Kanye West

2022 - 10 - 25

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Kanye West Tests Adidas and His Other Corporate Partners (The New York Times)

The antisemitic outbursts and provocations by the artist now known as Ye have raised questions about how much offensive behavior companies are willing to ...

His remarks prompted outrage from the Floyd family and [an apology from the show’s host, N.O.R.E](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/19/entertainment/nore-kanye-west-george-floyd/index.html). Owens accompanied him to an interview with [TMZ Live](https://www.tmz.com/2018/05/01/kanye-west-tmz-live-slavery-trump/) the following month in which he called American slavery a “choice,” spurring outrage. [“The Life of Pablo,”](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/15/arts/music/kanye-west-life-of-pablo-review.html) was his latest No. While his Season 4 show on Roosevelt Island in September 2016 [proved a debacle](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/fashion/kanye-west-fashion-week-season-4.html), his potent combination of reality-TV celebrity, music stardom, sneaker success and establishment disruption was impossible to resist for an industry that often felt stuck in the last century. [pictures](https://www.balenciaga.com/en-us/summer-23) and [videos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh_1K9s6UV0) of the show. Trump](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/arts/music/kanye-west-trump-conservatives.html); launched a quixotic campaign [for president](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/us/politics/kanye-west-president-2020.html) in 2020; and [split with Ms. Lawyers for Ye argued that Gap broke “contractual obligations.” Gap said it was “deciding to wind down the partnership.” Ye has suggested that he may open his own line of retail shops. [“Donda,”](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/arts/music/kanye-west-donda.html) he included industry pariahs like Marilyn Manson, who had been accused of sexual assault by multiple women, and DaBaby, who had made [homophobic remarks](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/01/arts/music/dababy-lollapalooza-canceled-homophobic-comments.html) and waffled about apologies. Abrams, the Anti-Defamation League’s regional director there, [released a statement](https://twitter.com/ADLSoCal/status/1584275380789051392?s=20&t=D9wkjsHUVjsVYBOzwojNIg) that concluded, “Decisive action against antisemitism by Adidas is long overdue.” Ye [ended his Yeezy Gap partnership](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/business/kanye-west-yeezy-gap.html) last month, before the latest controversies erupted, but in recent days Gap sent out promotional emails for the Yeezy Gap hoodie. In recent years he has been condemned for saying that Harriet Tubman “never actually freed the slaves” and that centuries of slavery had been “ [a choice](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/arts/music/kanye-west-charlamagne-interview-tmz.html)”; polarized fans with his [embrace of right-wing politics and former President Donald J. He [withdrew from headlining this year’s Coachella festival](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/arts/music/kanye-west-coachella-swedish-house-mafia-weeknd.html) just over a week before it began.

Adidas cuts ties with rapper Kanye West over antisemitism (BBC News)

Clothing giant Adidas has cut ties with rapper Ye, known as Kanye West, saying it does "not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech".

The rapper has also lost his position in Forbes magazine's list of billionaires. A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism said: "Adidas has finally joined other brands and agencies and cut ties with Ye (Kanye West). The brand is also looking for a new chief executive, after announcing in August that current boss Kasper Rorsted would be leaving in 2023. As leaders of this company (a Jew, a Muslim, and a Christian), we feel duty bound to say to all of you this is a pernicious, terrible use of false logic," MRC Ye's recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company's values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness." "Kanye is a producer and sampler of music.

Adidas ends partnership with Kanye West over antisemitic remarks (Vanguard)

German-owned brand Adidas has officially announced the termination of its partnership with American rapper Kanye West.

More information will be given as part of the company’s upcoming Q3 earnings announcement on November 9, 2022.” Adidas will stop the Adidas Yeezy business with immediate effect. The statement reads, “Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech.

Adidas Cuts Ties With Kanye West In €250million Deal After ... (SaharaReporters.com)

Adidas has cut its Yeezy partnership with Kanye West days after he showed a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt design at Paris Fashion Week.

Now, more than ever, voices like hers are needed and in a private meeting with Ye today she once again spoke her truth in a way she felt best, on her terms." The company said it would take a “short-term” hit of €250m (£217m) to its income for this year after deciding to stop the brand’s business with immediate effect. They collaborated on the first Yeezy shoe in 2015, which helped him become a billionaire. The cooperation included sportswear, coats, and shoes, and it appears to have been withdrawn off Adidas' website with instant effect. "She was personally targeted and bullied. West had been affiliated with Nike for years, releasing the Air Yeezy in 2009, but he parted ways with the company in 2013, dedicating his name to Adidas instead.

Jake Paul makes big request of Adidas in relation to Kanye West ... (MARCA.com)

YouTuber and boxer Jake Paul has claimed that Adidas should give away all of Kanye West's inventory for free. Kanye has been attracting the headlines once ...

Kanye has been attracting the headlines once again in recent weeks for all of the wrong reasons. One of those people is Jake Paul. He has taken to Twitter to say that Adidas should be giving away all of Kanye's products to underprivileged children.

Kanye West no longer billionaire - Forbes (Vanguard)

American business magazine, Forbes has disclosed that American rapper, Kanye West is no longer a billionaire after German multinational corporation, ...

Adidas will stop the Adidas Yeezy business with immediate effect.” “Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech. “After a thorough review, the company has taken the decision to terminate the partnership with Ye immediately, end production of Yeezy branded products, and stop all payments to Ye and his companies.

Here's How to Block Kanye West on Spotify (Gizmodo)

The streaming platform might not pull his music, but you can definitely hide it from your feed.

So, for example, upon blocking Ye, you will not be able to listen to his 2008 song “Heartless” but you will be able to listen to “Hot Shit,” which is a Cardi B song that features West. [will not remove](https://www.avclub.com/kanye-west-why-spotify-wont-drop-music-1849704042) the artist’s catalog from the platform. While there’s no clear indication that his music is taking a hit on streaming platforms like Apple Music or Spotify, [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/pro/kanye-west-controversies-hurt-radio-play-not-streaming-numbers/) reports that after