

In fact, to demonstrate how new they were, Fat Joe entertainingly licked the bottom of his own sneakers, which interestingly enough were selling on eBay for $5,000. What was so remarkable about this display of sneakers is that most of them were never even worn. It is almost alarming just how much money some sneaker junkies would pay for a pair of rare sneakers, even though they would actually never wear it themselves.įor example, Rapper Fat Joe displayed his closet full of sneakers on MTV Cribs in 2004.


In fact, sneakers have now become collectible items that people display and collect, as if they were old baseball cards or fossils that are priceless. The sneaker scene is as popular and faddish today as it ever was.
