‘SNL’: Weekend Update Calls Out Companies Dropping Kanye West That Were Not Associated With Rapper

With the midterm elections taking over news headlines this week, Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” had a few hot takes on the outcomes. One of the most notable ones was the shift Rupert Murdoch’spublications had on Donald Trump after the “red wave” never materialized with the Democrats holding their ground.

Colin Jost and Michael Che were back at it again on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” lampooning the events of the week. This time, some of their targets included CNN, Herschel Walker and Kyrie Irving.

Jack Harlow was all game to roast himself during the Saturday Night Live monologue. The “First Class” singer took the stage of Studio 8H and didn’t waste any time poking fun at himself. Watch the monologue in the video posted above.

Aaron Donald, the defensive player for the Los Angeles Rams, has dropped Kanye West‘s Donda Sports.

Adidas is moving forward with selling Yeezy product designs — just not under Kanye West‘s brand name.

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.

Even if you’re a billionaire businessman and musical icon, you can’t run away from spreading hate speech. Over the past week or so, we’ve seen the fall from grace of rapper Kanye West.

Kanye West is no longer represented by CAA. The agency is the latest business to cut ties with the rapper following his recent anti-Semitic outbursts and amid a growing call for a Hollywood boycott against him, Deadline has confirmed.

Jeremy Zimmer, co-founder and CEO of United Talent Agency, is the latest prominent Hollywood figure to speak out against Kanye West’s controversial claims of alleged mistreatment by Jewish people, which he has been doubling down on in media interviews.

Ice Cube has taken to Twitter to refute comments made by Kanye West in an interview linking the rapper to West’s antisemitic views.In an appearance on the Drink Champs podcast – in which he made several inflammatory statements, and which has since been taken down from online platforms – West referenced Cube multiple times. At one point, West claimed that Cube had “really influenced” him to “get on this antisemite vibe”.West has made a slew of antisemitic comments over the past weeks. A post directed at the Jewish community led to West being suspended from Instagram and later Twitter, where he wrote that he “[would be] going death con 3 [sic] On JEWISH PEOPLE”.West’s comments were criticised by the likes of David Schwimmer, John Legend, Jack Antonoff and KISS‘ Paul Stanley.

Controversial rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, is acquiring right-wing social network Parler.

Kanye West may find himself in legal hot water over some of his recent comments.

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.

Kanye West has said that Drake is the “greatest rapper ever”.The rapper and entrepreneur said in a new interview that his collaborator tops the all-time list of MCs“Drake is the greatest rapper ever, and I don’t apologise about it,” Ye told the Drink Champs podcast.

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.

Kanye West continues to be at the center of controversy following a series of antisemitic statements on social media that has gotten him locked out of the digital platforms. The rapper taped an appearance on The Shop: Uninterrupted but his episode is now getting pulled according to host Maverick Carter.

Lizzo is not letting herself get involved in anyone’s drama. The successful singer seemingly responded to Kanye West’s claims, explaining that she is minding her business and wants nothing to do with his controversial rants.The musician shared her thoughts with the crowd during her recent concert in Toronto, revealing how she feels about being named by Kanye, as the rapper was talking about her weight publicly.“When Lizzo loses 10 pounds and announces it, the bots… on Instagram, they attack her for losing weight, because the media wants to put out a perception that being overweight is the new goal,” he said.