Just two years ago, Kanye West seemed to have everything he could ever wish for, he was married to Kim Kardashian with four beautiful children, he was a fashion mogul with his Yeezy brand, worth £1.7billion and made a bid for the US Presidency.
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Adidas has confirmed that it is reviewing its business partnership with Kanye West, who has been busy of late dissing the sportswear brand with which he has had a pretty long alliance.“Adidas has always been about creativity, innovation, and supporting athletes and artists to achieve their vision”, the firm said in a statement yesterday. “The Adidas Yeezy partnership is one of the most successful collaborations in our industry’s history”.“We are proud of our team that has worked tirelessly throughout our collaboration with [West] and the iconic products that were born from it”, it went on. “We also recognise that all successful partnerships are rooted in mutual respect and shared values”.“After repeated efforts to privately resolve the situation”, the statement concluded, “we have taken the decision to place the partnership under review.
We will continue to co-manage the current product during this period”.West switched allegiances from Nike to Adidas in 2013, with the first trainers under the Adidas Yeezy brand being launched in 2015. Which means Adidas has now been working with the rapper for nearly a decade, an achievement that should probably be recognised with some sort of Nobel prize. Though I guess it made a lot of cash along the way.As recently as August, Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted told CNBC that its West partnership has “had a tremendous impact globally for us.
Kanye is our most important partner worldwide. We have a very, very good relationship with him. We communicate with him on a very ongoing basis.
Just two years ago, Kanye West seemed to have everything he could ever wish for, he was married to Kim Kardashian with four beautiful children, he was a fashion mogul with his Yeezy brand, worth £1.7billion and made a bid for the US Presidency.
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As expected, Adidas yesterday formally cut its ties with Kanye West, announcing it was ending production of all the Yeezy branded products it has made via its partnership with the rapper.West’s relationships with some of his business partners in the fashion domain were already deteriorating before his recent spate of controversial and anti-semitic statements.Adidas, which has been working with West since 2013 – with the first trainers under the Adidas Yeezy brand being launched in 2015 – announced it was reviewing its long-standing partnership with the rapper earlier this month.The sportswear firm’s current deal with West was reportedly due to run through to 2026, but yesterday it confirmed it was terminating the partnership with immediate effect. This follows West’s recent claim in a controversial Drink Champs interview that “I can say antisemitic things and Adidas can’t drop me”.“Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech”, the company said in a statement.
Kanye West is no longer a billionaire.
Another one bites the dust.
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In what may be the toughest blow, ego-wise, in the fallout from Kanye West’s antisemitic rants last week, Forbes announced today that the rapper is no longer on its glitzy list of the world’s billionaires. A chief cause for the change was Adidas ending its relationship today with Ye, as he is now known. He had been among the first hip-hop moguls to make the list.
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, who now goes by Ye, after the rapper made a series of in an interview on Fox News and on social media. The sportswear giant was under growing pressure to cut ties with the Yeezy founder, whose incendiary comments have been condemned by high-profile figures.
Let’s all say it together — F**KING FINALLY!
Adidas is the latest of Ye’s big-name partnerships to end its business relationship with the hip-hop star after he made repeated antisemitic comments and espoused disproven conspiracy theories last week. The company faced calls from all quarters yesterday to drop the former Kanye West from its list of partners.
It’s over. Adidas has announced its decision to part ways with Kanye West in the wake of the rapper’s anti-Semitic remarks and other offensive comments.
Kanye West has been dropped by his agency CAA over his antisemitic comments. The Stronger rapper has come under fire this month for making divisive and offensive remarks about Jewish people on social media and in interviews. As a result of the controversy, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) officials confirmed on Monday that they are no longer representing Kanye as a client.