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02nd Jan 2016

VIDEO: Kanye West raps about why adidas is better than Nike, Michael Jordan’s son bites

First world problems

SportsJOE

Yeezys are pretty good but they’re not worth singing about.

We never realised that term would ever have to be applied literally.

We live in a wonderful world with very little problems when a millionaire rapper’s love affair with Nike’s enemy, adidas, is the biggest concern of the day.

Kanye West’s new album hasn’t been going down too well so what better way to make a quick comeback than release a bitter song about a fashion feud on New Year’s eve.

The song, ‘Facts’, talks about how adidas is currently dominating Nike but the lyrics are so damn good, we’ll let you read them for yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo7qxjAFlfY

In it, Kanye claims that his new adidas shoe line, Yeezy, has already eclipsed Nike’s established powerhouse, Jumpman.

And, still riding the tidalwave created by none other than Michael Jordan way back when, the NBA legend’s son Marcus finds it pretty hard to believe that Nike’s sneakers are being bested already.

Jesus, this is actually happening.

And, whilst Michael Jordan hasn’t officially given a reaction himself yet…