By: Amanda Anderson-Niles
When Rick Ross lost his Reebok endorsement for rapping lyrics many felt glorified date rape, 106 & Park host Bow Wow made it clear via his Facebook page he was interested in taking his place and he even met with the sneaker company to discuss the possibilities.
However, in the end no such deal ever happened for Bow Wow and he’s taken to a recent interview to express his frustrations with Reebok.
He tells Sneaker Watch:
“Reebok sends a lot of sh*t to the house but they don’t want to be coming off no money so until then I ain’t really wearing Reebok right now. It’s just like the power I have on TV to wear those kicks and then kids come on my IG like, ‘Where did you get them?’ I’m making y’all rich and y’all mother*ckers ain’t giving me nothing. So, I appreciate the free sh*t they send to the house but as of right now I put Reebok on pause. And I don’t give a f*ck if they see this that’s just how I feel.
“I’m not going to keep helping those brands. They brainwash you and send you all that free sh*t and then when you try to go in business with them, they turn around and give you the runaround and then sign somebody else like real quick. This mother*cker doesn’t even have the power to tell ten people to buy some shoes and they’ll listen. If I tell kids to go buy this shoe, them mother*ckers is going to buy that shoe. Like, it’s different and that’s what kind of made me fall back on Reeboks products as of right now.
“I’m not hating on them, but until they get their mind right and come back with that money and that deal, then we’ll talk Reebok. “
Check out the video below:
He’s wack most of the times to me but I completely understand where he’s coming from. If Reebok doesn’t want to cut the check, why promote them for free?
And I don’t blame him one bit.
LOL Reebok isn’t the only company that does this. If I was a celeb, I wouldn’t promote anything for free either.
This dude.
No body was going to sign Bow Wow to an endorsement deal.
He makes a good point. They didn’t want to give him a deal but they wanted him to promote the brand for free? It doesn’t work like that.
Exactly
Did he really think Reebok as going to sign him? LMBO
LOL
Now why would Reebok go from Rick Ross to Bow Wow? *blank stare*
I can see where he’s coming from. I mean he is on TV everyday so he does have some kind of influence. But I don’t think talking slick about the company will help him any.
Bow Wow’s brand isn’t worth an endorsement dreal with Reebok especially when he wears the free shoes on TV.