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Nike Denies Involvement In Creation Of Lil Nas X’s ‘Satan Shoes’

<p>Following the release of the visual for his song <em>Montero<&sol;em>&comma; Lil Nas X announced that he would be releasing custom Nike&&num;8217&semi;s with a hint of human blood&period; According to Lil Nas X&comma; the &&num;8216&semi;Satan Shoes&&num;8217&semi; are being made in collaboration with streetwear company MSCHF&comma; using one of Nike&&num;8217&semi;s most infamous designs&&num;8211&semi;the Air Max 97s&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;nike-executive-resigns-following-reports-of-her-son-using-a-credit-card-in-her-name-to-fund-his-sneaker-resale-business&sol;">Nike<&sol;a>&comma; however&comma; must not have gotten the memo about the new kicks because the company has revealed that is has no involvement with Lil Nas X or his shoes&period; In a statement to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcnews&period;com&sol;pop-culture&sol;pop-culture-news&sol;nike-denies-involvement-lil-nas-x-satan-shoes-containing-human-n1262280">NBC News<&sol;a>&comma; Nike denies having anything to do with the release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We do not have a relationship with Lil Nas X or MSCHF&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the statement says&period; &&num;8220&semi;Nike did not design or release these shoes and we do not endorse them&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lil Nas X announced the release of the &&num;8220&semi;Satan Shoes&&num;8221&semi; over the weekend&comma; noting that only 666 pairs would be sold&period; The sneakers have a pentagram pendant on them and are said to have a drop of human blood in each pair&period; Lil Nas X also detailed that they would be sold for &dollar;1&comma;018 in reference to Luke 10&colon;18&comma; which speaks about Satan&&num;8217&semi;s fall from heaven&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We aren&&num;8217&semi;t sure whether or not Lil Nas X really planned to release these shoes&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s very possible that he was just trolling the folks who criticized his new video&period; Nevertheless&comma; the sneaker announcement brought about various opinions about Nas&&num;8217&semi; religious views as well as his music&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Masika Kalysha took to Twitter to voice her opinion about the shoes&comma; saying she came to Lil Nas X&&num;8217&semi;s defense regarding his music video but she thinks he took things a little too far&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;<em>Ok now Lil Nas X I was tellin&&num;8217&semi; people they need to chill but then you put out these demon shoes with human blood and that&&num;8217&semi;s just disgusting and demonic and something we absolutely do not tf need<&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she wrote&period; &&num;8220&semi;<em>Every check ain&&num;8217&semi;t a good check&period; Human blood my nig&quest; What in the absolute fk&period;<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CM8poMZhWnZ&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; 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