Anderson .Paak Kicks Off Soccer Collaboration to Give Girls ‘the Chance to Shine’

Anderson .Paak is kicking disconnected a originative collaboration successful concern with GOAL Projects, the caller inaugural from planetary shot media marque GOAL. Under the Anderson .Paak x GOAL Projects banner, the Grammy-winning creator has co-designed a shot kit successful enactment of the girls’ younker shot squad from his hometown of Oxnard, Calif.

Proceeds from the kit — comprised of a limited-edition shot jersey, T-shirt and shot — volition payment the nonprofit Brandon Anderson Foundation and the Oxnard Eagles girls’ shot team. Founded by farmworker Victor Garcia, the Oxnard Eagles is simply a nine-team assemblage nine serving much than 100 younker from migrant and working-class families. GOAL Projects is besides partners with planetary corporate Common Goal which, according to the property announcement, uses “the powerfulness of shot to thrust societal change, ensuring continued enactment for the Oxnard Eagles arsenic good arsenic different grassroots teams.”

“Man, you person an accidental to uplift kids successful the aforesaid streets wherever I made my way, you springiness maine a call,” .Paak tells Billboard. “When GOAL came to maine with this idea, I was each in. It wasn’t conscionable astir a jersey; it was astir connecting euphony and shot — 2 things that bring radical unneurotic everywhere. And the information that each jersey helps retired the Oxnard Eagles, these astonishing young girls from my hometown? That’s the portion that made it a no-brainer. It’s bigger than sport. It’s astir assemblage and giving these kids the accidental to shine.”

Further discussing the burgeoning intersection betwixt euphony and sports, .Paak adds, “Growing up, I thought I was gonna beryllium successful the NBA, past yet euphony hit. Sports and euphony are the aforesaid energy, man. They’re passion, bushed and subject — but besides joyousness and culture. Soccer especially: It’s global, it’s successful each vicinity conscionable similar music. So erstwhile I got to co-design a kit that brings my fans into that satellite and besides supports the adjacent procreation of athletes, that’s precisely the benignant of intersection I privation to unrecorded at.”

Of teaming with .Paak for GOAL Project’s archetypal collaboration, GOAL’s caput of civilization and manner Jake Cohen said successful a statement, “Anderson was the cleanable spouse to footwear things disconnected — helium loves doi...