11/6/2023 0 Comments Light blue yeezys![]() This is almost certainly the Yeezy sample that the least amount of people know the details about. ![]() According to GLC, Kanye was so upset with the colorway when he saw it that he “ripped out the tongue” and went to extremes to destroy them so nobody would ever associate them with him. In a recent Sneaker News interview with GLC (Chicago rapper and best friend to Kanye West), it was revealed that one of the first Yeezy samples ever created was a Lakers-inspired purple and yellow colorway that “never saw the light of day”. It appears that the infamous “Cheetah” Yeezy 2 was not the only Kobe inspired Yeezy colorway. The shoes sold for slightly less than the “Grammy” pair and haven’t popped up on eBay since. This pair, like the “Grammy” Nike Air Yeezy, was sold as part of the 2009 Nike/Doernbecher charity auction. Kanye wanted to use Jordan tooling on the Yeezy, but Nike would not allow it, so even though this sample was created to see how a Yeezy would look on Jordan tooling, it was never presented to Kanye as an option. This sample, created in Nike’s Innovation Kitchen, was made when Mark Smith was testing various different kinds of tooling on the Yeezy. The pair sold for over $10,000, and years later actually hit eBay a second time, although details on this second auction are scarce. Thus began the Yeezy craze.Ībout a year later, during a comedic series of videos featuring Mark Smith and Chi McBride, it was announced that the “Grammy” sample would be sold via a Nike/Doernbecher charity auction on eBay to benefit that children’s hospital that Nike has long partnered with. After awhile, it became clear that Kanye was in fact wearing his own Nike signature model, making him the first rapper to ever do so. After the audience wiped their eyes, and the Grammy Awards continued, the internet starting going nuts trying to figure out what Kanye was wearing on his feet. After Daft Punk retreated to the inside of their pyramid, the house lights grew brighter, and Kanye started performing “Hey Mama” as a dedication to his mother who had passed away earlier that year. ![]() When Kanye West took the Grammy stage in 2008, he launched the crowd into an uproar with an energetic performance of “Stronger”, complete with an LED infused outfit. The first sample we saw was the one that started it all. Needless to say, that sneaker will likely never come to fruition In an interesting side note, a year or so ago, pictures of the prototype reemerged on the web, only this time, many thought it was a picture of the Air Yeezy 3. This tooling also feature the “Y-Print” on the outsole which originally used LED lights, but after the realization of the high cost of the lighting and the low battery life, the tooling was replaced with a glow in the dark version of the Air Assault tooling. Originally, the Yeezy featured “Death Star” tooling, named for the semi-sphere used on the midsole. The basic design is very similar to the Air Yeezy we know today, with the biggest difference being the tooling used. Before the 2008 Grammys, before the campouts began, there was this the original prototype for the Nike Air Yeezy.
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