The 665 people who ordered Lil Nas X’s custom Nike “Satan Shoes” won’t be receiving a pair anytime soon. According to CBS News, Nike was granted a temporary restraining order against MSCHF on Wednesday (March 31), which is the art collective that worked with Lil Nas X on the controversial customized Nike Air Max ’97s.
The court order given by the Eastern District of New York ruled the Brooklyn-based company cannot fulfill any of the 665 orders of the $1,018 sneakers for the time being. The satanic kicks sold out in just one minute when released in March alongside Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” single.
“Nike filed a trademark infringement and dilution complaint against MSCHF today related to the Satan Shoes,” a spokesperson told CBS News. “We don’t have any further details to share on pending legal matters. However, we can tell you we do not have a relationship with Lil Nas X or MSCHF. The Satan Shoes were produced without Nike’s approval or authorization, and Nike is in no way connected with this project.”
Nike filed a lawsuit earlier this week and argued it’s the sole controller of where their signature Swoosh insignia is displayed. However, Lil Nas X isn’t named in the suit.
Nike Reportedly Suing Lil Nas X's 'Satan Shoes' Maker - But Not Mr. Montero Himself
“Decisions about what products to put the ‘swoosh’ on belong to Nike, not to third parties like MSCHF,” court documents seen by The Hollywood Reporter read. “Nike requests that the court immediately and permanently stop MSCHF from fulfilling all orders for its unauthorized Satan Shoes.”
Despite the controversy and severe backlash, the diabolical “Montero” is expected to hit the top spot on next week’s Billboard Hot 100. Lil Nas X ruled the Hot 100 for a record 19 weeks thanks to “Old Town Road” in 2019. A lottery winner will be announced Thursday (April 1) as to who will win the exclusive 666th pair of “Satan Shoes,” which contain a drop of human blood in their soles.
They all sold out though, so sorry about your luck. All this bs hype has made them even more valuable. Media be dumb as shit.
Media isn’t, it’s the susceptible listeners. If no one took media seriously they would cease to exist
Yeah,that’s after he sold them all. Smooth, Nike. Better late than never I guess.. whatever.
Love how these corporations just play the general public. People are actually dumb enough these days to believe this is real lol.
Let me guess you love Biden… you probably do not even think for yourself, whom are you to judge what’s real or fake
Here we go again! Another black guy playing victim to his own sexual preference. Using Satan as marketing scheme to boost his popularity and force his agenda. Keep it to yourself, we don’t need to know. We’ll see how tough he is when he’s on is death bed struggling to survive.
Disgusting, how about you keep your vomit of a comment to yourself. It’s his life, stop telling him how to live it.
Also don’t bother starting an argument lol, I most likely won’t ever see your response.
Nike gonna loose this one in court. The shoes are customs. They were legally bought from Nike with no agreement in place to prevent customizing. In a worse case scenario the Swoosh will be removed rendering Nike’s lawsuit moot. And I could see them covering it with an easily removable sticker or paint just to troll Nike. It aint like nobody gonna wear these shoes anyways. They will be in display cases until the foam crumbles in 5 years. Always thought shoe collecting was a dumb hobby for this reason.
Has anyone ever heard anyone else say Lil Nas X is their favorite rapper? How did this guy (hope I’m not misgendering him) manage to blow up?
How do you not know his gender? Or was that some shit way of insulting him? Also yeah, I’ve heard people say he was their favourite. He blew up because of Old Town Road and because of his pretty clever marketing skills.
Why nike didnt sue over the Jesus Walking on Water version of the shoe tho?
Uh because Jesus is peaceful and loving… and does not have human blood in it linked to sacrifice…
People are way too dramatic about this. Let him do what he wants, you don’t have to like it. The “human blood” stunt was pulled to troll people and anger the conservative/ religious losers that attack his every move. You have to remember it’s ONE DROP of CONSENTUAL blood! It’s not bad at all, at most it’s distasteful. I wouldn’t particularly get them myself but at least I’m not crying about it like a little bitch. He wants to anger the haters, you’re just adding fire to hell (lmao like “fuel to the fire”). Welp, back to drinking Kool-Aid and watching Dora The Explorer, peace.