The Nike Air Yeezy is an official sneaker collaboration project between Nike, Inc. and Kanye West. The first Nike sneaker collaboration with a non-athlete, the Air Yeezys shoes were released in 2009 and were sold exclusively to quick strike Nike accounts. The Air Yeezy For Sale shoe was designed in part by Kanye West. West detailed on Twitter the terms of his deal with Nike in which he is allowed to design one pair of Kanye West Shoes every two years.