Odell Beckham Jr. Pays Tribute to City that ‘Made Me’ With A-List FRI&NDS Party During NYFW (Exclusive)

Odell Beckham Jr. conscionable scored a large triumph disconnected nan field.

The NFL star, 32, hosted a star-studded arena during New York Fashion Week connected Friday, Sept. 12 arsenic portion of his latest task FRI&NDS (pronounced "And Friends") that first launched during Super Bowl Week successful New Orleans earlier this year.

Held astatine nan Highlight Room located successful Manhattan, nan invite-only matter — which was thrown successful business pinch True Religion — attracted an elite crowd of athletes, musicians, actors and tastemakers successful ceremony of culture, relationship and life. 

Beckham Jr. caught up pinch PEOPLE exclusively astatine nan event, wherever he explained nan value down throwing down during New York Fashion Week specifically — 1 week aft hosting different statement astatine Soho House São Paulo successful Brazil — and really his task has evolved since February.

"New Orleans raised me, but New York made me," says nan standout wide receiver, who built his master shot profession pinch nan New York Giants aft being selected by nan squad successful nan first information of nan 2014 NFL Draft and played pinch them until 2018.

"It brought maine done truthful galore awesome times, trials, tribulations, adversity, but truthful galore bully times," continues nan Louisiana native, who tells PEOPLE exclusively while taking successful nan immense panoramic views of little Manhattan from nan rooftop platform astatine nan venue.

Still, Beckham Jr. — who went connected to play for nan Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Ravens and Miami Dolphins successful nan years that followed — calls New York a metropolis that he's been "forever grateful for," he shares.

"Anytime I travel back, it's conscionable a bully feeling, truthful of course, there's nary different spot that we would do it but here," nan free supplier says of his New York Fashion Week bash.

Attendees included Teyanna Taylor, Devin Booker, Kordell Beckham, Malik Nabers, Landon Barker, Skyla Sanders, Tim Hardaway Jr., Kyle Kuzma and Carmelo Anthony, to sanction a few. Austin Millz and DJ Ruckus provided nan thumps that kept nan vibes precocious from commencement to finish.

Beckham Jr. knows really to make an entranceway (yes, he pulled up successful a 1997 Land Rover surrounded by a fleet of motorcycles, which past proceeded to popular wheelies up and down nan progressive New York City street), and was fitted successful True Religion from apical to bottom.

His getup was classic, but cool, layering a achromatic leather overgarment by nan marque complete a achromatic button-up garment pinch a achromatic tie. He matched it pinch True Religion bottoms — and successful his continued ode to New York, completed his look pinch a achromatic Yankees hat.

"I consciousness for illustration now I tin spell into nan closet and benignant of propulsion immoderate together, and arsenic agelong arsenic I consciousness comfortable," Beckham Jr. tells PEOPLE of his style motto these days. "If you don't person that assurance from within, it doesn't matter what you put on, you still don't consciousness for illustration that."

He adds, "Everything is from within; I've been building myself from within. And nan outside, it'll look done that."

FRI&NDS is building, too, he says since debuting nan task with a respectively star-studded event for a blowout pre-Super Bowl party. While nan level intends to item and empower undiscovered creatives done different events, it's evolving astatine nan aforesaid time.

"For me, I ever felt for illustration my life was right. I was God's child, I ever felt for illustration nan chosen one, truthful this is astir sparkling ray connected others."

He concludes, "The marque is everlastingly growing," he says. "And that's wherever I deliberation you'll get to spot it spell eventually."