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Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021

Did Nike collaborate in the release of ‘new demonic shoes’ called ‘Satan Shoes’?

Olivera Perkins, Lead Stories
no

Nike told Lead Stories in a March 29, 2021, email that the company did not collaborate on the "Satan Shoes" venture between recording artist Lil Nas X and MSCHF, a business focused on making products go viral.

The shoes, which went on sale March 29, 2021, for $1,018 a pair, are refashioned Nike sneakers.

Nike told Lead Storis that it had filed "a trademark infringement and dilution complaint against MSCHF … related to the Satan Shoes … The Satan Shoes were produced without Nike's approval or authorization, and Nike is in no way connected with this project."

The customized Nike Air Max 97s are decorated with devil-inspired themes, including what the Satan Shoes website says is one drop of human blood. 

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