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Iverson for me, growing up, Iverson was basketball for young African-Americans in pop culture. He was cornrows when cornrows weren’t cool back in the day.Brendan Haywood once spoke about how influential Allen Iverson really was, The 76ers legend established himself as a revered figure in the community. His influence was beyond basketball, as even though being retired, Post Malone honored AI. It was 10 years ago, and once again the singer-songwriter is happy to partner up with The Answer.

Limited White Iverson 10 year anniversary drop. 72 hours or until it’s sold out. I love you guys so much! I really can’t believe it’s been 10 years.” The Grammy-nominated artist added a post to celebrate the anniversary of his song ‘White Iverson’. There is an interesting story behind the name of the song as well. Reportedly after completing the song, his braided look made him a look-alike of Allen Iverson, which eventually turned out to be the name of the song.

The 2001 MVP added the post on his story, “@postmalone🫡,” sharing the drop with his fans. It features 3 products for the fanbase: a hoodie, a vinyl, and a basketball. But there is some bad news, as the last two products have been completely sold out. The available product is a Post Malone x Reebok “White Iverson” Anniversary Hoodie for $135. It has the Stoney logo on the front and Iverson 3 on the back in metallic fill and raised foam.

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Interestingly, the Post Malone x Wilson “White Iverson” Anniversary Basketball was only available in limited quantities (300). That too for $150.00, still got sold out pretty quickly. Wilson Sporting Goods collaborated on it, featuring the Stoney album logo and song lyrics in silver foil. Furthermore, the Limited Edition “White Iverson” 10 Year Anniversary White Vinyl 7″ sold out completely.

It was available for $19.99 but only to 4 per customer. U.S. only. It featured “White Iverson” Side A – White Iverson Side B – White Iverson (Instrumental). They made only 3,000 units available for sale.

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More history about the Allen Iverson song from Post Malone

His impact on and off the court is unimaginable. From arm sleeves, and tattoos, to hair braids, AI did it all. When the song came out 10 years ago, it received mixed reviews, yet the song hit 1 million in one month. Last year, the song crossed Spotify’s Billions Club, which was Post Malone’s 10th song to hit that number. But did you know Bubba-Chuck and Malone did not meet instantly after the song’s release?

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It was nuts. My manager goes, ‘Hey, you wanna meet Allen [Iverson]?’ I’m like, ‘Hell yeah I wanna meet Allen.’ So we just went up to some house up in the Hills – we had a couple glasses of champagne and we just kicked it for a little bit.” The 29-year-old artist met Allen Iverson after two years.

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It was a dream come true, just to see that he actually liked the song. He said his kids loved it and everybody loves it, so that meant the world to me that I had his blessings.” The song, in a month, hit a million; last year did a Billion streams on Spotify and now 2 out of 3 products are out of stock. AI is even working on his next release and hoping it does similar numbers.

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