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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Kanye West, Kim Kardashian Rumored to be in Town for Tigers vs. Yankees Game

The superstar couple was believed to have been spotted Wednesday at Birmingham's Social Kitchen and Bar.

Birmingham shops and restaurants have long been a hangout for celebrities visiting Detroit, and Wednesday was no different. According to a report on clickondetroit.com, Kanye West was spotted having lunch at Birmingham's newly opened bistro, Social Kitchen & Bar. The musician was in town with his girlfriend Kim Kardashian, a socialite, model and reality television star, according to reports from Twitter on mlive.com. West's visit came hours before the Detroit Tigers were set to take on the New York Yankees in game four of the National Championship League Series. Speculation has circulated, the Click On Detroit report reads, that West, a Yankees fan, is in town for the game. [Did you see Kanye West and Kim Kardashian around town Wednesday? …

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Leslie Ellis

12:02 am on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Thanks for the update, Ann! ... I wonder if he stuck around town an extra night to see his team get swept? :)   more ›

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Pumped-up Kicks: $1,000 Nike Air Yeezy II Sell Out at Royal Oak Store

The coveted sneakers designed by Kanye West sold out in less than an hour at Burn Rubber.

It didn’t take long. In fact it only took an hour for Burn Rubber to sell out of its stock of Nike Air Yeezy IIs, the much anticipated shoe designed by rapper Kanye West, even though they were going for $1,000 a pair Saturday. “We could’ve sold out in less than five minutes if people had cash ready to go,” explained manager A.Z. Gilmore. “It took an hour because we had to run everyone’s credit cards.” Burn Rubber was the only store in Royal Oak to get a shipment of around 20 pairs, he said. Some of the shoe enthusiasts lucky enough to snag the Yeezy IIs began camping out in front of the store eight days earlier. What makes the sneakers so special? The side panels are made out of anaconda textured leather upon which the trademark Nike …

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Yeezy Does It: Kanye West-Designed Sneakers Drop in Royal Oak Saturday

People started lining up Friday for the $1,000 shoes at Burn Rubber on Fourth Street.

Tony Avilez, 28, of Chicago, was in town for a weekend graduation party when he decided to drop by Burn Rubber Sneaker Boutique in Royal Oak on Friday. After learning the store would get an installment of Kanye West-designed Air Yeezy II sneakers, Avilez decided to stick around – for eight days. The shoe doesn't drop until Saturday. "I called Chicago and they were already lining up," he said. "I knew if I went home I wasn't going to get any so I decided to stay." Alivez said he is blessed. He's been wearing Nike Jordans since he was a baby. "I have over 400 pairs of shoes," he said. The Burn Rubber manager, who goes by AZ, said the Air Yeezy 2 retail for $245, but he'll be selling the eight-16 pairs he expects to get at his store for $1,…

Meg Becker

7:33 pm on Tuesday, June 5, 2012

I have to ask what is the status of their college/rainy day/retirement accounts? Really to buy an ordinary pair of sneakers just because a "celeb" has his name on it. P.T. Barnum had it right, "A sucker is born everyday".   more ›

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