Nike and Kendrick Lamar have another shoe coming, as first revealed in an Instagram post by Dave Free, the president of Lamar’s label, Top Dawg Entertainment. Free was spotted wearing the Kenny 3, a Cortez silhouette featuring a black suede upper as contrasted against a white Swoosh and outsole.
The toe of the shoe is embroidered with the word DAMN, written in Chinese. The heel tab featuree a red loop that coordinates with a red strap along the tongue reading “bet it back.”
In addition to the shoe ($100), there’s a coordinated collection of clothing, all of which will be sold at a series of TDE x Nike pop-up shops planned to open in connection with TDE’s “The Championship” tour, which kicks off on May 4th in Vancouver.
TDE will host a total of 16 pop-up shops and six are planned in collaboration with Nike. The TDE x Nike stores are Livestock in Toronto, Blends in Los Angeles, Concepts in New York, Social Status in Houston, Bodega in Boston and Notre in Chicago.
The first Kenny 1 “DAMN” Cortez was offered in white and dropped on January 26, 2017. There was also a very limited Kenny 2 Cortez pair in red, a local drop sold only in Los Angeles on February 17th.
Check out the dates below with more details at tdchampionship.com.
May 5: Likelihood in Seattle: 1101 East Union Street
May 6: Machus in Portland: 542 East Burnside Street
May 8: Oaklandish in Oakland: 1444 Broadway
May 9-13: Blends x Nike in Los Angeles: 725 South Los Angeles Street
May 13: Gym Standard in San Diego: 2903 El Cajon Boulevard, Unit 2
May 17: BLK MKT in Dallas: 5509 West Lovers Lane
May 18: South of Everywhere in Austin: 2324 South Lamar Boulevard in Austin, Texas
May 19-20: Social Status x Nike in Houston
May 25: Wish in Atlanta: 453 Moreland Avenue Northeast
May 26-30: Concepts x Nike in New York: 22 Hudson Street
June 1: Maketto in Washington D.C.: 1351 H Street NE
June 4-5: Bodega x Nike in Boston: 6 Clearway Street
June 8: Lapstone & Hammer in Philadelphia: 1106 Chestnut Street
June 11-12: Livestock x Nike in Toronto: 116 Spadina Avenue G1
June 14-15: Notre x Nike in Chicago: 118 North Peoria Street 1N
Check out the shoes and clothes below.
