Champaign-Urbana, IL - Musician, producer, composer, audio designer, and DJ Larry E. Gates II has played hundreds of stages across the nation and has shared those stages with the likes of Chuck Berry, G. Love & Special Sauce, 30 Seconds To Mars, Local H, Superdrag, Trombone Shorty, Brother Ali, The Nappy Roots, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, Illogic, and many others.
It was 1987 - on the heels of the uber-sucessful "Super Bowl Shuffle" the marketing department at Converse decided they should have their stable of ball players rap about shoes. Imagine if this happened today.