Lord Jamar: People Are More Attached to Hype Than Shoe Quality

http://www.vladtv.com - Recently, Brand Nubian rapper, Lord Jamar opened up about his thoughts regarding former basketball player Stephon Marbury's $15 Starbury sneaker relaunch and his opinion about Michael Jordan's overpriced sneakers. Although "sneaker shaming" (as he likes to call them) are now referred to the trendy new catchphrase, "What are those," he explains why he feels bullying is necessary and says people are willing to spend more for the same quality.

Lord Jamar jokes about "sneaker shaming" he says that it comes along with people constantly tossing around the word "bullying" in which he believes the playful form is imperative. "Now I don't mean like crazy, super mean—trying to make somebody kill themselves bulling—but lightweight bullying, to like toughen motherf***** up..."

Oct. 4, Marbury called out Jordan for being greedy as people murdered others over the limited, expensive sneakers, "Jordan has been robbing the hood since. Kids dying for shoes and the only face this dude makes is I don't care. The time will change!" He added via twitter, "Real people know. I'm off the kids getting killed for Jordan's. I hate that this dude won't change that. Greedy!"

Further into the interview, Lord Jamar says that he loved Marbury's idea, but says that people are willing to spend more based on it's popularity, "Conceptually, I love what Marbury's doing but the reality is that the mindset of the people is so warped, that they would rather pay all that much more money for the Jordan shoe than to pay $15 for the Starbury, even if they were the same quality."

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