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As reported last month, Sotheby’s is auctioning off over 120 historic hip-hop-related items. A wide variety of memorabilia is up for grabs, ranging from Notorious B.I.G.’s famous “King of New York” golden crown to rare graffiti and art. Included in the sprawling lot is a pair of Drake’s elusive “Splatter” Air Jordan IVs.  A sneaker with a […]

New sneakers are dropping almost daily at this point. With all of the options hitting the market from week to week, it is inevitable that some pairs won’t be selling out on release day. These pairs eventually make their way to the sale section, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t worth being added to your […]

It’s impossible to neatly pack the summer of 2020 into a clean, coherent lede sentence, so let’s just move on to the meat of this topic. This is a sneaker site, and summer’s nearly over, so what was the sneaker of the summer this year? Every year when we put together this story, there’s a […]

New takes on old classics and an assortment of Adidas ZX collabs highlight this week of sneaker releases. Things kick off on Tuesday morning with the introduction of the Nike ISPA Drifter Split in two colorways. The next big releases are scheduled for Friday with the debut of the Dunk Low Disrupt, “Black Tie-Dye” Air […]

The Nike Air Max line is one of the most important sneaker lines in history. From 1987, when Tinker Hatfield’s Air Max 1 introduced the world to visible Air units through a tiny window in the midsole to the full-length bubbles introduced with 2017’s VaporMax, the shoes have consistently represented Nike innovation at its finest. Over the […]

The retail business is in a dismal place. Stores once considered institutions shuttered their doors permanently, and even the strongest companies have experienced financial struggles over the course of economic fallout associated with the current global health crisis. While big businesses struggle, small businesses face more challenging prospects for survival. This is especially true for […]

New sneakers are dropping almost daily at this point. With all of the options hitting the market from week to week, it is inevitable that some pairs won’t be selling out on release day. These pairs eventually make their way to the sale section, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t worth being added to your […]

After more than 20 years of working there, Adidas global creative director Paul Gaudio is leaving the company on Aug. 31, according to an internal email sent to employees on Saturday. Adidas confirmed his departure in a statement provided to Complex today. “We are very grateful for his contributions over his long tenure, including the […]

Protests denouncing police brutality against unarmed Black men and women are continuing across the country following the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin this past Sunday. The latest in a seemingly endless list of these senseless murders has resulted in a variety of powerful demonstrations, such as NBA players refusing to play playoff games and Black […]

Black employees at Nike are not working for rest of the week as a protest against racially motivated killings in America, sources tell Complex. Some of the workers participating in the demonstration have set up an out-of-office alert on their email accounts explaining their absence. “While I am out of office I will be using […]