DJ Khaled is facing backlash for making two security guards carry him so that he didn’t “mess up” his Nike Air Jordan sneakers while walking over sand.
The music producer, 48, was slammed by fans after posting a video of the incident to his Instagram Monday while promoting his upcoming album.
In the clip, Khaled opened up his car door, looked down at ground and then waved over his security personnel.
“I don’t want to get my Jordans dirty,” he said while standing up. “Can I get everybody to help me?”
Two men then came over to stand on either side of the “All I Do Is Win” hitmaker as they hoisted him up, placing their arms underneath his legs.
The pair guided Khaled from his luxury vehicle and into the back of a pick-up truck, which took him to the beach-side stage.
“Thank you brothers, I appreciate it,” he said as they set him down. “Can’t mess up the Js.”
Once he arrived at the concert space, the same guards lifted him out of the bed of the truck and — once again — carried him to the stage’s steps.
Khaled thanked the men before making his way out to greet the hundreds of waiting fans with “All I Do is Win.”
The “I’m The One” rapper seems to have gotten his hands on the J Balvin x Air Jordan 3 “Rio” sneakers early as they aren’t supposed to drop until May 2024.
Although the shoes retail for $250, the resale value is likely to be well above that number — potentially why Khaled went to such drastic measures to keep them in pristine shape.
Despite showing love to the bodyguards, Khaled’s comment section was flooded with disappointed followers who called him out for being “disrespectful.”
“That’s the stupidest thing I have seen!” one user wrote. “Get off your f—king high horse.”
“Lifting 400 [pounds] wasn’t in the resume,” another joked of the security guards, as a third agreed that the “guards…
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