Some Detroit residents spent days waiting in line for a chance to buy rapper Kanye West’s new $1,000 “Air Yeezy II” sneakers.
“Detroiter Nik White…got in line at downtown Royal Oak’s Burn Rubber Shoe Boutique [just outside Detroit] Tuesday for the shoes that went on sale Saturday,” CBS Detroit reports.
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Once the sneakers officially went on sale, they sold out almost immediately.
Watch the CBS Detroit news brief:
White, the fan who waited for in line for four days, bought himself three pairs of the pricey “kicks.”
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