Lil Nas X set the Internet on fire on Sunday and he seems to be enjoying every second of it.
Over the weekend, the ‘Old Town Road” rapper announced the release of his custom Nike “Satan Shoes” in partnership with MSCHF just days after the release of his controversial “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” music video that features him descending into hell via a stripper pole and giving Satan a lap dance.
MSCHF x Lil Nas X "Satan Shoes" 🏹
👟Nike Air Max '97
🩸Contains 60cc ink and 1 drop of human blood
🗡️666 Pairs, individually numbered
💰$1,018
🗓️March 29th, 2021 pic.twitter.com/XUMA9TKGSX— SAINT (@saint) March 26, 2021
Lil Nas X x Nike Airmax 97 “Satan Shoes” pic.twitter.com/1x4JJM4OxB
— Trap Mídias (@Trapmidias) March 27, 2021
The “Satan Shoes” caused immediate backlash from people on the Internet including Nick Young, South Dakota Kristi Noem, Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence, and Candace Owens who were offended by the sneakers.
Our kids are being told that this kind of product is, not only okay, it's "exclusive." But do you know what's more exclusive? Their God-given eternal soul.
We are in a fight for the soul of our nation. We need to fight hard. And we need to fight smart. We have to win. https://t.co/m1k1YWFpuo
— Governor Kristi Noem (@govkristinoem) March 28, 2021
Line has to be drawn somewhere. Smh. https://t.co/89bSqfPtyE
— Trevor Lawrence (@Trevorlawrencee) March 28, 2021
My kids will never play Old Town road again.. I’m still debating about wearing @Nike after this come nike a drop of blood for real
— Nick Young (@NickSwagyPYoung) March 28, 2021
We’ve turned George Floyd, a criminal drug addict, into an icon.
We are promoting Satan shoes to wear on our feet.
We’ve got Cardi B named as woman of the year.
But we’re convinced it’s white supremacy that’s keeping black America behind.
How stupid can we be?
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) March 28, 2021
Lil Nas X went on to troll everyone who tried to cancel him over the shoes with a fake apology video that immediately cuts to him dancing on Satan’s lap.
Lil Nas X Apologizes for Satan Shoe https://t.co/bQ1hbmHQqh pic.twitter.com/hM5vsLRSAk
— ☆ (@LilNasX) March 28, 2021
Lil Nas X also personally addressed all the people who were coming at him on Twitter.
they shouldn’t be playing old town road anyway, we streaming call me by your name now 😌 https://t.co/jt6vr8KUbA
— ☆ (@LilNasX) March 28, 2021
ur a whole governor and u on here tweeting about some damn shoes. do ur job! https://t.co/qaor6W0B9C
— ☆ (@LilNasX) March 28, 2021
i’m sampling this https://t.co/H2mlZs9YkW
— ☆ (@LilNasX) March 28, 2021
“Shoot a child in your mouth while I'm ridin'”
-Montero 1:08 https://t.co/AFjBdcBEtG
— ☆ (@LilNasX) March 28, 2021
you know you did something right when she talks about it https://t.co/9ujlFhBMdZ
— ☆ (@LilNasX) March 28, 2021
we have decided to drop these to even the score. damn y’all happy now? pic.twitter.com/RGpCiiRbGb
— ☆ (@LilNasX) March 28, 2021