Kanye West accuses Gap of stealing his designs, holding meetings without him

Kanye West has come out with claims that his publishing catalogue is “being put up for sale” without his approval, involvement or even awareness – contesting reports that his team had pitched the sale to prospective buyers.Earlier this week, Billboard reported that West was “quietly and intermittently shopping his publishing catalog”, and that representatives for the rapper had met privately with prospective buyers to “explore what kind of valuation” his extensive discography could net.It’s said that West is eying a valuation as high as 35 times that of the net publisher’s share – around $175million (£153.9million), based on the estimation that West’s catalogue earns him $5million (£4.4million) of annual revenue.West has now denied his reported involvement in the potential sale, taking to his Instagram Story overnight to declare that his catalogue is “not for sale”, noting that “just like Taylor Swift, my publishing is being put up for sale without my knowledge”.The situation West is referring to is the 2019 sale of Swift’s material released between 2006 to 2017, which was acquired by Scooter Braun (with whom Swift had long feuded) when he purchased her former label, Big Machine Records, for $330million (£290million). That sale was enormously controversial, with Swift herself describing it as her “worst case scenario” and leading her to re-record two of the albums she no longer owns the original masters to – 2008’s ‘Fearless’ and 2012’s ‘Red’ – with the suffix of ‘Taylor’s Version’.The rights to West’s catalogue currently lie with Sony Music Publishing.

Kanye West has published a breakdown of the restrictions to his “Yeezy standalone activities” allegedly demanded by Gap and Adidas after his recent decision to cut ties with both companies. Posted to his Instagram account late Sunday night alongside the caption “Welp I guess the war’s not over,” the list is prefaced by the condition that “neither Yeezy nor Ye may use, wear, sponsor, promote, market, advertise, endorse, design, manufacture, license, sell, or provide consulting services with respect to any of the following products under the Yeezy Trademarks or Ye’s likeness or any other identifiable attribute, feature, or indica of Ye.” Below these seemingly stringent guidelines are dozens of vague and specific types of footwear, apparel, and accessories that Ye is now apparently prohibited from wearing or associating with, including sneakers, belts, and undergarments.

former love rival Kanye West confessed that he’s never actually read a book, going on to compare literature to icky green vegetables.Yeezy’s remarks came Friday on an episode of the “Alo Mind Full” podcast just a day after Rolling Stone reported that parents must sign non-disclosure agreements to send their children to West’s $15K per year, non-accredited Donda Academy outside of Los Angeles.“I actually haven’t read any book,” West told hosts Danny Harris and Alyson Wilson. “Reading is like eating Brussels sprouts for me.

any book,” the rapper said in the Alo Full Mind podcast released Friday. “Reading is like eating Brussels sprouts for me.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye «Ye» West came together for North West's basketball game over the weekend. In new photos of the former couple, Kim and Kanye appeared to be chatting while supporting their eldest daughter at her latest sports match.In the pics, a still-blonde Kim kept things sporty in a white tank top and bright orange joggers, an orange, black and white sweater tied around her waist.

Kanye West has filed a number of new trademarks to expand his Donda Sports clothing brand.According to a new report from TMZ, the rapper’s company Mascotte Holdings has filed trademarks for clothing items including jackets, hats, shirts, shoes and a host of accessories including blankets, wallets and umbrellas.Another trademark reportedly filed is for ‘Dove Sports’, a new label that will be used for “athletic services such as training sessions, competitions, tournaments, camps, seminars, field trips and even traditional educational frameworks.”The news comes after Ye this week made known his plans to go solo in his future fashion ventures. In a new Bloomberg interview, the rapper detailed his plans to have a clean break with his biggest corporate collaborators. These include opening his own Donda campuses nationwide, which will house shopping, schools, farms, and dorms in an integrated facility.

On Thursday it was confirmed that Kanye West's working relationship with Gap had come to an end. The partnership was due to last a decade but was terminated just two years in total, with the rapper and business mogul notifying Gap of his decision via a letter from his attorneys. Shortly after the news about the Gap deal broke, Ye appeared on CNBC where he spoke at length about where he felt let down by his former partners and what will come next for him.

Kanye West has revealed that he feels an aversion to literature, comparing books to Brussels sprouts and explaining that he sees evolved forms of communication as crucial to his vision of an optimised future.The revelation came in a new episode of the podcast Alo Mind Full, where the rapper joined Alo Yoga co-founder Danny Harris and host Alyson Wilson to “paint a sonic picture of what’s on his mind”. Harris spoke of a book he’d read over 100 times, which included philosophies on self-confidence that he and West mutually agreed on. “[West] was telling me that he hasn’t read this book,” the entrepreneur said, “but I was telling him that every positive attribute [detailed in it], he naturally embodies.

Kanye West has ended his partnership with the fashion company Gap.West’s lawyers sent a letter to the brand notifying them that the rapper would formally sever ties with it, terminating the 10-year agreement they first established in 2020. The letter, sent on West’s behalf, claimed that Gap had failed to meet the terms of its contract.Nicholas Gravante, who serves as one of West’s attorneys, elaborated on this claim in a statement to Pitchfork.

“Everyone knows I’m the king,” Kanye West said in an interview today with CNBC’s Closing Bell. “A king can’t live in someone else’s castle. A king has to make his own castle.”

Kanye West says he’s breaking up with the Gap.

Kanye West and Drake leading with 14 and 10 nods respectively.Both West and Drake have been nominated for Hip Hop Album Of The Year for last year’s ‘Donda’ and ‘Certified Lover Boy’ respectively, and are up against Future (‘I Never Liked You’), Pusha T (‘It’s Almost Dry’), Nas (‘King’s Disease II’) and Kendrick Lamar (‘Mr.

The nominations for the 17th annual BET Hip Hop Awards are in, with Drake and Kanye West leading the pack at 14 and 10 a piece, respectively. This year’s ceremony will be taped on Friday, September 30 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta with Fat Joe hosting and premiere on television at 9 p.m.

Courteney Cox misses the old Kanye. The 58-year-old star shared a funny video reaction to Kanye «Ye» West's recent Instagram post, which read, «I actually didn't write the tweet that said ' wasn't funny either' but I wish I had.» In Cox's video, she is jamming out to Kanye's song, «Heartless,» before noticing the rapper's message.