In Complex‘s four years on newsstands, sneaker culture has gone from downtown curiosity, indulged by lifelong hip-hoppers in New York and Los Angeles, to pop culture phenomenon exalted from the 'hood to the 'burbs, supporting countless zines and websites whose sole purpose is hunting wild kicks. With that in mind, Complex has decided to go left for its 4th Anniversary sneaker blowout and unearth 101 facts about the flyness on your feet-and the brands behind 'em-that should surprise even a savvy collector. And if you're the type to suck your teeth and say, "Ah, I know all that already," then we'd like to kindly invite you to straighten your strained neck and join the rest of us at eye level-there's a whole world going on up here.

Writers: Richard Dryden, Brendan Frederick, Thomas Golianopoulos, Maclean Jackson, Toshitaka Kondo, Joe Lapuma, Justin Monroe, Damien Scott, Brian Scotto