A day after Adidas ended its business relationship with Kanye West following his repeated antisemitic comments, the rapper made an “unannounced” visit to a Skechers corporate office in LA on Wednesday and was escorted from the building.
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first provided to Andscape, Maverick Carter, CEO of “The Shop” production company Springhill Entertainment, confirmed West was invited to appear on the show after his recent outbursts of antisemitic and bigoted public statements.Carter said he believed West “was capable of a respectful discussion and he was ready to address” his recent comments. He also apologized for making that mistake.“Yesterday we taped an episode of The Shop with Kanye West. Kanye was booked weeks ago and, after talking to Kanye directly the day before we taped, I believed he was capable of a respectful discussion and he was ready to address all his recent comments. Unfortunately, he used The Shop to reiterate more hate speech and extremely dangerous stereotypes,” Carter said.“We have made the decision not to air this episode or any of Kanye’s remarks. While The Shop embraces thoughtful discourse and differing opinions, we have zero tolerance for hate speech of any kind and will never allow our channels to be used to promote hate.
I take full responsibility for believing Kanye wanted a different conversation and apologize to our guests and crew. Hate speech should never have an audience,” the statement concluded.According to Andscape, LeBron James was not present when West’s remarks were recorded.The incident comes after a string of racist outbursts from the rapper. On Saturday, West was suspended by Instagram for unspecified violations of the company’s content policies.
A day after Adidas ended its business relationship with Kanye West following his repeated antisemitic comments, the rapper made an “unannounced” visit to a Skechers corporate office in LA on Wednesday and was escorted from the building.
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Kanye West taped an episode of The Shop, the HBO talk show starring LeBron James, that was deemed unbroadcastable after he repeated "hate speech and extremely dangerous stereotypes," SpringHill Company CEO Maverick Carter has told Andscape. Carter, who runs SpringHill alongside N.B.A. All-Star James and co-hosts the series, said he took full responsibility for welcoming Ye to the show during a period in which he has worn a T-shirt bearing the slogan "White Lives Matter" and been temporarily banned from both Instagram and Twitter for posting offensive messages, including a threat against Jewish people.
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An episode of "Uninterrupted The Shop" featuring Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, won't air after the rapper apparently used "more hate speech" and "dangerous stereotypes." "The Shop" is executive produced by Maverick Carter and NBA star LeBron James.The producers decided against airing the episode, which was taped on Monday, or revealing West's comments. "Yesterday we taped an episode of ‘The Shop’ with Kanye West.
The controversy surrounding Kanye West continues.
Kanye West recently gave an interview for an episode of The Shop – a talk show hosted by LeBron James and his business partner, Maverick Carter – however in the wake of the rapper’s recent controversies, that interview has been scrapped.In a statement shared with Andscape, Carter explained that West’s episode was shot very recently – the statement itself notes that it was taped “yesterday”, and the article was published on Tuesday (October 11), but it’s not clear exactly when the statement was given – with the rapper’s appearance on the show having been locked in several weeks earlier.“After talking to Kanye directly the day before we taped,” Carter said, “I believed he was capable of a respectful discussion and he was ready to address all his recent comments. Unfortunately, he used The Shop to reiterate more hate speech and extremely dangerous stereotypes.”As a result, West’s episode of The Shop was scrapped entirely, and no content from his interview will be made public. Carter went on to assure fans that while his show “embraces thoughtful discourse and differing opinions”, it and its team “have zero tolerance for hate speech of any kind and will never allow our channels to be used to promote hate”.In closing, he continued: “I take full responsibility for believing Kanye wanted a different conversation and apologize to our guests and crew. Hate speech should never have an audience.”In addition to West, the scrapped episode of The Shop was due to feature Jeezy – with whom West collaborated on the 2008 track ‘Put On’ – and shoe designer Salehe Bembury.
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