Which adidas sneaker became famous after Run-D.M.C. celebrated it in the 1986 song “My Adidas”?

The adidas Superstar became famous after Run-D.M.C. celebrated it in the 1986 song “My Adidas.”

The Superstar began in 1969 as a low-top basketball shoe derived from adidas’s earlier Supergrip. Its distinctive rubber shell toe, leather upper and three-stripe branding helped it stand out on basketball courts. It later moved into hip-hop and streetwear culture, especially through Run-D.M.C., whose members commonly wore the shoes without tying the laces.

The group’s relationship with adidas became a landmark early music-and-sneaker partnership. “My Adidas” appeared on the 1986 album Raising Hell and turned an existing court shoe into a major symbol of hip-hop style. The Superstar is sometimes confused with the adidas Campus because both became streetwear staples, but the shell toe is the clearest identifying feature of the Superstar.