UPDATED 4/30, 5:15Ā p.m. ET:Ā According to CryptoBriefing, Eminemās Shady Con collection reportedly pulled in $1.78 million on Nifty Gateway on Sunday. One of the items, a video called Stansā Revengeāwhich included a pair of Eminemās exclusive Carhartt Air Jordan trainer collaborationāsold for an astounding $100,000.
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EminemĀ is getting in on the NFT action.
On Thursday, the hip-hop legend announced the launch of Shady Con, a digital festival that gives fans the opportunity to own a Shady-approved NFT collectible. The drop, presented in collaboration withĀ Nifty Gateway, will was inspired by Emās passions for comic books, trading cards, and toys from his childhood, and will include everything from NFT action figures and instrumental beats produced by Em.
āIāve been collecting since I was a kid, everything from comic books to baseball cards to toys, as well as every rap album on cassette I could get my hands on,ā Eminem explained. āNot much has changed for me as an adult ā¦ Iāve attempted to re-create some of those collections from that time in my life, and I know Iām not alone. I wanted to give this drop the same vibe of, āOh, man I gotta get just that one or maybe even the whole set!ā Itās been a lot of fun coming up with ideas from my own collecting passion.ā
Shady Con will go down atĀ 6:30/7 pm E.T. this Sunday at NFT marketplaceĀ Nifty Gateway. You can learn more about the drop at Eminemās official website.
The announcement comes just days after Eminem responded to the Saturday Night Live sketch about the non-fungible tokensĀ movement. Pete Davidson parodied EmāsĀ 2002 hit āWithout Meā to explain NFTs, which serve asĀ digital certificates of ownership for one-of-a-kind digital assets, like images, audio, and video.
Eminem is the latest rapper to join the NFT game, following artists like Snoop Dogg, Lil Yachty, Soulja Boy, and ASAP Rocky.