Eminem auctioning off RARE pair of $20,000 Jordan 4 Retro sneakers for coronavirus relief

Eminem is auctioning off a rare pair of sneakers for coronavirus relief. 

The 47-year-old rapper – whose real name is Marshall Mathers III – has donated a pair of his highly coveted Jordan 4 Retro ‘Carhartt x Eminem’ sneakers to shoe auction site StockX, with the money raised going to provide relief amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 

The footwear is one of only a handful of pairs in existence, and the auction comes after Eminem first debuted the shoe back in 2015 when he made just 10 pairs available for bidding on eBay, where proceeds went to his Marshall Mathers Foundation. 

Ever since the first auction five years ago, only a few pairs have made it to Eminem’s family and friends, and any pairs that have made it to resale in the past have been sold for more than $20,000. 

The lucky bidder of Eminem’s latest auction will also receive a vintage ‘Detroit Slim’ shirt. 

Revealing the news on Twitter, the Real Slim Shady hitmaker wrote: ‘Cleanin’ out my closet… donating extra pair of my @Jumpman23 @Carhartt 4’s along with a vintage T to @stockx. Proceeds go to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. http://shady.sr/StockX (sic)’ 

Each ticket for the auction costs $10, and hopeful bidders can buy as many tickets as they want to increase their chances of winning. 

Meanwhile, Eminem recently showed his charitable side when he donated pots of ‘Mom’s Spaghetti’ to healthcare workers at the Henry Ford Health System Hospital in Detroit. 

A post on the medical facility’s Instagram account read: ‘Our #HealthcareHeroes ‘lost themselves’ in the delicious Mom’s Spaghetti donated by Detroit’s very own, @eminem. Thank you for providing a special meal for our team members!(sic)’ 

The spaghetti pots featured Shady logos at the bottom and were labelled with the words ‘Thank you Frontline Caregivers.’ 

The name ‘Mom’s Spaghetti’ comes from the lyrics to Eminem’s 2002 track ‘Lose Yourself’, in which he sings: ‘His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy / there’s vomit on his sweater already – mom’s spaghetti.’ 

Workers at the Detroit Medical Center also posted to social media, tweeting that they, too, had gotten free supplies of the pasta dish.

The tweet read: ‘Thank you Union Joints for the generous donation of meals to support our staff. They served one of their specialties, also a favorite of Eminem, titled “Mom’s Spaghetti.” We offer our heartfelt thanks and are grateful for the support.’

Union Joints is a Michigan-based independent restaurant group and back in 2017 it provided the catering for Eminem’s December 2017 ‘Mom’s Spaghetti’ pop-up at Detroit club The Shelter promoting his album Revival.