The Air Yeezy 2’s have just been released, the newest sneaker in the collaboration project between rapper Kanye West and Nike. With prices set to be around $245, the shoes have managed to get sneaker heads in quite a frenzy. One report even said an early pair put up on Ebay went for $90,000. That’s more than a lot of people make in an entire year, and could have bought this person a sleek, fancy automobile.
But it’s all about them shoes, you heard?
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Dear God, as we come to you we ask that somehow you connect us with a chance to get the Yeezys. Thanks in advance. Amen
— 7 (@LanceLeauxgan) June 9, 2012
the struggle for these yeezys is real
— Desiree (@dezidoesit) June 9, 2012
If you're standing in line for Yeezys and there's 400 people in front of you…why are you still standing in line?
— DIZZY (@get_dizzy) June 9, 2012
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Someone from the News Channel 8 team in DC was able to grab a picture of a line at a local shoe store. Here’s the insanity that has befallen us:
view from inside the @DTLR store for the #YeezyII release in DC! they are giving out raffle tix now http://t.co/cuYKtcio
— Candice Nicole (@CandiceNicolePR) June 9, 2012
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Now that’s a line.
How desperate are some people for a pair of these sneakers? Well, one fellow suggested he’d do some, well, pretty outlandish (and slightly offensive) things just to land himself a pair:
I will put black people back through slavery for 100 more years for them Yeezys.
— . (@THEFUCKINLIFERS) June 7, 2012
I will resurrect Martin Luther King just to shoot him in the head again for them Yeezys.
— . (@THEFUCKINLIFERS) June 7, 2012
So much hype for just one shoe.
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