About Air Jordan 9 (IX)
Originally released in November 1993, the
Air Jordan IX model was the first
Air Jordan model release after his retirement. It is noted that
Michael Jordan has never played a full season of NBA Basketball wearing these sneakers. This model was created in the form of baseball cleats that Jordan used when playing minor-league baseball.
Like the
Air Jordan 12s and
Air Jordan 13 model's, the
Air Jordan 9 model featured an inner sock sleeve and nubuck accents. The sole featured different symbols and languages of different countries.
The
Air Jordan IX has been the shoe chosen to adorn Jordan's feet for his statue outside of the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
In popular culture, in the children's movie The Little Rascals one of the bullies, Butch is wearing a pair of
Air Jordan 9.
American Rap Icon Tupac Shakur was also known to wear
Air Jordans in a popular "Thug Life" photo set in 1993.