--- --- # Watch Jimmy Kimmel Prank Kanye West Fans With Fake New Yeezy Shoes  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 26, 2016 5:38 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 26, 2016 5:38 PM UTC Sneakerheads of the world, beware — [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/4423798/matt-damon-and-jimmy-kimmel-make-some-real-progress-in-couples-therapy-again/) is not above [faking a Yeezy drop ](http://time.com/money/4230757/yeezy-350-boosts-sold-out/)for a good joke. The late night comedian took to the streets of Los Angeles to prank [Kanye West fans](http://time.com/4226074/kanye-west-life-pablo-tidal/) with a “sneak peek” of what appeared to be Yeezy’s latest Adidas release, the fictional Yeezy Boost 1150. The premise for the joke came after Kimmel announced that West and Adidas would be [releasing children’s versions of his wildly popular Yeezy Boost 350](http://time.com/4323043/kanye-west-baby-yeezy-boosts/) for a hot $130 a pair, about which Kimmel cracked, “is a lot to pay for a person who doesn’t know how to walk yet.” Kimmel also noted that Kanye’s ardent fans would definitely queue up for the shoes, as his adult versions have sold out in minutes, which is why Kimmel decided to prank Kanye fans with a fake Yeezy drop, using a a pair of kicks purchased from eBay for $13.20\. As expected, the hype outplayed the truth, with participants enthusiastically singing the merits of Kanye’s latest “release.” One man told Kimmel, “I’m a shoes guy and I love these,” while another person said that the new shoes, “still got that Kanye pizzazz on it.” Watch the prank play out above. Watch Jimmy Kimmel Prank Kanye Fans With Fake New Yeezy Drop ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4468623/jimmy-kimmel-yeezy-prank-kanye-west/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4468623/jimmy-kimmel-yeezy-prank-kanye-west/"},"headline":"Watch Jimmy Kimmel Prank Kanye West Fans With Fake New Yeezy Shoes","datePublished":"2016-08-26T17:38:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:55.288Z","description":"\"I’m a shoes guy and I love these.\"","url":"https://time.com/4468623/jimmy-kimmel-yeezy-prank-kanye-west/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Kanye West","jimmy fallon"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4468623/jimmy-kimmel-yeezy-prank-kanye-west/","name":"Watch Jimmy Kimmel Prank Kanye West Fans With Fake New Yeezy Shoes"}}]}] ```