Fat Joe is teaming up with a 19-year-old reseller from New Jersey to open a sneaker store in New York City, according to reports on Sole Collector.
Scotty Spina, who goes by the name of Scotty Kickz, has sold sneakers to some of Hip Hop’s biggest stars, including Jay Z, DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, and Future, among a string of others, and now he’s setting up shop with Fat Joe.
Discussing the venture, which opens in September, Fat Joe said: “It’s gonna be a store within a store. It’s gonna be like a museum that no one’s ever done before; this is one of one.”
Spina began reselling in 2013. However things blew up when when he got an Instagram DM from former New York Giant Brandon Jacobs asking him about a pair of shoes. This led to Spina getting more contacts in the industry.
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“Teachers were laughing at me saying, ‘You’re not doing anything, you’re just hanging out with the wrong people.'” Spina recalled. “My goal was to prove people wrong and I let that motivate me.”
Spina claims to have already made six figures through reselling but declined to offer an exact amount.
