Importance of Supporting Your Favorite Brands**

I'm always hyped when new sneakers are released from my favorite brands, especially Jordan Brand. I recently bought the Kobe Wes, which is a special sneaker to me because it's Kobe Bryant's first ever Nike model. Unfortunately, I've been unlucky with other Kobe shoe releases, but this one is different. I love the design and the way it looks on my feet. Whether it's the Air Jordan 12 Taxi or the Kobe Wes, I always support my favorite brands by buying their latest releases.

**The Nike Nik Vault Experience**

I recently visited the Nike Nik Vault at the Staples Center, where I was able to get my hands on some exclusive sneakers, including the Kobe Wes and another pair of shoes. The experience was amazing, and I feel lucky to have had access to these rare sneakers. When you're a sneakerhead like me, experiences like that are what make it all worth it.

**The Significance of Kobe Bryant's Shoes**

I recently picked up the Air Yeezy twos, which were worn by Nate Robinson during his NBA career. For me, this shoe is a reminder of one of my favorite memories – watching Nate Robinson play basketball and seeing him rock these shoes on court. The LeBron Championship back on the 11 Lo is also another favorite of mine. Whether it's Kobe Bryant or LeBron James, I love wearing their shoes because they remind me of great moments in NBA history.

**My Monthly Pickups**

Every month, I like to showcase my latest sneaker pickups. This time around, I featured the Air Jordan 12 Taxi and the Kobe Wes, which were both special releases for me. When you're a sneakerhead like me, it's all about finding new shoes to add to your collection. Whether it's through raffles or buying them from reputable retailers, I'm always on the lookout for the next big thing.

**My Favorite Sneakers of 2013**

To wrap up the year, my friends Harris and Swager joined me to discuss their favorite sneakers of 2013. For me, it was a close call between the Air Jordan Taxi and the Kobe Prelude. However, I have to give credit to Nate Robinson for rocking the Air Yeezy twos during his NBA career – that's one memorable moment in sneaker history.

**The Legacy of Ralph Lauren**

One thing that surprised me about the conversation with my friends was how many people had forgotten about Ralph Lauren, a legendary fashion brand. I couldn't help but mention that I've always been inspired by Ralph Lauren's style and his ability to bring back classic designs.

**A Year in Review**

As we close out 2013, I want to thank all my viewers for watching my monthly pickup videos. It means the world to me, and I'm grateful to have such a supportive community behind me. I'll be taking a break over the holidays but will return with more content in the new year. Until then, keep on sneaking!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up everybody and I want to start off before anything else I want to say happy New Year happy holidays Happy 2014 I hope you guys had a great New Year I hope you guys had a great Christmas if you celebrate Christmas and uh yeah that's pretty much it you guys know what this is this is monthly pickups for the month of December let's go ahead and get into it cuz I got a lot to talk about first off let me start out by showing you what I got on I got this paint splattered t-shirt it looks like somebody just splattered paint all over me it's from the hundreds it was gifted to to me as you can kind of see it on there it's kind of blurry but this and I got some light denim on the pants aren't new the pants are not new all right now let's get into my pickups I had to get this for a family party so I had like a dress shirt under this and I just threw on this cardigan and the cool thing about Cardigans you don't have to dress them up you can just throw them on top of like a t-shirt I also got this beanie it was a gift um to me it's a daas beanie it's pretty cool out of all the apparel I got in December this t-shirt I'm about to show you is my my favorite pickup in a while and I'm Me Slowly bring it up for you you see that it says Mickey this is not just a Disney shirt if you know nef it's a streetwear brand so it's not just your basic Disney shirt the thing I liked the most was at the bottom it says too many people grow up so I really love this t-shirt I already wore it once I don't care how old you are Disney is for everyone believe it or not there's that was it out of the apparel I actually got this for free at the Lakers game it's a Nike shirt that says blackout show us again is the Phoenix Sons and they gave this away to everybody in the audience cuz of uh it was Kobe's first game back in LA and now he's HT again so get well soon Kobe I love you bro as you can tell I'm kind of sick too so please don't mind my uh raspy voice I picked up my favorite hat of 2013 Mighty Ducks Snapback Mighty Ducks was my favorite one of my favorite movies growing up as a kid I freaking watch that like every single day and I loved it so much that I got it in the origin original Mighty Ducks colorway as well favorite hats of 2013 and I rocked these so so many times and it's been less than a month if you are a sneaker head you know that December is the hottest month for sneakers there's a few things that I wasn't able to get my hands on that I'm really disappointed that I didn't get my hands on but I got everything that I wanted to get my it's confusing let's go ahead and get into it this is my favorite Jordan pickup from the month of December it's the gamma 12s honestly I love them I love the Air Jordan 12 the Air Jordan 12 were the first Jordans that I ever had my dad bought them for me when they originally came out I had the white and red ones and ever since then the TW have always been my favorite Jordan of all time any color of the TW I'm taking it I love the red detailing on the tongue and on the back it just makes the shoe pop and I like these so much that I had to come on now come on now give me two purse I need to two honestly I'm probably only going to keep one I'm using these this pair right here as bait to get another sneaker we're going to go with this box right here got the nice box with the cover and this year they released the Air Jordan 11 gamas so again going with the gamma theme the baby blue gamma I wouldn't say it's one of the best colorways but it's up there can't even tell but I wore them already we wear our sneakers I don't I don't know what you guys are doing out there right now I'm shouting out my boy Swagger Swagger Diddy bro we wear our sneakers come on bro you know this you know this let me show you guys the inserts they always come with these dope inserts take care of your sneakers you know what I'm saying my shoes are the top five most important things in my life so I needs to take care of them you know what I'm saying throw any color at us we're going to buy it you know what I'm saying shout out to Jordan call me a hyp beast I don't care I'm a rock what I like last Jordan pickup of the month Air Jordan 12 Taxi I could sit here and do a 30 minute video on why I love these sneakers but I'm just going to sum it up quick the matte gold black white you could wear with anything I've already wore them again swager we wear our sneakers we wear our sneakers man shout out to the perfect pair man we wear our sneakers a lot of people they they buy these shoes like the gamma 11s and the taxis and they just hold on to them and they never wear their sneakers but me I'm like why wait I'm going bust them out now and take pictures with them so later on in life I could look at them and be like yo those look at this picture I had my 12 like it's just like to me it has sentimental value so when I see the the twelves any colorway just reminds me of a first pair my dad bought me shout out to Jordan B brand thank you for bringing these back out but bring the cherries back out man I need them oh help you see this box right here I camped out 6 hours in the rain for these and when I got my pair it was the most satisfying feeling in the world Kobe won Prelude man this is just a beautiful shoe this is Kobe Bryant's first ever Nike model I was able to get my hands on the the Kobe Wes I've been so unlucky with the Kobe 2os the 3es the fours this is a special sneaker to me I love the Kobe 1es look at this look at this and I got matching Nike Elite socks for the shoes I got these from the Nike Nik vault at the Staple Center so shout out to Nike Vault and you can wear them together last pickup of the month you guys I was stressing over this shoe cuz I didn't think I was going to be able to get it but thank the Lord I won a raffle for these I already wore them too man I already wore them I couldn't wait because we wear our sneaker Swagger what the kobe AIDS now a lot of people be saying yo Ka why you holding two different shoes and then I look at them like like oh my God I wore these to a basketball tournament and everybody was asking me yo why are you wearing two shoes and I looked at them and I said these are the same exact shoes they're together everything on the shoe is supposed to be different that's why they're called the what the Kobes they took all the Kobe 8 model colorways and they put them into one Kobe 8 colorway man I'm just happy man I don't appreciate this stuff enough so um I'm blessed right now with these and I'm really happy to have these before I end this I got a little bonus thing for you guys since it's the end of the year December's over the year's over I was with two of my best friends Harris and swager and we're going to tell you guys what was our favorite sneakers of 2013 so check it out all right guys so I got Harris and swager D here you salute too piece of all right so I got swag oh I'm taller than swag Harrison swag here let's start out with the most important question what was your favorite shoe release of 2013 I'm have to go with uh between taxis and LeBron Christmas you don't even have LeBron Christmas gamma 11s or hazelnut LeBron's I'm going to have to go with the uh Kobe Prelude ones favorite kicks on court from the NBA I'm going to start out and I'm going to go with Nate Robinson rocking the Air Yeezy twos I'm going to have to go with uh LeBron James in game six or seven wearing the LeBron Championship back uh I'm going to have to go with the swagy p wearing the 11 Lo recently is it because you guys have the same name he copied me are the Ray Allen 11s old gold oh that was opening day opening day but it ain't Ralph though and it ain't no Ralph though it ain't Ral and that is my monthly pickups for the month of December uh thank you guys for watching I really appreciate your guys' support every time I mention that I'm going to post a monthly pickup video you guys love it and um I'm going to keep doing it because uh obviously because you guys and um yeah I'll see you guys next month andwhat's up everybody and I want to start off before anything else I want to say happy New Year happy holidays Happy 2014 I hope you guys had a great New Year I hope you guys had a great Christmas if you celebrate Christmas and uh yeah that's pretty much it you guys know what this is this is monthly pickups for the month of December let's go ahead and get into it cuz I got a lot to talk about first off let me start out by showing you what I got on I got this paint splattered t-shirt it looks like somebody just splattered paint all over me it's from the hundreds it was gifted to to me as you can kind of see it on there it's kind of blurry but this and I got some light denim on the pants aren't new the pants are not new all right now let's get into my pickups I had to get this for a family party so I had like a dress shirt under this and I just threw on this cardigan and the cool thing about Cardigans you don't have to dress them up you can just throw them on top of like a t-shirt I also got this beanie it was a gift um to me it's a daas beanie it's pretty cool out of all the apparel I got in December this t-shirt I'm about to show you is my my favorite pickup in a while and I'm Me Slowly bring it up for you you see that it says Mickey this is not just a Disney shirt if you know nef it's a streetwear brand so it's not just your basic Disney shirt the thing I liked the most was at the bottom it says too many people grow up so I really love this t-shirt I already wore it once I don't care how old you are Disney is for everyone believe it or not there's that was it out of the apparel I actually got this for free at the Lakers game it's a Nike shirt that says blackout show us again is the Phoenix Sons and they gave this away to everybody in the audience cuz of uh it was Kobe's first game back in LA and now he's HT again so get well soon Kobe I love you bro as you can tell I'm kind of sick too so please don't mind my uh raspy voice I picked up my favorite hat of 2013 Mighty Ducks Snapback Mighty Ducks was my favorite one of my favorite movies growing up as a kid I freaking watch that like every single day and I loved it so much that I got it in the origin original Mighty Ducks colorway as well favorite hats of 2013 and I rocked these so so many times and it's been less than a month if you are a sneaker head you know that December is the hottest month for sneakers there's a few things that I wasn't able to get my hands on that I'm really disappointed that I didn't get my hands on but I got everything that I wanted to get my it's confusing let's go ahead and get into it this is my favorite Jordan pickup from the month of December it's the gamma 12s honestly I love them I love the Air Jordan 12 the Air Jordan 12 were the first Jordans that I ever had my dad bought them for me when they originally came out I had the white and red ones and ever since then the TW have always been my favorite Jordan of all time any color of the TW I'm taking it I love the red detailing on the tongue and on the back it just makes the shoe pop and I like these so much that I had to come on now come on now give me two purse I need to two honestly I'm probably only going to keep one I'm using these this pair right here as bait to get another sneaker we're going to go with this box right here got the nice box with the cover and this year they released the Air Jordan 11 gamas so again going with the gamma theme the baby blue gamma I wouldn't say it's one of the best colorways but it's up there can't even tell but I wore them already we wear our sneakers I don't I don't know what you guys are doing out there right now I'm shouting out my boy Swagger Swagger Diddy bro we wear our sneakers come on bro you know this you know this let me show you guys the inserts they always come with these dope inserts take care of your sneakers you know what I'm saying my shoes are the top five most important things in my life so I needs to take care of them you know what I'm saying throw any color at us we're going to buy it you know what I'm saying shout out to Jordan call me a hyp beast I don't care I'm a rock what I like last Jordan pickup of the month Air Jordan 12 Taxi I could sit here and do a 30 minute video on why I love these sneakers but I'm just going to sum it up quick the matte gold black white you could wear with anything I've already wore them again swager we wear our sneakers we wear our sneakers man shout out to the perfect pair man we wear our sneakers a lot of people they they buy these shoes like the gamma 11s and the taxis and they just hold on to them and they never wear their sneakers but me I'm like why wait I'm going bust them out now and take pictures with them so later on in life I could look at them and be like yo those look at this picture I had my 12 like it's just like to me it has sentimental value so when I see the the twelves any colorway just reminds me of a first pair my dad bought me shout out to Jordan B brand thank you for bringing these back out but bring the cherries back out man I need them oh help you see this box right here I camped out 6 hours in the rain for these and when I got my pair it was the most satisfying feeling in the world Kobe won Prelude man this is just a beautiful shoe this is Kobe Bryant's first ever Nike model I was able to get my hands on the the Kobe Wes I've been so unlucky with the Kobe 2os the 3es the fours this is a special sneaker to me I love the Kobe 1es look at this look at this and I got matching Nike Elite socks for the shoes I got these from the Nike Nik vault at the Staple Center so shout out to Nike Vault and you can wear them together last pickup of the month you guys I was stressing over this shoe cuz I didn't think I was going to be able to get it but thank the Lord I won a raffle for these I already wore them too man I already wore them I couldn't wait because we wear our sneaker Swagger what the kobe AIDS now a lot of people be saying yo Ka why you holding two different shoes and then I look at them like like oh my God I wore these to a basketball tournament and everybody was asking me yo why are you wearing two shoes and I looked at them and I said these are the same exact shoes they're together everything on the shoe is supposed to be different that's why they're called the what the Kobes they took all the Kobe 8 model colorways and they put them into one Kobe 8 colorway man I'm just happy man I don't appreciate this stuff enough so um I'm blessed right now with these and I'm really happy to have these before I end this I got a little bonus thing for you guys since it's the end of the year December's over the year's over I was with two of my best friends Harris and swager and we're going to tell you guys what was our favorite sneakers of 2013 so check it out all right guys so I got Harris and swager D here you salute too piece of all right so I got swag oh I'm taller than swag Harrison swag here let's start out with the most important question what was your favorite shoe release of 2013 I'm have to go with uh between taxis and LeBron Christmas you don't even have LeBron Christmas gamma 11s or hazelnut LeBron's I'm going to have to go with the uh Kobe Prelude ones favorite kicks on court from the NBA I'm going to start out and I'm going to go with Nate Robinson rocking the Air Yeezy twos I'm going to have to go with uh LeBron James in game six or seven wearing the LeBron Championship back uh I'm going to have to go with the swagy p wearing the 11 Lo recently is it because you guys have the same name he copied me are the Ray Allen 11s old gold oh that was opening day opening day but it ain't Ralph though and it ain't no Ralph though it ain't Ral and that is my monthly pickups for the month of December uh thank you guys for watching I really appreciate your guys' support every time I mention that I'm going to post a monthly pickup video you guys love it and um I'm going to keep doing it because uh obviously because you guys and um yeah I'll see you guys next month and\n"