So I was looking around the web for cool shoes, preferably Nikes, and I stumbled upon this website called Sneakerpimps. It's fucken dope. Here's a lil' something about them.
" Sneaker Pimps is the worlds largest touring sneaker hip-hop lifestyle exhibition featuring over 1500 pairs of rare, limited edition, vintage, celebrity signed, artists collaborated sneakers and a collection of sneaker inspired artwork, fashion and photography. The tour also features live street art installations, live skateboarding demonstrations, street basketball competitions and live hip-hop and rock performances by some of the world's foremost recording artists.
The Sneaker Pimps Tour was founded in Sydney, Australia by Peter Fahey and has traveled to more than 60 cities world-wide and put on over 200 shows since 2003.
Over 500 of the worlds top and up & coming street artists have contributed original works to the Sneaker Pimps World Tour, including: Futura, Dave White, Stash, Mister Cartoon, Shepard Fairey, Tokidoki, Dave Kinsey, SBTG, Methamphibian, Doze, Bigfoot, Tkid, Cope2, London Police, Dalek, Claw Money, Lady Pink, Ghost and many more.
Skateboarding is a huge part of this tour having featured live skate demos with international super stars and pro teams such as Ice Cream, Nike SB, RBK, Zoo York, 5Boro and more
Past live music performances have included:
Nas, EPMD, DJ Premier, Lupe Fiasco, Funkmaster Flex, Ghostface Killah, DJ Muggs, Beatnuts, Cool Kids, Clipse, Dr Octagon, Dan The Automator, Kid Koala, DJ Qbert, Mix Master Mike, Bun B (UGK), Redman, Capone N NORE, Public Enemy, Swizz Beatz, Biz Markie, Slick Rick, Travis Barker, Paul Wall, Black Sheep, Too $hort, Jeru The Damaja, Diplo, Kid Capri, Pete Rock, Marley Marl, DJ Muro... "
Check em' out at www.sneakerpimps.net
