Black Air Force 1s From Kendrick Lamar’s Viral Cover Art Are No Longer for Sale

It’s been a busy month for the viral Nike Air Force 1 sneakers pictured on the cover art for Kendrick Lamar’s newest song.  The untitled song, which has been dubbed “Watch the Party Die” by some outlets, was shared by the rapper Sept. 11 on Instagram and featured an image of a pre-owned pair of black Nike Air Force 1s. It didn’t take long for internet sleuths to discover that the art was from an eBay listing which listed the shoes as “vintage” and sold for $70 the same day. But just when it seemed like the story would end there, the sellers of the sneakers came forward — and upped their asking price. Billy Lingo and Darla Wilson, who run eBay the account Good2BYou out of North Little Rock, Arkansas, spoke with local affiliate THV11 on Sept. 24.  “What happened was I sold the shoes and I said, ‘Oh, great. I sold a pair of shoes,” Wilson told the station. “So I got them, boxed them up, printed the label. And all of a sudden, my phone was blowing up.” After realizing they were holding a potential piece of hip-hop history, the sellers canceled the initial sale and relisted the shoes for auction,

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