'Better Than I've Ever Been' nominated for 2008 Grammy Awards
08 Feb '08
3 min read
Twenty-five years ago Nike introduced the Air Force 1 performance shoe to satisfy the demands of the most uncompromising and forceful players in the game of basketball. In 1982, the Air Force 1 became the first basketball shoe to feature Nike Air technology.
The comfort and protective qualities of the Air Force 1 changed the game forever and created a platform that launched Nike's long-running legacy in performance basketball. During the past 25 years the Air Force 1 evolved from a performance breakthrough on the court to an icon of the street.
All Nike and artists' proceeds from the sale of the original Air Force 1 song “Better Than I've Ever Been” will go to the Nike Youth Sport for Change Fund to support two chapters of Baltimore's Boys & Girls Club of America — Jackson Unit Boys & Girls Club of America and The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of America.