Kanye West returned to Instagram Thursday after an eventful and career-ruining three weeks to proclaim that he lost “2 billion dollars in one day.” After scrubbing his Instagram page of almost all the posts that preceded his restriction from the platform earlier this month — only a photo of his …
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Ye really thought this would work. After being dropped by Adidas yesterday, Kanye West showed up “unannounced and uninvited” at Skechers‘ headquarters in Los Angeles on Wednesday. His motive? It’s unclear, but it comes after the end of his most lucrative partnership with the German sportswear brand. After a “brief …
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Adidas announced on Tuesday that it is ending the often stormy relationship it has had with Kanye West since 2016. The company had come under enormous pressure over the past weeks to respond to West’songoing erratic behaviorsand dangerous, antisemitic comments. “Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of …
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Eight short days ago (or eight incredibly long days ago, depending on how you look at it), Kanye West was complaining to Chris Cuomo that people don’t call him a “billionaire” enough. Well, now that he’s lost his Adidas deal, he may not even be a billionaire anymore. According to …
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“I can say antisemitic things and Adidas can’t drop me,” the artist formerly known as Kanye West proclaimed on Drink Champs just over a week ago. “Now what?” he rhetorically asked, with the sneering audacity of a man whose millions of dollars, millions of fans, and substantial high-powered connections have …
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An analysis of Comscore Media data by The Righting has found that right-wing alternative social media platform Parler suffered a 48-percent decline in unique visitors this September compared to September a year ago. The floundering platform recently announced a pending acquisition by rapper Kanye West. Other right-wing platforms and websites …
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The only two known athletes signed to Kanye West‘s Donda Sports agency terminated their partnerships with the rapper over his heinous antisemitic comments. On Tuesday, both Los Angeles Rams’ Aaron Donald and Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown announced that they no longer would be working with the rapper and his sports …
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The Kardashians are making their stance on antisemitism clear. On Monday, Kanye West‘s ex-wife Kim Kardashian shared a statement on her Instagram stories, denouncing his hateful words and the actions they have prompted, as she stood in solidarity with the Jewish community. “Hate speech is never OK or excusable,” Kim …
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Kanye West’s latest burnt bridge is his connection to the talent agency CAA. The rapper is no longer represented by the prominent Hollywood agency, Rolling Stone can confirm. CAA severed ties with him this month in response to ongoing erratic behaviors that have been defined by continuous, and dangerous, antisemitic …
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An anti-semitic group hung a sign from an L.A. overpass that read: “Kanye is right about the Jews,” apparently inspired by recent anti-Semitic comments and social media posts by the rapper. Behind the signs, which were hung on Saturday afternoon, at least seven people did the Nazi salute as cars …
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