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Aku has unknowingly found the door through which to visit digital space, and embrace his destiny as Aku, the first Digital Explorer.
What sets Aku apart is his freedom and confidence, his openness to people of all kinds, his desire to help. He is a digital samurai willing to lend his sword to defend others. He has his own code. He shows up when he’s needed. Throughout his travels in the digital realms, he sees no reason to hide his true identity. He’s always the same person no matter where he is.
This collection wouldn't exist without the help of the Aku Community. The concept for this collection was around the love that the community has for Aku's dreams and aspirations, and authenticity.
Aleali May is an internationally regarded style consultant, model, and designer. Known by most for a personal style that seamlessly fuses the street-inspired tones of her South Central Los Angeles upbringing with luxury runway pieces. Aleali’s first foray into fashion came when she moved to Chicago to attend Columbia College in 2010. She would later accept an offer from Don C to start working at RSVP Gallery, a budding hub for pop art and luxury streetwear goods that would allow her to begin connecting with industry taste- makers en route to becoming one herself. Aleali began amassing a sizable social media following as she blogged about her enviable outfits and friends, managing to flip virtual buzz into real opportunities ahead of the influencer boom. In 2013, she begin styling clients such as Jaden Smith, Kendrick Lamar, and Lil Yachty – with rising stars Kali Uchis and Kehlani most recently added to her list.
As talent, she has worked with brands such as A-Cold-Wall, Smashbox cosmetics, Savage x Fenty, and Louis Vuitton (to name a few). She is the host of “Get It Together”, a style-focused video series that covers her duality in fashion on Complex Networks. The show has featured interviews with Rhuigi of Rhude, Tony Hawk, A$AP Ferg, and Jerry Lorenzo.
As a designer, she has been a partner with Jordan Brand, setting a historic precedent as the first woman to ever design and release a unisex sneaker. The collaboration would mark the first in an ongoing relationship with Aleali helping to relaunch Jordan Brand’s entire women’s department and designing six other iterations of Jordan sneakers to date.
Aleali has become not only one of the most influential women in the sneaker industry, but one of the most sought-after talents across multiple creative disciplines. All of her work centers on dismantling outdated gender norms in fashion and expanding the margins for everything she touches.
Pusha-T initially gained major recognition as one-half of hip hop duo The Clipse, alongside his older brother Malice. The Clipse released 4 albums, including the platinum selling debut “Lord Willin”. In September 2010, Pusha-T announced his signing to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music imprint in conjunction with Def Jam Records. Under G.O.O.D. Music, Pusha has released 3 critically acclaimed albums, “My Name is My Name”, “Darkest Before Dawn” and Grammy-nominated “Daytona”.
Pusha is a low key but very active and long-term crypto investor, was one of the first to support Aku in his debut in February 2021, and lent his track "Miami" to Aku's Chapter IV: Aku x Ady.
As a creator of 'Magical Classics', Jérôme LaMaar is Bronx-born and raised. Loving the Bronx-born legend, Ralph Lauren's definition of American style, they were inspired to bridge a new conversation between gender, hip hop culture, spirituality, and new American style. Focused on elements of Americana fused with whimsical color and playful glamorous finishes. They have been defying expectations in fashion, art, and culture for 20 years. They have dressed A-listers, collaborated with major companies, contributed to Beyonce’s Ivy Park x Adidas and was featured as a key designer in Beyonce’s Black is King DisneyPlus film. Jérôme is a polymath with experience as a Creative Director, Designer, Stylist, and Futurist. Their career began in 2001, at the age of 15, when they worked for Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons as a high school intern and later as the Junior Creative Director/Brand Coordinator. In 2008, they became a trend forecaster traveling the globe to contribute to, and guide, some of the world’s leading brands such as Adidas, Google. L’Oreal, Uniqlo, Calvin Klein, Puma, Philips, Samsung, Mattel, lent their perspective on art, culture, concepts, and colors to push new ideas in technology and style. They created their own experimental brand called 5:31 in 2013. Two years later, LaMaar opened their successful luxury pop-up boutique in the South Bronx called 9J, which shifted the image of the Bronx by showcasing art, music, color, design and new thought, landing them on the cover of the New York Times. Since then they have contributed to brands like Savage x Fenty, Amazon, Stadium Goods, Alife New York, Timberland, Disney, Reebok, Lee Jeans, Philips, Lyft, GrubHub, Seamless, Pinterest, HBO, and many others. At the time, LaMaar was the youngest Trustee to join the board of The Bronx Museum of the Arts and featured in a best-selling children's book inspired by them called, The Word Collector with Scholastics.
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