Iman Shumpert and Teyana Taylor weren’t searching for each other, however, serendipitously, they’re both difficult to miss out on.
It was 2011 when the just recently prepared NBA novice and the dancer/model/singer/ design muse initially crossed courses at a New York celebration. Taylor, who a number of years prior had actually been feted on My Super Sweet Sixteen, was set down on a railing, requiring a reprieve from her 7-inch Versace heels, when the 6-foot-5 Shumpert walked over to state hi.
“He came up to me and tried to talk to me, but I was in a relationship, so I kinda like…” Taylor remembered on Vlad TELEVISION in 2014, miming not being super-responsive to her future hubby’s beauties. She didn’t provide him the cold shoulder or anything, she clarified, however “he was shown up, everyone was shown up, and I was much like [shrug], ‘OK, thank you.'”
After that, the Harlem- born artist would see the New York Knicks guard around and “this dude’s always so turned up, so outspoken, full of personality,” she stated fondly. But, “I was in my situation so I never paid no mind, he was just cool.”
