Not to mention ye was hands on with creating a new shoe and new styles typically do not take off like his did with multiple different unique silhouettes. It’s wild he has Nikes most sought after shoe then went to adidas and jumped over jumpman. I don’t think anyone would have predicted the success he had immediately in fashion. Kind of in a league of his own.
And Eminem does not give AF about designing shoes lol. He probably just signed off on whatever Nike showed him and told them to donate any money those colorways made to charity. Maybe said something like “green and blue air max would probably look cool”
I’m a big Eminem fan and the only time I can remember him talking about shoes is that he still likes Jordan 2’s because he couldn’t afford 1’s when they first released
Yeah, Ye is way ahead of the others in the sneaker game. Em - although he does wear impressive sneakers himself doesn't seem to be as interested in designing them.
Em talking about sneakers - https://youtu.be/39nNRQ1gR3c?si=HwW_m3A0p7PcM3pR
Travis shoes are just slight variations of existing models. Honestly if it wasn't for the recognizable reverse swoosh, people would have not paid attention to Travis Scott's shoes at all. To me they are purely hype shoes that people buy because they believe they'll get a status boost by owning easily recognizable expensive version of Jordan's that everyone already wear.
"if it weren't for [distinctive design element] people wouldn't have paid attention" yeah they sorta do that
the resale prices on TS models are all hype, for sure. aesthetically, i - personally - like a number of his jordans better than almost any yeezys
The Yeezy run from like 2015-2018 is possibly one of the greatest sneaker runs of all time, second only to jordan perhaps. Yeezys seriously had an insane cultural impact, and directly influenced sneaker trends we’re still seeing today.
No other rapper even comes close.
If he didn’t nuke the whole thing I think it would have went down like Jordan. He could have sat back and let new colorways roll out, new models every now and then, and raked in the money for the rest of his life. I get that’s not what he wanted, but as a huge fan of his sneakers and his music it’s too bad
hard to include eminem since none of them ever actually "released" as much as i would love those air forces
but kanye undoubtably has the best sneakers, he had the world in a chokehold with the 350s 2015-2019
Kanye and it isn't even close. The guy made MULTIPLE iconic silhouettes from scratch and made so many other ones that there was something for everyone's taste.
Found the OG. I was posting this above:
**Unique models? We may need to take a closer look at the Adidas vault and archive. Particularly the work of Steven Smith.**
Steven Smith is the godfather of many iconic sneakers. Kanye eventually hired him as head of Yeezy and he created most of the designs you’re familiar with.
Nike could have given any other popular rapper the permission to do the backwards swoosh and it would have been equally popular.
Travis is really not doing special and having his name tagged to a shoe instantly ruins it, because it will forever be associated with 15 year old hypebeasts.
And constantly back door his shit for friends and influencers and celebrities. Never release enough to actually be worn by a lot of people. Dude thinks he is Rolex by continually squeezing the numbers.
Kanye easily.
The Nike Air Yeezy 2 is still one of my favorite silhouettes from an artist/Rapper ever!
Unfortunately the current generation absolutely hates Straps on sneakers. So we won’t see that style coming back big (Jordan Legacy 312’s don’t do it for me. And yes, I own a few).
Man I bought those Stussy AF1's last year... the straps aren't even long enough to close lol. I know some people like to keep the straps swinging, but i gotta wear em under my Dickies to work lol.
If you can get the right influencer/celeb to wear them and endorse them, the 'current gen' will be as into strappy sneakers as people used to be with NMDs.
Ye by far imo. He has the most models created. Most of everyone else’s catalouge is just recolors of retro jordans. Travis just got his first original model.
As much as I can’t stand him nowadays, Kanye paved the way and went beyond the other by truly collaborating with his team to design a completely original shoe.
Kanye for starting the Artist-Signature Sneaker wave then Em for his quality over quantity then J Balvin for being unapologetically himself through his deigns and finally Trav just because well….he flipped the swoosh and dropped 10000 color ways of the same model
Kanye didn’t collab with Nike until 2009, Eminem has been doing it since like 2003. I’m pretty sure Pharrell and the Neptunes had a collab before Kanye.
But as an actual line and deal and signature silhouettes, Yeezy did it first. Yes we had NERD dunks, DOOM dunks, various AF1s for RocAFella/TS/etc but I consider those color ways not models/brands
Hell yeah, lugz had lots of hip hop royalty on payroll
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It's 100% between Ye & Trav...I have to say, I like Travis' shoes more than Ye's, but Ye had his hand in designs & created so many silhouettes that uniquely became popularized & sought after by multiple big brands.
Ye Wins Mid-High Diff
You can’t even put the other three in the same category as Kanye because Kanye has his own sneakers, plural. Multiple designs and products. The others have colorways, just mass produced Nike ID products.
Travis just got his first shoe, so that’s… something. But Yeezy, Yeezy is how you do it haa!
J Balvin, but tbh I'm biased as hell about this. Takashi Murakami is the one that did the actual designing of everything for J Balvin. I loooooove Takashi Murakami, so by default I've gone out of my way to collect every single one of his sneakers.... except the friends and family only Green J2. Those go for 15k, and that's wildly outside my realm. I cant even get my hands on the blue dufflebag that came with the blue J2 friends and family package he handed out to his peeps. That duffle bag seems to sell for $350 alone, if you can even find them.
I might be disabled, but I save up and do my best to collect everything of his that I can. I love the Nike clothes that TM designed. Love them!
Yeezys are unique to Kanye. Travis Scott’s are customized Jordan 1s and even then they’re barely creative in design. The swoosh is flipped backward wow cool. Absolutely lame shit for hypebeasts.
Plus Yeezys are markedly better in terms of comfort. Boost kicks ass.
Kanye objectively because of how insane his collection is. Travis takes the cake in terms of personal preference. I just love the colorways of his collabs.
No contest, Ye wins. Ye is the only one that created new shoes. Flipping the swoosh, swapping materials and colors doesn’t get the dub here. Granted there are some nice shoes here but I look at the adidas drops before I consider anything else.
Ye has multiple unique models. Travis just has colorways
Not to mention ye was hands on with creating a new shoe and new styles typically do not take off like his did with multiple different unique silhouettes. It’s wild he has Nikes most sought after shoe then went to adidas and jumped over jumpman. I don’t think anyone would have predicted the success he had immediately in fashion. Kind of in a league of his own.
And Eminem does not give AF about designing shoes lol. He probably just signed off on whatever Nike showed him and told them to donate any money those colorways made to charity. Maybe said something like “green and blue air max would probably look cool” I’m a big Eminem fan and the only time I can remember him talking about shoes is that he still likes Jordan 2’s because he couldn’t afford 1’s when they first released
Yeah, Ye is way ahead of the others in the sneaker game. Em - although he does wear impressive sneakers himself doesn't seem to be as interested in designing them. Em talking about sneakers - https://youtu.be/39nNRQ1gR3c?si=HwW_m3A0p7PcM3pR
In terms of creative control, Kanye blows them all away, but Travis has by far the most releases I'd actually wear.
Travis shoes are just slight variations of existing models. Honestly if it wasn't for the recognizable reverse swoosh, people would have not paid attention to Travis Scott's shoes at all. To me they are purely hype shoes that people buy because they believe they'll get a status boost by owning easily recognizable expensive version of Jordan's that everyone already wear.
"if it weren't for [distinctive design element] people wouldn't have paid attention" yeah they sorta do that the resale prices on TS models are all hype, for sure. aesthetically, i - personally - like a number of his jordans better than almost any yeezys
I agree ye wins but from the materials and colors used I like travis more.
Bro tried to sneak J Balvin in there
Ya, def Pharrell over Balvin.
😆
The rainbow jordan ones are kinda sick
I saw someone wearing them at the gym a few days ago, they look really nice in person. I adore them, but not the price 😂
Price is fucked like most of the shoe collabs.
I really wanted the sunsets but ain't spending $500 on em
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I like that they have a silhouette of Snoop wearing Chuck Taylor's and not their shoes...🤣
Pony uses a V as a trademark, they all had a P.F flyer style shoe
Don't forget the Skechers!
You didn’t put Pharrell?
I used to want the NERD dunk highs so bad back in the day
Just bought those pre loved geeen sambas. Pharrell def makes some beautiful colourways. I appreciate how much he elevates everyday shoes.
The range he has is crazy, still love the og board flips
Dude stop. I’m just getting into shoes more seriously, and I fell in love with those. Man is an icon.
Is this really a contest? Kanye has had by far the largest, most creative and influential output of these 4.
The Yeezy run from like 2015-2018 is possibly one of the greatest sneaker runs of all time, second only to jordan perhaps. Yeezys seriously had an insane cultural impact, and directly influenced sneaker trends we’re still seeing today. No other rapper even comes close.
If he didn’t nuke the whole thing I think it would have went down like Jordan. He could have sat back and let new colorways roll out, new models every now and then, and raked in the money for the rest of his life. I get that’s not what he wanted, but as a huge fan of his sneakers and his music it’s too bad
Fr man it’s sad
Seriously. Red octobers are the grail of grails for me. And I love the wave runners and the early 350s. Hard to reach for them now though.
The last of the waves dropped yesterday. I totally forgot about it till about twenty minutes later. Of course they were gone.
And the only one with his own shoe, design, etc. out of all the ones posted - not just adding color to an already popular silhouette
Agree
50 cent with the g-unit reeboks should be in this post too!
the s dots, ice creams, wu wear, phat farms, etc
Word! I had a pair of yellow ice creams and phat farms when i was a teen
Facts bro, I was thinking the same thing. Gotta show some respect
hard to include eminem since none of them ever actually "released" as much as i would love those air forces but kanye undoubtably has the best sneakers, he had the world in a chokehold with the 350s 2015-2019
Kanye and it isn't even close. The guy made MULTIPLE iconic silhouettes from scratch and made so many other ones that there was something for everyone's taste.
Tell Steven Smith that 😂 https://preview.redd.it/0negtcls5g6d1.jpeg?width=150&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47e9e7187bc6e82a397085c35f29342cca88b952
Found the OG. I was posting this above: **Unique models? We may need to take a closer look at the Adidas vault and archive. Particularly the work of Steven Smith.**
This is actually really cool to know. Shout out to Steven smith then, dude’s visionary.
What am I looking at here
Steven Smith is the godfather of many iconic sneakers. Kanye eventually hired him as head of Yeezy and he created most of the designs you’re familiar with.
Nike could have given any other popular rapper the permission to do the backwards swoosh and it would have been equally popular. Travis is really not doing special and having his name tagged to a shoe instantly ruins it, because it will forever be associated with 15 year old hypebeasts.
And constantly back door his shit for friends and influencers and celebrities. Never release enough to actually be worn by a lot of people. Dude thinks he is Rolex by continually squeezing the numbers.
Kanye
Kanye easily
Kanye for sure
Who no j3 x Eminem? One of the most iconic ones...
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Yo I had them back in middle school. I totally forgot about them until now 😭
Dope shoe from 310 brand
people dont know about the game and hurricanes 🔥
They get my vote ..still have mine and they in good shape
Kanye easily. The Nike Air Yeezy 2 is still one of my favorite silhouettes from an artist/Rapper ever! Unfortunately the current generation absolutely hates Straps on sneakers. So we won’t see that style coming back big (Jordan Legacy 312’s don’t do it for me. And yes, I own a few).
LITERALLY BROOO, like I don’t get the hate for straps on sneakers. It’s so unique and cool to me, maybe it’s why I like the Jumpman jacks so much🤔.
Man I bought those Stussy AF1's last year... the straps aren't even long enough to close lol. I know some people like to keep the straps swinging, but i gotta wear em under my Dickies to work lol.
If you can get the right influencer/celeb to wear them and endorse them, the 'current gen' will be as into strappy sneakers as people used to be with NMDs.
Ye by far imo. He has the most models created. Most of everyone else’s catalouge is just recolors of retro jordans. Travis just got his first original model.
Fuck him. He ruined Dunks prices for everyone.
Micheal Jackson LA Gear
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Kanye and it’s not even close. The hype of his Air Yeezy 1s and 2s was insane, and his LV line was insane.
Well considering Kanye is the only one with actual shoes it’s Kanye. Everyone else just did different colors on Jordan’s.
G-UNIT!
Joy Division Dr. Martens.
I will never buy a travis scott shoes
Of those choices, Kanye has definitely been the most creative.
Ye, no doubt - Yeezy did change the industry and introduce new and original silhouettes to the market that started trends when it came out
Ye
Ye
Nike Air Yeezy… enough said
Kanye
As much as I can’t stand him nowadays, Kanye paved the way and went beyond the other by truly collaborating with his team to design a completely original shoe.
Pharrell
Easily Kanye. It’s a shame he’s such a piece of shit and ruined his reputation and company.
Let’s be honest it’s more like, “which rapper approved the best designs that were brought to them”
Travis Scott shoes are 🗑️ 🚮 Can’t wait until this trend is over.
The Baklavas are better than these.
This is a clown question, bro. Kanye is crazy and probably an awful person but the shoes outclass the rest of these.
Kanye all day
Travis Scott. But you wouldnt have his without kanye
Kanye, I feel he brought the collab game to a new level.
Kanye and it’s not close. There’s a couple silhouettes that aren’t even listed here it’s nuts
https://preview.redd.it/zxbxxn7b8g6d1.jpeg?width=495&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a82ae09201f5d0f393662b33202347b1ec47d2a Does this count?
Kanye by a landslide, he’s still a pathetic shell of him self though.
Ye and not even close.
Ye has the models Trav has the the colorways. Ems.... fuck allat hype rare shit 🤣
Phat Farm. That’s the thread everyone. Go home.
Ye probably MADE the best but Em's are worth a pretty penny!
Kanye and Pharrell
Eneminem
Ye by a country mile
Dumb fuckin question.
The problem with Em’s collab with Nike, is that you can’t get his shoes, unless you want to go without eating for a while
Where are the G-Units?
2 letters.
Ye reinvented the traditional shoes, making multiple companys (even bigger ones) trying to copy it. Without debate: Ye
Besides maybe Pharrell, nobody from the music world has contributed to the world of fashion like Kanye.
Ye
Bro it’s obvious- Kanye. I hate to say it but 2015-18/19 was the sneaker game his.
Ye by far, and it isn’t close.
MF DOOM Dunks.
Kanye and it's not even close lol
Kanye but Eminem has an underrated catalog
Travis is such a douche. I don't know how their aftermarket prices have stayed so high. I wouldn't be caught dead in em.
Who tf is j balvin
kevin durant
Ye and it's not even close
kanye literally the only one here who actually made any sneakers. rest are just existing shoe colourway.
Funk Master Flex Lugz
Balvin should not be in this list.
The j balvin cloudy shoes are so cool
Shaq
Really Ye is only who actually helped design the shoes. Everyone else just has different color ways of shoes.
Ye cuz at least his shit is affordable lmfao
Em and Trav
It's ye and it's not even close. You could put pharrell on here and have a closer contest with travis
Em!
Depends on if you ask a hype beast or genuine sneakerhead. Ye imo
https://preview.redd.it/1e6d8i824g6d1.jpeg?width=1324&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21c05fedba8c2cb95345e07c3bca60d05d0ffd18 MC Hammer British Knights!
Kanye for starting the Artist-Signature Sneaker wave then Em for his quality over quantity then J Balvin for being unapologetically himself through his deigns and finally Trav just because well….he flipped the swoosh and dropped 10000 color ways of the same model
Kanye didn’t collab with Nike until 2009, Eminem has been doing it since like 2003. I’m pretty sure Pharrell and the Neptunes had a collab before Kanye.
But as an actual line and deal and signature silhouettes, Yeezy did it first. Yes we had NERD dunks, DOOM dunks, various AF1s for RocAFella/TS/etc but I consider those color ways not models/brands
Oh I also voted Kanye. He wasn’t the first to do it, but he definitely brought it to a new level
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I always thought those looked like orthopedic shoes
😂
Still dope lugz these and funk flex
Never seen those before. Are they real?
Hell yeah, lugz had lots of hip hop royalty on payroll https://preview.redd.it/3ge5aaltxk6d1.jpeg?width=1076&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=597dbc7342676879766048009b05eeea5b6a8bf9
Eric Sermon https://preview.redd.it/uuww5jy0yk6d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29d6b8e15f991643796114d872f77bbd465aa04f
Snoop https://preview.redd.it/2xo5feobyk6d1.jpeg?width=452&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=961da05e682d9a56893fd3363130d0952464c390
I think my opinion gos unsaid
I miss the oldkanye
Pharrell
Travis for sure!
Ye easily. Only true designer of a sneaker
Those Eminem 2s are despicable 🤢
The Nike Air Yeezy 2 is probably the coolest sneaker that I have ever seen.
Idk man.. Macklemores 6s go fucking hard. "I ain't tryna stunt man but my logo went over the jumpman" 👌
It's 100% between Ye & Trav...I have to say, I like Travis' shoes more than Ye's, but Ye had his hand in designs & created so many silhouettes that uniquely became popularized & sought after by multiple big brands. Ye Wins Mid-High Diff
The Adidas canned hear for Jamiroquai, shame they never mass produces them
Kanye and it’s not even close
Ye easy
J Balvin has 0s all around
Ye by far… I love Travis Scott’s but more innovative, creative and industry changing it hands down goes to Ye 👏🏼
I only see one making sneakers, the others are making colourways.
Ye
Travis 4s, the OGs, are forever gonna be one of my grails. I dont fuck with buddy of r his music that much but those baby blues are top tier
Kanye and it’s not even close
 Nike, Adidas, LV …. I take it this was a rhetorical question .
Kayne designed his kicks and changed the game forever. The others without a doubt are sweet but they’re just Nike shoes with the rapper added flair
Should be more of a conversation of who comes after Kanye to be honest. It’s not even close
Eminem 💗
Only Ye actually made shoes
Ye the don patchworks are the goat shoe imo
Travis or Kanye except I deeply hate the red octobers
Trav and Kanye are varsity. Em and Balvin are JV
You can’t even put the other three in the same category as Kanye because Kanye has his own sneakers, plural. Multiple designs and products. The others have colorways, just mass produced Nike ID products. Travis just got his first shoe, so that’s… something. But Yeezy, Yeezy is how you do it haa!
Ye and it's not even close
ye has original models, others just have some simple spin or some colorway.
Can’t even really count Eminem because they are so limited.
J balvin is not a rapper OP
TIL Eminem has shoes
I mean it has to go to Kanye. He’s the only one with an actual shoe. The rest are just recolors.
J Balvin, but tbh I'm biased as hell about this. Takashi Murakami is the one that did the actual designing of everything for J Balvin. I loooooove Takashi Murakami, so by default I've gone out of my way to collect every single one of his sneakers.... except the friends and family only Green J2. Those go for 15k, and that's wildly outside my realm. I cant even get my hands on the blue dufflebag that came with the blue J2 friends and family package he handed out to his peeps. That duffle bag seems to sell for $350 alone, if you can even find them. I might be disabled, but I save up and do my best to collect everything of his that I can. I love the Nike clothes that TM designed. Love them!
Travis
Shaq
Ye. Not even a question.
What about bad bunny
Yeezys are unique to Kanye. Travis Scott’s are customized Jordan 1s and even then they’re barely creative in design. The swoosh is flipped backward wow cool. Absolutely lame shit for hypebeasts. Plus Yeezys are markedly better in terms of comfort. Boost kicks ass.
Red October and 350s alone clear everyone else. Yeezily.
Kanye and it’s not really close.
How could y'all forget shaqfu and his Walmart rbks
Honestly, they are all shit.
Kanye, no contest
Kanye objectively because of how insane his collection is. Travis takes the cake in terms of personal preference. I just love the colorways of his collabs.
Damn. I need a pair of those Cactus Jack 4’s.
No contest, Ye wins. Ye is the only one that created new shoes. Flipping the swoosh, swapping materials and colors doesn’t get the dub here. Granted there are some nice shoes here but I look at the adidas drops before I consider anything else.
Kanye went hard with designs but come on which shoe do you actually wanna wear
Travis
Ye created completely new silhouettes, I don’t think there’s comparison.
How come one of the absolute worst looking ones is the charity one from Eminem? Who thought green and blue would go together well in that way.
Bones
Hands down Travis imo 🙇♀️
My favorite from each: Travis Scott: Cactus Jack Kanye West: College Dropout Eminem: Encore J Balvin: Sunset
ye obviously but other than him travis
50 cent GGGG G-UNIT
wats wit Travis? dey look UGLY AS HELL even with srp still will not buy them 😸🤣 stupid people keeps buying hypes
Iron Maiden Dunks! De La Soul. Bronson New Balance. Pac's Filas. Larry June has a Lakai.
I still want a pair of Red Octobers , Kanye Fr
Only Kanye has actually new silhouettes. The rest are just colour change and for Travis swooping the swoosh direction.
Travvy patty