Fat Joe Kicked Over Trump kicks

Bronx-Born Rapper Gets Backlash Over Sneakers

Bronx-born rapper Fat Joe announces that he has added a pair of Trump Sneakers to his collections of thousands of pairs of sneakers on Instagram. -Photo courtesy of Instagram

By David Greene

Bronx Voice 

March 21, 2024 

BRONX - Bronx-born rapper Fat Joe got an earful from many of his 5.7 million Instagram followers after the avid sneaker collector posted that he now owned a pair of Donald Trump’s sneakers.

In the post-dated Joe, 53, began a long-winded dialogue about Wendy Williams, racism in America, taking a poke at journalists and paparazzi before digging his heels into Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis who is prosecuting Trump and 18 others for attempting to overturn the 2020 Presidential election.

Joe then told fans, “I don’t know how you feel about this… but I got the Trump Sneakers. I got them. I’m one of the biggest sneaker collectors in the world and you know I don’t rock with Trump. You know I’m a diehard Democrat. You know I’m a loyal Democrat to a fault.”

After laying out his defense, Joe continued, “Now as a sneaker collector I had to get my hands on the Trumps.” Claiming to own thousands of pairs of sneakers, Joe is handed a box of Trump Sneakers that says, “Friends and Family” and a voice off camera adds that only 50 pairs of this particular sneaker was sold.

Joe reiterated, “Once again I’m not a Trumper. I dislike Trump. I’m not voting for him, not now, not ever. But I’m a sneaker collector into the art so I had to find these. Now the mayor’s going to call me, everybody’s going to call me.” Joe added he did not pay for the shoes.

The backlash from fans was swift and harsh as “Sachamo aka Sachboogie” wrote, “100% Sell out!” “Big Stan” wrote, “Negative- you wrong for this Joe.” “Iamjay” wrote, “Joe you ain’t gotta apologize we all know you sold out years ago.” While “Dantan560” wrote, “This dude just bought a pair of ‘Air Insurrections.’”

Trump unveiled his new sneaker and perfume line at the Sneaker Con held at the Philadelphia Convention Center on Saturday, February 17, one day after he was ordered to pay $354.9 million for overstating his net worth to banks and insurance companies.

The website selling the sneakers “GetTrumpSneakers.com” offered the “Never Surrender High-tops” for $399 a pair—which states are limited to just 1,000 pairs. The website also showed the “Trump Red Wave Sneakers” for $199—both reportedly sold out on the first day.

A disclaimer on the website states, “The images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product.” The website also states that the sneakers are trademarked by CIC Ventures, LLC, and adds, “Trump sneakers are not designed, manufactured, distributed or sold by Donald J. Trump, the Trump Organization or any of their respective affiliates or principals.”

The website also states, “45 Footwear, LLC uses the Trump name, image, and likeness under a license agreement; however, an Associated Press story reported that Trump reported owning CIC Ventures, LLC in a 2023 financial statement.

An attempt to reach Fat Joe for comment was unsuccessful.