# Please don't take my Air Jordans

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDYouth 2011
- Speaker: Lemon Andersen
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/lemon_andersen_please_don_t_take_my_air_jordans)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Would you kill for a pair of Air Jordans? Lemon Andersen spins a tale of someone who did, reciting a poem by Reg E. Gaines. These verses taught Lemon that poetry could be about more than self-expression, and could sound like music when given rhythm and infused with the grit of the New York streets around him.

## Lectures

1. [Please don't take my Air Jordans](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/lemon_andersen_please_don_t_take_my_air_jordans/fc2e6a328bc1), 9 min (TED's player)