Footwear Faceoff: Wale vs. Jay-Z

825 days ago - by Nice Kicks - 132 comments

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DC rapper Wale is quickly establishing himself as the most aware sneaker-head in the rap game around these parts. Not only did he get his hands on the Copper Foamposites early, he also seems to wear a new impressive pair of sneakers at every awards show, concert or red-carpet event.

So how does he stack up against the O.G. Jay-Z? We pinned the two against each other in this Jordan III edition of footwear faceoff, just in time for the two to be performing in Austin, TX (Nice Kicks’ backyard) on 11/10. Click here to see the match-up then let us know who you think took this round.

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Wale wears the Jordan III Cement

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Jay-Z wears the Jordan III Cement

23wins
hb9293 ur lame and comin uncertain!!!!!!!!!!!
valde
My boy wale
Browneee
WALE always looking clean
mcfleezy
HOV cuz wale tryin to hard
Boogie
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mr king
A lot of u dudes don’t know fashion.yall say some stupid things. And that’s real. Wale got this battle. Don’t care if yall try and flame.
luke
im sorry jo………..j just cant dress young, ill leave it at that. dmv, so you know who im siding with
boooaaa
wale wins this hands down.; he has better knowledge of the sneaker game than HOVA and more fashion sense
RickBuckz
Nah I gotta say J wit the play clothes tee to flow wit the black! Wale’s colorful, nonmatchin style is gettin wack now. Plus, all he wears is icecream/bbc and supreme wit jordans and ugly foamposites. And J. STAY wearin these jordans in his pics. Wassup wit that!? They aint THAT comfy.
Ace
Huge Jay-z fan and I feel wut Wale is doin in the rap game.”Pretty Girls”
I feel they both made the III’s look good.
I don’t care wut u wearin as long as ya J’s is fresh people is gonna be like “damn them J’s is fresh.”
DA TRUTH
Jay-z
KIng
lmaooo jayz oants to pig making his shirt to tight WALE take the cake stop sucking jay
Shawti P
Lets keep it real, Jay dont care about gettin fly like that no more. he just dresses to have clothes on and it just so happens that people like what he wears. props to both of them for rockin the 3s though
first draft pick
bro jay-z is lookin straght it aint all that. wale over did it wit the jacket and all that. noneof them pulled it off. they booth aint rock the jays right. im surprised atwale because he usually pulls it off wtf. them phomposites were hard on him. dame its a sad day in the fashon world. plies pulled it of better in his music video yall should of used him instead of these 2 guys
tw1sT
none of them really are what i call fresh .. but jay just looks better in them
Creiae Tivide
Maybe it’s just me, but I like the display pic of Hov better than the actual III shot. His swag with the III’s is a little plain, though. The one goes to Wale.
twitter.com/STiCKuP_KiDD
Wale wins. C’mon, him vs Jay kick game wise? Jay ain’t a shoe head y’all. No contest. They’re rockin’ the same shoe & they’re both rockin’ labels from the DMV (Commonwealth, BBC, Playcloths), Wale goes harder though. I’m presumin’ Jay got a Black Jesus piece on though, points for that!
3rdlook
jay-z wins again. wale’s ok, but outfit took away from shoes.
3rdlook
wale ???c’mon, the last decent outfit was in “chillin”
fashionjunkiesunited
Jay wins, how is he not a sneakerhead? in his mtv documentary from like 99 he was copping the retro 6′s
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fashionjunkiesunited,
look at it like this, for real. Jay coppin’ the 6′s in ’99 is the equivalent of someone coppin’ a pair of 6′s if they was to drop now. Plenty folks cop but aren’t shoeheads. They just wanna be fresh, which you should. Jay don’t contribute to the shoe culture or none of that though. If he was a shoe head, he would’ve been on DJ Clark Kents level or somethin’ right now, Jay been in the game same amount of time as Clark Kent. Wale’s a shoehead, no doubt though. Jay ain’t. Nothin worng with that, dudes doin’ quite well for himself in life & probably isn’t the least bit concerned about if folks questions his involvement in the shoe game, dig?
jauntae
jay z won. wale doin 2 much wit’em
adonis
jay-z wins wales coat looks too big..and he looks like chris webber lol
VoodooRich
I ROCK ‘EM THE BEST!!!!!!!
Classick
Commonwealth is sick
dmy
self expression is not a crime. both smashed it in their own ways. ready for the attention deficit.
adam
nah chill jigga got it that jacket is like a 2 x on wale lol
marc fresh
jay-z never dresses cool at alll.dotcom
greenmaker24
jay-z wins
LiL 4
Jay wins.. “I WILL NOT LOSE EVA!” plain as day
mOnF
Wale’s Jacket looks like a bed sheet to him but his kicks looks dope
pmartel
hov wins. But I guess we all have off days
ewin
wale killed him look at the way he matches its perfect jay-z does alright but those 3 cement r hard
upso
waleee
bbc varsity jacket is tuff .
he did it ^.^
ANON
JAYZ LOOKS LIKE AYE A F A G… WALE 4 EPIC WIN!
john
wale kills jay-z that bbc jacket is hotness/……..
Gio
Jayz def killed it Wale did ok but jay did it
killakickskid91
jayz!
levi jr
Both win!! how the hell is Wale tryin too hard.. you people dont know jack about fashion. not just the air jordan 3′s but the 4′s also.. smfh
Rush
STiCKuP_KiDD what the hell are you talking about? Jay isn’t a sneaker head,dude been rocking Jordans from before you could afford them. what does his contribution to the sneaker culture have to do with who rocked it better? from the 2 pics its obvious Jay rocked it better. Yeah Wale has a bigger love for kicks then Jay but from the 2 Pics above Jay rocked it better keeping it simple works sometimes. Wale did too much which takes away from the shoe he doesn’t even look comfortable in that oversized jacket someone obviously dressed him. if you feel Jay never contributed to the sneaker culture don’t forget about those (ugly) S.Carters he had millions of people rocking.
Sneakermanjapan
wale win…..da commonwealth fitted is on 100….yall r haters talking about his jacket is too big lmfao noooo that just the way the real bbc varsity jackets fit yall must be use to seeing the fake thin ones lolz…
Sneakermanjapan
I do lyk Jay’s shirt tho i jus cant get down wit the all black everything movement…listen to nike boots and understand why ppl wear all black….lame! lol
Keaton
why does wale leave his shoelaces like that????? he wore it like that on the copper foamposites too.
DC Kix!
Wale wears his shoe strings like that for a reason u people will not understand…its a DC thing, but Mah man WALE indeed won this, he’s fresh on the regular..JAYZ has a stylist, and Wale styles himself.
King
YEA it is a DC MD VA thing, and im feelin tha all black movement so Ima say its a tie
j’s on my feet
Wale def rocked em better,,,,his jacket is fresh
Dude
I went to High School with Wale. Wale FTW!
CARTEL
im sayin Hov got this 1…Wale matched up nicely with the BBC jacket but it looked like he was doing too much…HOV kept it simple and still managed to compliment the kicks with a PLAYCLOTHES shirt…it looks effortless and still fly…definition of swagger…
Schaper88
Yo jay rocks them harder than walle
ben
i like wale’s outfit better, not a fan of the lazy lacing on shoes tho
david
wale definitely is the king of the show game imeet him in miami and he had the jordan 1 originals everyone know’s how much those cost.
THE TORONTO STAR
Jay takes it w/ this one.
Wale’s on point, but Jay’s all swag.
You guys with your “OMG BBC JACKET” are all beastin’.
sssssssssss
wale shudve just taken off that jacket and worn that tee and he wouldve won…jayz jeans are always way 2 baggy
kidwitkicks
i mean wales fit was nice but i dont like how he wore dat heavy ass jacket wit da fitted jeans…i dont jackets like dat wit my fitted pants…dont look right at all and trust me i dress different…but jay takes it…i mean da all black wit cemenet 3s…only way to go wit dose
BiGm0ney
Wale did it wit dA lAceZ in Da 3′z but he did to much wit hiz fit , jAy kept it simple wit da all blaK ; GullY !
Mo
Wale is wearin OG’s(Nike Air on the Back not Jumpman Logo), Jay got CDP 3s…
nuff said…
Wale DMV All Day
tony bruckshot
jay z hands down

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