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Used clothes and shoes typically sell for discounted prices, but items worn by music icons on prestigious stages make record-breaking sales. A pair of prototype Nikes worn by
Kanye West just broke the record for a pair of sneakers ever sold.
According to
The Guardian, the sneakers worn by West during the 2008 Grammy Awards have been auctioned off for over $1 million. The Nike
Air Yeezy 1 officially sold for $1.8m during a SOTHEBY’s private sale and are the first sneaker to be sold for this amount.
Rares, a sneaker investment marketplace, purchased the shoe.
Besides making history as the first pair of athletic footwear to be sold at the million-dollar mark, the purchase also made history as the highest publicly recorded price for a sneaker sale. Prior to the sale, the record for a sneaker purchase was held by a pair of ’85 Jordan 1s that
Apr 26, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) DMX’s legacy was immortalized as a man beloved by his family, honored for his strong faith and respected as one of hip-hop’s greatest icons at his memorial service Saturday, with several heartfelt speeches from those who knew the rapper best.
The speakers included friends Swizz Beatz and Nas, as well as his daughter, who rapped in honor of her father.
Kanye West and Busta Rhymes were among the big names who attended the two-hour ceremony at the Barclays Center in New York. The service at the Brooklyn arena was closed to the public and restricted to close friends and family because of the coronavirus pandemic.
By Hayden Brooks
Apr 26, 2021
Balenciaga has designed a shirt in honor of the late DMX and it s all because of Kanye West.
As per Page Six, West helped raise $1 million for the late rapper’s family via proceeds from the tribute piece. As the story goes, the rapper commissioned the designer shirt through his Yeezy brand at $200 apiece and the item sold out within 24 hours over the weekend. Proceeds from the sales will go directly to his family, who remembered the star at a private funeral service at Brooklyn s Christian Cultural Center on Sunday, as well as at a star-studded ceremony at Brooklyn s Barclays Center the day prior.
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