You gotta be ralph level to have these.

No really, you do have to be ralph level to have these exclusive 1 of 1 Nike Air Yeezy 2 samples worn by Kanye West. The owner of these sneakers S.Sami used to work at Ralph Lauren and developed a close relationship with Kanye West. This pair has never hit the internet until now. In fact, Kanye wanted these to be the third release of the Yeezy 2, however Nike declined because it was too similar to the original releases.

According to Sami, who met and developed a relationship with Kanye through his position at Ralph Lauren, he was not only able to procure the pair straight from Mr. West, but also got some of the backstory as well. Somewhere in between the “Oreo” and “Red October” installments, this size 12 sample was whipped up as the potential third colorway. Word is that Kanye really liked the look, but Nike felt it was too similar to the others to make the desired impact and chose to eventually go another route. That didn’t stop their namesake from getting some good wear out of these in the studio and other destinations in the meantime before eventually giving them up.

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Source: SN & S.Sami







