Los Angeles Rams superstar defender Aaron Donald announced during an episode of the “I AM ATHLETE” podcast on Sunday that he signed to Kanye West‘s Donda Sports.
Donald sat down with Adam “Pacman” Jones, LeSean McCoy and Brandon Marshall to break the big news. Donald explained that signing to Donda Sports — which launched earlier this year with Antonio Brown as a business partner — was the “no-brainer” decision for he and his wife, who handles marketing for the Super Bowl champion.
“It was an opportunity that came to us, me and [my wife], and it made sense,” Donald said. “Hearing the whole spectrum of what they were going to be bringing, the whole family atmosphere that they got in Donda Sports. Not just me, but my wife being a part of that. For me it was a no-brainer.
“I think it’s a helluva opportunity to open up a lot of different doors and a lot of different things outside of football that I wanna be involved in, that I wanna do, that my wife wanna do. So to be a part of that, and be one of the best first athletes to be a part of that, it’s pretty dope. We’re excited about it, and we’re gonna see where this thing goes.”
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The podcast hosts also asked AD if there was anything he could share with them regarding a Yeezy signature sneaker collab. Here’s what AD said.
“Ain’t nothing in full circle, but we’ve been talking. We got a lot of different things that are planned.”
Asked about what it’s like to hang out with the rapper, AD spoke nothing but good things about West. Donald, however, admitted that he refused to be in one of Kanye’s music videos.
“He cool man. He real cool. A cool dude. Got to talk a little bit. Vibe. Was at one of his video shoots. He actually wanted me to get in one of the videos, but I was like, ‘Naw.’ I was out my element. But he was cool,” Donald said. “Donda Sports is something close to him, obviously, with his mother and everything.
“So he definitely wants this to be something that’s top tier and something he’s serious about.”
Donald was spotted earlier this year partying with West, Brown and Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the boxer’s 45th birthday. AD is the first big-name athlete to sign with Donda Sports, likely opening the flood gates in the near future for other A-listers.
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