Kanye West

Adidas to sell Yeezy shoes, donate proceeds months after Kanye West split

After months wrestling over the fate of milions of unsold Yeezy shoes, Adidas has decided to sell a portion of its remaining inventory and donate the proceeds to chartitable organizations, CEO of the German sportbrand Bjrn Gulden said on Thursday. Adidas cut ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, in late October, following his antisemitic comments on social media and in interviews. As a result, the fate of 1.2 billion euros (USD 1.3 billion) worth of the unsold Yeezys, a lucrative sneaker line launched with Ye, was unknown. At Adidas' annual shareholders meeting, Gulden said the company had spent months trying to find solutions. The CEO also added that Adidas spoke to NGOs and organizations that were harmed by Ye's comments and actions. Burning those shoes cannot be the solution, Gulden said, noting that Adidas was going to try to sell part of the remaining Yeezy inventory and donate money to the organizations that help us and were harmed by what Ye said. Exact deta

Adidas faces lawsuit from investors over Kanye West partnership, fallout

Adidas is facing a class-action lawsuit from investors who allege the company knew about offensive remarks and harmful behaviour from Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, years before ending its partnership with him. The German sportsbrand cut ties with its star collaborator in late October, following Ye's antisemitic comments on social media and in interviews. At the time, Adidas said the company does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech and called Ye's remarks and actions unacceptable, hateful and dangerous. Weeks before the decision, at Paris Fashion Week, Ye also wore a shirt with a White Lives Matter slogan which the Anti-Defamation League categorizes a white supremacist phrase that originated as a racist response to the Black Lives Matter movement. The current lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Oregon on Friday, claims that Adidas was aware of the potential harm that Ye's problematic behavior could cause the company for some time pointin

Kanye West reportedly cancels plan to run for US presidency in 2024 polls

"Right now, I am living my life - like I'm concentrating on the school, The Donda Academy, and my new wife, and my kids, and that's it," he said

Kanye West urges Jews to 'forgive Hitler', stop forcing pain on others

Rapper Kanye West once again made another round of anti-Semitic comments

Elon Musk says he takes Kanye's 'half Chinese' comment as a compliment

Kanye took to Instagram and wrote, "Am I the only one who thinks Elon could be half Chinese? Have you ever seen his pics as a child?

Elon Musk suspends rapper Kanye West from Twitter for violating rules

Elon Musk said Twitter will again lock rapper Kanye West, who goes by Rapper Ye handle on the platform, for violating rules against incitement

Pence calls on Trump to apologise for having dinner with antisemite

A growing number of Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence, criticized Donald Trump on Monday for dining with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West days after launching his third campaign for the White House. Pence, in an interview, called on Trump to apologize and said the former president had demonstrated profoundly poor judgment when he met last week at his Mar-a-Lago club with West, who is now known as Ye, as well as Nick Fuentes, a far-right activist with a long history of espousing antisemitic and white nationalist views. The episode is serving as an early test of whether party leaders will continue to rally behind Trump as he embarks on yet another campaign for the White House after they have spent much of the last eight years being asked to respond to the controversies he's created. Trump has said he didn't know who Fuentes was before the meeting. But he has so far refused to acknowledge or denounce the positions o

Adidas investigates after ex-workers allege Kanye West misconduct

Adidas says it is investigating allegations of inappropriate workplace conduct by the rapper formerly known as Kanye West that ex-employees made in an anonymous letter also accusing the German sportswear brand of looking the other way. Adidas, which made his Yeezy line, cut ties with Ye last month over his offensive and antisemitic remarks after facing pressure to follow other brands and companies in ending partnerships with the rapper. It said it expected to take a hit of 250 million euros (USD 246 million) to its net income this year from the move. Ye was suspended from Twitter and Instagram over his remarks but has been back tweeting this month. Rolling Stone has reported that it spoke to more than two dozen former Yeezy and Adidas workers and obtained a letter from several former Yeezy employees to the sportswear company alleging that Ye created a toxic work environment by showing sexual photos and videos in meetings, making vulgar comments and bullying the people who worked for

Kanye West returns to Twitter after being banned for anti-semitic tweets

"Testing Testing Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked," the 45-year-old Yeezy designer wrote to his 31.9 million followers. Hours later, he said in a separate tweet: "Shalom :)."

Kanye West, Adidas and his long list of controversies: A look at the past

Adidas has terminated its contract with Kanye West, but he is no stranger when it comes to controversies

George Floyd's daughter to file $250 million lawsuit against Kanye West

Rapper Kanye West continues to attract controversies as daughter of George Floyd, whose death in police custody triggered global protests against racism, is now planning to file a lawsuit against him

Instagram, Twitter restrict Kanye West's account over anti-Semitic posts

Kanye West's Twitter account has been restricted by the company. Not just that, his Instagram account has also been restricted.According to Variety, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed the news. However, the reason for which his account was restricted by the micro-blogging site hasn't been specified by the company yet.Many have been linking the decision to restrict his account to his last two tweets which have been largely criticized as anti-semitic.Twitter has removed the first tweet for "violating the Twitter rules." Later, West asserted in the post that he couldn't be antisemitic and claimed that Jews had "toyed" with him.He wrote, "I'm a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I'm going death [sic] con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE". The tweet has now been deleted."The funny thing is I actually can't be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also. You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda," West added.Later, he tweeted, "Who do you think ...

Kanye West named suspect in alleged criminal battery investigation

Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West has been named as a suspect in a battery report by Los Angeles police

Kanye West richest Black American with $6.6 billion net worth: Report

West is the richest Black person in the United States, according to a report in Bloomberg

US elections: Republicans push Kanye 2020. But will it really hurt Biden?

Trump''s reelection campaign has denied involvement, with spokesman Tim Murtaugh saying, "We have no knowledge of what Kanye West is doing or who is doing it for him"

Twitter shares rise 4% on highest-ever yearly growth in daily users

Twitter's average monetisable daily active users (mDAU) increased 34 per cent year over year to 186 million

Kanye West fails to qualify for presidential ballot in South Carolina

West has missed the registration deadlines in a number of US states, including Texas, but has recently got on the ballot in Oklahoma by paying a fee

Twitter hack hits Obama, Biden, Musk in Bitcoin scam; stock sinks

Others whose Twitter accounts were caught up in the security incident included Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Uber Technologies Inc, Apple, and Michael Bloomberg

Rapper Kanye West announces 2020 US Presidential bid; Elon Musk backs him

The multiple Grammy winner took to social media on country's 244th Independence Day (July 4) to share the news

Kanye West files $10 mn suit against tour insurer

Kanye's suit alleges breach of contract as well as breach of good faith