Chicago Artist Designs A Pair Of Jordans With A Street Art Twist

By Justin Freeman in Arts & Entertainment on Oct 22, 2015 7:31PM

Photo via Hebu Brantley's Instagram

Hebru Brantley is one of Chicago’s most prolific artists. Recently, it was announced that he was working with Nike to create his version of the most iconic shoes connected to Chicago—a pair of Jordans.

Brantley is based in Pilsen and his work focuses primarily on modern afrofuturism, in the mold of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Recently Brantley did the artwork for the Afropunk show at Thalia Hall, where Hannibal Buress and Danny Brown performed. Maybe you’ve seen one of his murals or graffiti pieces town. Maybe you’ve seen his work at an art gallery during one of his solo shows. In a few days, Brantley’s latest artistic venture will be released—a pair of Jordans with art he created.

Being from Chicago a huge fan of the Jordan era, being able to collab with @jumpman23 is a bench mark moment in my career. Somethin’ special to the #M11. Dropin' 10/24 only at 32 South State. #FromChicagoForChicago

A photo posted by Hebru Brantley (@hebrubrantley) on Oct 21, 2015 at 12:13pm PDT

Fake Shore Drive recently reported that the artist was working with the Jordan brand to do artwork on a pair of sneakers. The result is an extremely limited edition pair of Carmelo Anthony M11s, to be released under Nike’s Jordan brand name as Melo M11s. The shoes will debut this Saturday, exclusively on sale at the grand opening of Nike’s new flagship shop in the Loop for Jordans —Station 23.

We don’t know the price yet but expect it to be a heart-stopper since these will be extremely collectible.