How Rappers Took Over Sneakers in the Last Decade

The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Matt Welty, and Brendan Dunne, and this week, with the decade coming to a close, they discuss how rappers, like Kanye West and Travis Scott, and designers, such as Virgil Abloh and Jerry Lorenzo, became more important in the sneaker industry than athletes.

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