How Coolkicks Got Busted With $500,000 of Stolen Sneakers

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Complex

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This week on the Complex Sneakers Podcast, co-hosts Joe La Puma, Matt Welty, and Upscale Vandal talk about the Coolkicks stolen sneaker scandal, Pharrell’s Jellyfish sneaker with Adidas, and why JLP doesn’t love all patent leather sneakers.

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0:00.0	What everybody is Joe Lepuma. You were listening. You were watching the Complex Sneakers podcast.
0:06.8	As always, I'm joined by my two co-hosts. To my right, Mr. Matt Welty.
0:10.9	Did you get him talking while you were starting?
0:14.6	Listen, I want him to get it all out before, but he, to my left.
0:19.9	People's champ. The people's chair.'s cheers that we're saying mr upscale
0:23.4	vandal comments coming a little back to you let's not time would tell he said he said he was going
0:29.3	to be the gr king today and then wait till we get into that story hold on though g r king hasn't had a
0:34.7	gr in sight in four weeks okay i will say though, I was in Chicago for the Kith opening this week.
0:41.3	I landed, got there.
0:44.1	We took a walk within 15 minutes, a restaurant, I think manager or owner came up to me.
0:49.7	If you're out there, comment, comment and validate the story.
0:53.4	It's like loving the pod pod so happy you guys are
0:56.0	back so listen i'm hearing it i got i got to get a shirt for mike that says i went to jd sports
1:03.1	and nobody knew you i don't know i think i think they know me heavy out there in jd
1:08.7	why did you say why did you say that? Because he's the GR King, but...
1:12.2	So we should get into...
1:13.5	What happened?
1:14.3	Yeah, listen.
1:14.7	So today...
1:15.2	You and Roman Raines last night.
1:16.7	Can you acknowledge him?
1:17.7	Do you know who Roman Reins is?
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