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Travis Scott's GTA 6 Sneaker Launch Leaked From a Retailer Calendar

Three Cactus Jack x Rockstar x Nike Air Force 1 colorways are set to drop November 19, the same day GTA 6 launches. Nike, Rockstar, and Travis Scott have confirmed none of it.

Travis Scott performing live, the subject of leaked reports that his Cactus Jack label has a three-way Nike and Rockstar Games sneaker collaboration timed to GTA 6 launch day.
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A retailer calendar in Canada listed three Nike Air Force 1 colorways stamped with the Cactus Jack and Rockstar Games logos last week. The drop date on the calendar: November 19, 2026. The same day GTA 6 launches globally. As of November 1, neither Nike, Rockstar Games, nor Travis Scott has said a word about any of it.

The leak came via Livestock (a Canadian sneaker retailer) and a second listing from Instagram account @Sneakermarkertro, both spotted by Sole Retriever and reported the same day by Complex and House of Heat. House of Heat stated plainly: 'Neither Nike, Rockstar Games, nor Travis Scott has officially announced the sneaker collaboration.' Complex noted that no final design images have been released.

What the Calendar Says

Three Air Force 1 Low silhouettes are listed. The colorways: white with fire pink accents (SKU JJ7602-100), black with fire pink (JJ7604-001), and a multi-color version with pale ivory, black, bold berry, and fire pink (JJ7603-900). Sole Retriever and House of Heat both peg the retail price at $130 per pair, through Nike and select retailers. An apparel collection is also reported to be in development.

Sole Retriever also reported a rumored fourth partner: the Miami Heat. The reported scenario is a Vice City themed game night at the Heat arena on November 18, the evening before GTA 6 launches, with a four-way Nike x Cactus Jack x Rockstar Games x Heat version of the shoe. Sole Retriever describes this as a rumor, not a confirmed event.

Scott Is Already Inside the Game

The retailer leak is not the first signal. Travis Scott's track 'Rhyno' is already confirmed on the Grand Theft Auto 6: The Album, a 34-song official Rockstar soundtrack released September 17. House of Heat reported that 'Rhyno' was produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk. Scott is credited as both an artist on the soundtrack and, if the retailer calendars hold, a brand collaborator on a limited consumer product tied to the game's launch week.

The search data confirms the timing. On November 1, the morning after the retail calendars surfaced, Google Trends data pulled via DataForSEO shows 'travis scott gta 6' at a peak score of 100 in the United States. 'cactus jack nike' peaked at 25 the previous day.

The Brand Architecture

What the calendar leak reveals, if it holds, is a celebrity brand strategy built for a single day. Scott's Cactus Jack label would be simultaneously present in three commercial channels: the game's official music (soundtrack), a co-branded consumer product with the game's publisher (sneakers), and potentially a live sports event that uses the game's fictional city as its theme (Miami Heat). None of these channels compete with each other. Each reaches a different audience, all on or around November 19.

This is not a new idea. Sports teams, studios, and game publishers have synchronized brand partners around launch days for years. What is relatively new is a musician's label functioning as the coordinating entity across fashion, gaming, and live sports simultaneously. Cactus Jack is the brand holding the Nike collaboration, the soundtrack credit, and the reported arena tie-in at once.

Complex said it expects 'official confirmation from the collaborators in the coming weeks,' implying the deal will be publicly announced before November 19. If one of the parties pulls back before then, the retail calendar listings become an interesting artifact of a deal that did not quite work out. If all three confirm, the sneakers become the most visible piece of a coordinated commercial architecture Scott built around the biggest game launch of 2026.

Ad Watch News is an independent commentary site. We have no affiliation with Travis Scott, Cactus Jack, Nike, Rockstar Games, or the Miami Heat.

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