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27.10.2022 - 18:37 / deadline.com
Kanye West returned to Instagram after allegedly being restricted by the social media platform, and wrote that he lost $2 billion in one day amid a swirling controversy centered on anti-Semitic comments made by the rapper-entrepreneur.
The post includes a reference to Ari Emanuel, the Endeavor Content boss who was among the business leaders who spoke out urging businesses cease doing business with West, known as Ye.
“Ari Emanuel, I lost 2 billion dollars in one day and I’m still alive,” West wrote overnight. “This is love speech. I still love you. God still loves you. The money is not who I am. The people is who I am.”
The list is growing of companies and projects that have severed ties with West, most recently Adidas; yesterday, West was escorted from the Los Angeles offices of Sketchers trying to meet with executives there about his Yeezy shoe brand.
Other companies who have acted include Balenciaga and CAA, while MRC Entertainment said Monday it was not moving forward with its recently completed documentary about the musician. Gersh’s Bob Gersh and UTA’s Jeremy Zimmer joined Emanuel in condemning West’ speech.
Forbes on Tuesday said that after Adidas’ move, West is no longer on its list of billionaires after becoming one of the the first hip-hop moguls to ascend on that roster.
West has been in the spotlight since his “Death Con 3” tweet and claims of alleged mistreatment by Jewish people. The Los Angeles-area private Christian school he founded, Donde Academy, has reportedly been shuttered for the school year.
Emanuel wrote in a Financial Times op-ed last week that “Those who continue to do business with West are giving his misguided hate an audience. There should be no tolerance anywhere for West’s anti-Semitism.
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Kanye West will face a 250 million dollar (£221 million) lawsuit brought by the family of George Floyd, following recent remarks the rapper made about his death. Lawyers representing the family issued a cease and desist letter to West and said his comments were a “repugnant attempt to discount George Floyd’s life and to profit from his inhumane death”.
Kanye «Ye» West's appearance on a recent episode of Revolt TV's , the family of George Floyd announced their intention to file a lawsuit against the rapper, his business partners, and associates for «harassment, misappropriation, defamation and infliction of emotional distress.» The suit is seeking $250 million in damages.In a statement released on Tuesday, it was revealed that Roxie Washington, acting on behalf of her minor child — who serves as the sole beneficiary of Floyd's estate — has retained the Witherspoon Law Group and Dixon & Dixon Attorneys at Law to file the suit. The attorneys for Floyd's family have already issued a cease-and-desist letter to West after he made false claims about Floyd’s death on the podcast hosted by N.O.R.E.
Kanye West has said that he doesn’t believe in the term “anti-Semitism”, claiming that it’s “not factual” and in turn has denied accusations of racism against him.The rapper’s comments come after a tumultuous few weeks which began when he wore a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt at a Paris fashion week show.Since then he’s sparked multiple controversies including claiming that George Floyd died by taking Fentanyl.Before that Ye said that he would go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE”, whom he claims have a link with Black people (“I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because Black people are actually Jew also,” he wrote). An ex-staffer at TMZ has also claimed that the rapper once praised “Hitler and the Nazis” during an interview with the site..@ChrisCuomo counters Ye's antisemitc comments: "I know you are intelligent and understand that when you target people because of their faith, other people may do so the same… We don't want to tolerate that.#CUOMO pic.twitter.com/mdTem0TXau— NewsNation (@NewsNation) October 18, 2022Over the weekend West hit out at Pete Davidson on the Drink Champs podcast in which he alleged that the former boyfriend of his ex-wife Kim Kardashian was a heroin addict.
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Kanye West‘s recent anti-Semetic remarks as “stupidities”, adding that Israel has “dealt with bigger problems”.The former prime minister of Israel who now serves as the country’s opposition leader suggested in a new interview that West’s comments recall racist tropes against Jewish people that “shouldn’t have any place in civilised discourse”.Speaking to US political pundit Bill Maher on his HBO show Real Time on Friday (October 14) who asked him if Israel will take action over Ye, Netanyahu responded with a laugh: “We’ve dealt with bigger problems than these stupidities.”He continued: “But, you know, the communists blame the Jews for being capitalists, the capitalists blame the Jews for being communists.“You have a problem, blame the Jews. It’s old stuff.
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John Legend has hit out at Kanye West after the rapper shared a series of antisemitic posts over the weekend.Last Sunday (October 9), ), West had both his Twitter and Instagram accounts suspended after posting antisemitic comments on the platforms. A spokesperson from Twitter told BuzzFeed News that “the account in question has been locked due to a violation of Twitter’s policies”.Numerous artists, celebrities, politicians and organisations have since criticised West over his remarks, including Jack Antonoff, Jamie Lee Curtis, and New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.Prospective Twitter owner Elon Musk, meanwhile, said that he has talked to West and “expressed [his] concerns about his recent tweet, which I think he took to heart”.Last week, West courted more controversy after he wore a shirt emblazoned with the slogan ‘White Lives Matter’ at Paris Fashion Week.Taking to Twitter yesterday (October 10), John Legend – who has collaborated with West on multiple occasions in the past – wrote: “Weird how all these ‘free, independent thinkers’ always land at the same old anti blackness and anti semitism.”You can see that tweet beneath.Weird how all these “free, independent thinkers” always land at the same old anti blackness and anti semitism.— John Legend (@johnlegend) October 10, 2022Last month, Legend clarified the reason why he is no longer close friends with West.