After a strenuous week full of of antisemitic remarks and the subsequent loss of several brand deals, Kanye West, the controversial rapper at the center of it all, has shared his thoughts on the situation. In a rambling 16-minute video shared by WmgLab Records on YouTube Saturday and apparently taken at some point after Adidas ended its business partnership with West last Tuesday, the artist and mogul appears to address a crowd of paparazzi and bystanders gathered outside a building as he leaves.
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Adidas Ends Partnership With Kanye after Anti-Semitic Rants
Neil Saunders, managing director of analytics company GlobalData, said Adidas’ decision to end the relationship was in part a move to “protect its reputation and show customers it is on the right side of morality.”
“[W]hile the line has been popular, sales would likely have taken a hit anyway as groups of consumers shunned Yeezy because of its association with Ye,” he said.
Kanye West Finally Ends Contentious Partnership with Gap
Although Gap still plans to complete the projects which are already in production, an email sent out Thursday by Gap CEO Mark Breitbard has confirmed that their partnership with the famous rapper and designer, Kanye West has effectively ended. “While we share a vision of bringing high-quality, trend-forward, utilitarian design to all people through unique omni experiences with Yeezy Gap, how we work together to deliver this vision is not aligned,” Breitbard wrote.
Kim and Kanye Celebrate their 1 Year Anniversary!
Your absolute favorite (or most hated) couple, Kimye celebrated their one year anniversary together in Versailles, France over the weekend. Kanye tweeted “…I’m so happy to be married to the girl of my dreams…”. Ms. Kardashian West lovingly replied with “Awww baby I love you so much!!!!” The power couple took to social media […]
Frank Ocean and Jay-Z
After already collaborating with Jay and Kanye on Watch The Throne, Frank Ocean seems to have secured himself a spot on Jay’s upcoming solo album. I think the combination of a legendary world wide artist like Jay-Z and Frank Ocean’s innovative style, that has helped defined the new school R&B and hip hop sound, will […]
Watch the Throne Digital Release MONDAY?!
Rumor has it that Jay-Z and Kanye are going to release a digital version of Watch the Throne this coming Monday! Both rappers have been very secretive about the album after seeing that Kanye and Beyonce both had their albums leaked before their intended release date. Although there has been constant talk about work on […]
