Kanye West

Kanye West’s scandalous behavior could result in the rapper’s complete “cancellation” in show business and the fashion industry. The Balenciaga brand, which previously maintained a friendly relationship with the artist, now seems to be moving away from him and getting rid of anything that reminds him of the collaboration.

According to NSS, Kanye’s image at the Balenciaga Spring 2023 show has been removed from both the brand’s website and the Vogue Runway portal. The Yeezy Gap, designed in collaboration with Balenciaga, has disappeared from the brand’s website. Also, the collection is no longer available from online retailers MyTheresa, LuisaViaRoma and Farfetch. No official statement has yet been made regarding the suspension of cooperation.

Writes NSS.

First it was a White Lives Matter T-shirt that Kanye wore during a Yeezy show in Paris, then he posted a series of statements on Instagram* and Twitter** before both social networks blocked the rapper.

The article mentions that Balenciaga creative director Demna Gvasalia and Kanye West have a “long-term relationship”: the rapper has been a regular front-row guest for years and “an ambassador to whom the brand owes some,” according to the publication. commercial success.” West described himself as Demna’s “straight husband”, who described their relationship as “a very active creative change” in an interview last year.

– Notes the High Sobriety site.

Recall that the inscription “white life is important” on Kanye’s T-shirt caused a scandal: the move was criticized online, the rapper was condemned by many of his colleagues. The musician exacerbated the situation by saying that the Black Lives Matter movement for black rights was a hoax. In addition, Kanye was sued by the family of George Floyd, whose death marked the beginning of the movement: West said that Floyd died as a result of an overdose, not because of police brutality.

On social networks, Kanye’s account was blocked after a series of posts perceived as anti-Semitic: in particular, rapper colleague Sean Combs, aka P. Diddy, accused him of being supported by some “influential Jews”. After deactivating his accounts, Kanye stated that he was “blocked by the Jewish media”.

Adidas, which is also a longtime partner with West, has already announced its decision to “reconsider the partnership” after the T-shirt scandal in Paris. The rapper responded by accusing the sports brand of “stealing” his design, but later deleted the post as usual.

After that, the public learned about Kanye’s style of communicating with Adidas’ leadership. He posted a video on his YouTube channel showing footage of one of the meetings. There, the artist shows the brand’s stunned senior executives a porn video on his phone, but they ask him to stop doing it. It turns out that West sees some parallels in the plot with the relationship between him and Adidas.

Kanye told the shocked team members about the plot of the video.

When the musician was criticized for his eccentricities, he began to reproach the public with the fact that no one was outraged when he refused to let his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, see their children. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder a few years ago, Kim and Kanye have been in a contentious relationship since their divorce. The rapper regularly makes various accusations about his ex-wife and his family, in addition, he repeatedly insulted his ex-boyfriend Pete Davidson on social networks, publicly threatened and even “buried” him on video. Kim Kardashian is reluctant to comment on her ex-husband’s behavior but has already chosen to walk away from him.

As for the fashion industry, Kanye has long “complicated everything”: he regularly accuses various brands of lying or plagiarism.

*Instagram is owned by Meta, a recognized extremist organization in the Russian Federation.

**Twitter blocked in Russia