Kanye West (45), whose formal name is now “Ye”, has previously run for president and called slavery “a choice”. In other words, he is no stranger to making headlines. This fall is no exception. Here are five reasons why there has been a storm around the artist. White Lives Matter It started at fashion week in Paris, write The New York Times. Kanye West opened the fashion show for his own clothing brand “Yeesy” dressed in a sweater with the phrase “White Lives Matter” on the back. Kanye West with “White Lives Matter” on his back Photo: Screenshot taken 05.11.22 The expression began to flourish in 2015 as a response to the Black Lives Matter movement. West’s collection in Paris was not warmly received. On social media, it started to boil. In an interview with Fox News, Kanye West is said to have said that he thinks the T-shirt is “funny”. – The answer to why I wrote “White Lives Matter” on the T-shirt is because they do it, he said and explained according to CNN that the stunt created strong reactions because he did not act in a way that the media approves of. Kanye West during fashion week in Paris. Photo: JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP According to TMZ, Kanye West is also being sued by the family of George Floyd for 250 million dollars. In the podcast “Drink Champs”, West claimed that it was a fentanyl overdose and underlying illness, rather than police brutality, that led to George Floyd’s death. Locked accounts The storm surrounding Kanye West arose on social media when Sean Combs, the rapper who is known among other things under the name Puff Daddy, posted a video on Instagram. There he said that he did not support the T-shirt. He also encouraged people not to buy the T-shirt. Rapper Sean Combs, known among other things under the stage names P. Diddy and Puff Daddy, has criticized Kanye West. Photo: ANGELA WEISS / AFP West later posted a screenshot of a conversation with Combs in which he suggested that Combs was being controlled by Jews. Instagram set restrictions for West. It clearly did not sit well with the well-known rapper. Then he took to Twitter where he posted a picture of himself and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. – Look at this, Mark. How can you kick me out of Instagram? he wrote. It was then the first time in two years that Kanye West expressed himself on Twitter. Elon Musk wished him a warm welcome back on the platform: – Welcome back to Twitter, my friend! Elon Musk welcomes Kanye West back to Twitter. Photo: Screenshot taken 05.11.22 It didn’t take long before Twitter also locked his account. In a Twitter message, Ye wrote that he “will soon go death con 3 against Jewish people”. The message was seen to play on the term defcon, which is the name of an increased alert status used by the armed forces in the United States. The restrictions on Instagram and Twitter meant that the artist could not post for a certain period. Buys Parler Just a week after Instagram and Twitter locked his accounts, it became known that West is buying the social network Parler. Parler is known to be popular on the far right wing in the US. The platform defines itself as a place where conservatives should be allowed to speak freely. Kanye West and Donald Trump in 2018. According to Rolling Stone magazine, even Trump thinks Kanye is crazy. Photo: SEBASTIAN SMITH / AFP Many of former President Donald Trump’s supporters use the network. The network was thrown out of the app stores of both Google, Apple and Amazon after the storming of Congress on 6 January last year. Parler’s handling of posts that gave rise to violence was given as the reason. Parler nevertheless made a comeback in February last year. Parler is known to be popular on the far right wing in the US. Photo: CHRIS DELMAS / AFP Broken bands Balenciaga, Gap, JPMorgan Chase and the agency CAA are among those who have said goodbye to Kanye West as partners and clients. It has cost. – Kanye West is no longer a billionaire, wrote the American business and finance magazine Forbes at the end of October. American football player Aaron Donald and basketball player Jaylen Brown have also terminated their contracts with Kanye West’s agent company Donda sports. Adidas has also broken the collaboration with the rapper. Photo: Seth Wenig / AP Adidas, which has previously characterized the Kanye West collaboration as “one of the most successful in the history of the shoe industry”, has also broken the collaboration with the rapper. In a statement, the German company wrote that they do not tolerate anti-Semitism or other forms of hate speech. Now the company risks taking a hit of up to 250 million euros in possible net income in 2022. At the same time, the Adidas share rose sharply, when it became known on Friday that the Norwegian Bjørn Gulden may become the new CEO of Adidas. In addition, a ready-to-air documentary about Kanye West has been shelved and will not be aired, Varierty reports. Even Madame Tussauds has removed the wax figure of Kanye West, write The Guardian. Kanye West with Vogue editor Anna Wintour and ex-wife Kim Kardashian. They both have broken ties with the artist. Photo: Lucas Jackson / Reuters The list of those who cut ties with the artist is therefore getting longer and longer. Even Kim Kardashian, the ex-wife of Kanye West, spoke out against her ex-husband in a Twitter post. She has previously spoken openly about her ex-husband being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Donald Trump is also said to have said that Kanye West is “crazy and needs help”, writes Rolling Stone magazine. Verbal fast The headlines about Kanye West this autumn are therefore many. Last weekend, he made headlines when he announced that he was going to take a “verbal fast”. According to Sky News, Kanye West has said on Twitter that he “will not talk to anyone, drink alcohol, watch adult films or have sex for a month”. At the same time, he writes that the “verbal fast” does not affect his activity on Twitter. It will therefore probably not be completely quiet from the controversial artist.
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