“My whole life, I’ve worked for so many different people, and I really never do anything for myself—I am okay with them because I love the process of learning and figuring things out. I see a lot of brands out right now, and no offense to anyone, but it’s like, it doesn’t really mean anything. I was always taught by the people that I came up with that you need to inform people and you have to want to know about things—things should have a story. Instead of complaining about this, I was like, let me just do something about it and make a brand that informs people about the past and things that transpired, like characters or items, toys, all types of things, even music. It's called Infinite Archives. It's based off a year, so each collection that I do will be a different year. I'm starting off this year with the year I was born, 1986. Ferris Bueller came out at that time, and that still means a lot to me. The movie Alien came out that year, Karate Kid II, The Golden Child. She’s Gotta Have It; Spike Lee, one of the greatest directors of our generation. Whitney Houston was out back then, Eddie Murphy partied all the time. Random things, the Bears won the Super Bowl, Boston Celtics won NBA Finals, Mike Tyson was the youngest heavyweight champion in the world at 20 years old, Steve Jobs bought Pixar. I just want it to be like a story behind all of this. It is not just about clothes—I am making novelty items like puzzles, candles, even furniture. Nothing is off-limits. I work with my friends, collaborate with people I believe and just keep building so we can keep expanding our network and growing. Sometime a lot of people don’t get the opportunity to get on that stage, you know, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t as talented as the people that are on right now. That is what it is really all about."

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