SNEAKER PIMPS FEAT BIZ MARKIE took place on Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:00 PM - 2:00 AM
at Gossip Nightclub
in VANCOUVER BC. More details on the event are below.
Please note ** This is NOT the Sneaker Pimps Rock Band
Nike presents… Sneaker Pimps Canadian Tour 2008
In association with Myspace Canada
Featuring music by: BIZ MARKIE
DJ Hedspin
Rico Uno
The Sneaker Pimps Tour is the worlds largest touring sneaker hip-hop lifestyle exhibition featuring over 1500 pairs of rare, limited edition, vintage, celebrity signed, artists collaborated sneakers and a collection of sneaker inspired artwork, fashion and photography. The tour also features live street art installations, live skateboarding demonstrations, street basketball competitions and live hip-hop and rock performances by some of the world’s foremost recording artists.
The Sneaker Pimps Tour has traveled to more than 65 cities worldwide. An international phenomenon, the tour’s core cities include Australia, New Zealand, USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, China, Thailand, Canada, Belgium and The Philippines, making it the worlds largest cultural street-art lifestyle exhibition
Over 500 of the worlds top and up & coming Street artists have contributed original works to the Sneaker Pimps World Tour, including: Futura, Dave White, Stash, Mr Cartoon, Shepard Fairey, Tokidoki, Dave Kinsey, SBTG, Methamphibian, Doze, Bigfoot, Tkid, Cope2, London Police, and Ghost.
Past tour performances have included Nas, EPMD, DJ Premier, Funkmaster Flex, Ghostface, Beatnuts, Clipse, Dr Octagon, Dan the Automator, Kid Koala, DJ Qbert, Mix Master Mike, Public Enemy, Biz Markie, Lupe Fiasco, Slick Rick, Travis Barker, Paull Wall and many more.
This will be the third Canadian tour Sneaker has embarked upon.
The tour will visit three cities in Canada:
Toronto – February 1st @ Club Circa
Montreal – Feb 9th @ Le Studio Juste Pour Rire
Vancouver – Feb 21st @ Plush Nightclub
Live artist installations
Futura (NYC)
Stash (NYC)