Kanye

2022 - 10 - 25

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Kanye West: completed documentary shelved as talent agency ... (The Guardian)

Antisemitic comments from US rapper has led to further industry backlash, as film is dropped and major talent agency CAA cuts ties.

[severed tied with West](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/10/kanye-wests-biggest-high-fashion-connection-has-cut-ties) following an appearance last week on the Drink Champs podcast. West then told the Drink Champs podcast: “I can literally say antisemitic shit, and they can’t drop me … Floyd’s daughter Roxie Washington has since [filed a $250m lawsuit](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/18/kanye-west-george-floyd-family-sues-drug-abuse-fentanyl-overdose) against West for defamation. I can say antisemitic things, and Adidas can’t drop me. Please support the boycott of Kanye West,” Zimmer wrote in a company-wide email. In a story posted to her Instagram, Kardashian wrote that hate speech is “never OK” or “excusable.” [condemned](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/24/us/los-angeles-demonstrators-kanye-west-antisemitic-remarks/index.html) demonstrations in support of West’s antisemitic comments, in which a small group of people made the Nazi salute by a freeway and held signs encouraging drivers to “honk if you know” alongside “Kanye is right about the Jews”. [mounted on sportswear company Adidas](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/10/pressure-mounts-on-adidas-to-cut-ties-with-kanye-west) to also separate from West, which had already put their business relationship with West [“under review”](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/business/kanye-west-adidas-partnership-review) following his [appearance in a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/04/kanye-west-white-lives-matter-t-shirt-paris-fashion-week) during Paris fashion seek. Twitter removed the posts and suspended West’s account. [Andscape](https://andscape.com/features/exclusive-the-shop-pulls-episode-featuring-kanye-west/). Agency heads Ari Emanuel of Endeavor, Bob Gersh and UTA’s Jeremy Zimmer have all called for Hollywood companies to sever working relationships with West. [wrote in a statement](https://deadline.com/2022/10/kanye-west-documentary-scrapped-by-mrc-amid-anti-semitic-statements-company-leaders-speak-out-1235153382/#recipient_hashed=58e80303eb86ef6e1590496f3313a95182cb7e47e4431739bdb854b95b0768c7&recipient_salt=7e749829dd8fdacaf3affd4f51643a323740a6b6883a45b85c04133fdf95e512) on Monday.

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Kanye West Tests Adidas and His Other Corporate Partners (The New York Times)

The antisemitic outbursts and provocations by the artist now known as Ye have raised questions about how much offensive behavior companies are willing to ...

His remarks prompted outrage from the Floyd family and [an apology from the show’s host, N.O.R.E](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/19/entertainment/nore-kanye-west-george-floyd/index.html). Owens accompanied him to an interview with [TMZ Live](https://www.tmz.com/2018/05/01/kanye-west-tmz-live-slavery-trump/) the following month in which he called American slavery a “choice,” spurring outrage. [“The Life of Pablo,”](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/15/arts/music/kanye-west-life-of-pablo-review.html) was his latest No. While his Season 4 show on Roosevelt Island in September 2016 [proved a debacle](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/fashion/kanye-west-fashion-week-season-4.html), his potent combination of reality-TV celebrity, music stardom, sneaker success and establishment disruption was impossible to resist for an industry that often felt stuck in the last century. [pictures](https://www.balenciaga.com/en-us/summer-23) and [videos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh_1K9s6UV0) of the show. Trump](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/arts/music/kanye-west-trump-conservatives.html); launched a quixotic campaign [for president](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/us/politics/kanye-west-president-2020.html) in 2020; and [split with Ms. Lawyers for Ye argued that Gap broke “contractual obligations.” Gap said it was “deciding to wind down the partnership.” Ye has suggested that he may open his own line of retail shops. [“Donda,”](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/arts/music/kanye-west-donda.html) he included industry pariahs like Marilyn Manson, who had been accused of sexual assault by multiple women, and DaBaby, who had made [homophobic remarks](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/01/arts/music/dababy-lollapalooza-canceled-homophobic-comments.html) and waffled about apologies. Abrams, the Anti-Defamation League’s regional director there, [released a statement](https://twitter.com/ADLSoCal/status/1584275380789051392?s=20&t=D9wkjsHUVjsVYBOzwojNIg) that concluded, “Decisive action against antisemitism by Adidas is long overdue.” Ye [ended his Yeezy Gap partnership](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/business/kanye-west-yeezy-gap.html) last month, before the latest controversies erupted, but in recent days Gap sent out promotional emails for the Yeezy Gap hoodie. In recent years he has been condemned for saying that Harriet Tubman “never actually freed the slaves” and that centuries of slavery had been “ [a choice](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/arts/music/kanye-west-charlamagne-interview-tmz.html)”; polarized fans with his [embrace of right-wing politics and former President Donald J. He [withdrew from headlining this year’s Coachella festival](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/arts/music/kanye-west-coachella-swedish-house-mafia-weeknd.html) just over a week before it began.

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Kanye West Dropped by CAA Management, Planned Documentary ... (Vanity Fair)

In light of his recent antisemitic comments, the studio behind the doc “cannot support any content that amplifies his platform.”

[Adidas](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/10/pressure-mounts-on-adidas-to-cut-ties-with-kanye-west)’s deal with the Yeezy line is “ [under review](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/business/kanye-west-adidas-partnership-review)” but has yet to be officially disbanded. [Balenciaga ended its partnership](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/10/kanye-wests-biggest-high-fashion-connection-has-cut-ties) with West on Friday. [White Lives Matter](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/10/kanye-west-the-white-lives-matter-gabriella-karefa-johnson)” shirt to Paris Fashion Week and made antisemitic comments in various forums. Oz’s Senate Campaign](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/10/dr-oz-dog-killing-pennsylvania-senate-race?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-101122)? [Marriage Problems](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/10/tom-brady-gisele-bundchen-10-year-old-marriage-problems-going-on-forever-divorce?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-101122)Are Reportedly “10 Years Old” UTA head Jeremy Zimmer sent a company-wide memo [urging a boycott of West](https://variety.com/2022/music/news/uta-kanye-west-boycott-jeremy-zimmer-letter-staff-1235412225/) on Sunday. They continued, “The silence from leaders and corporations when it comes to Kanye or antisemitism in general is dismaying but not surprising. [Best Horror Movies](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/10/best-horror-movies?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-101122)to Keep You Up at Night “Kanye is a producer and sampler of music. JPMorgan Chase [reportedly](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/14/kanye-west-bank-jp-morgan-chase-cuts-ties-with-rapper) dropped him prior to the comments and shirt. [Variety](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/kanye-west-documentary-canceled-antisemitic-comments-1235412625/) reports. Last week he sampled and remixed a classic tune that has charted for over 3,000 years—the lie that Jews are evil and conspire to control the world for their own gain.”

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Los Angeles leaders condemn Kanye West as antisemitic incidents ... (The Guardian)

Karen Bass, LA mayoral hopeful, told Adidas to sever ties with the rapper while talent agency CAA reportedly dropped him as a client.

On Monday a source told the Los Angeles Times that CAA, West’s talent agency, will no longer represent him. The heads of Hollywood’s top agencies have called for a boycott of West. “This will have real world consequences for the Jewish people.” The growing outrage over West’s comments does appear to be gaining traction. Where is the outrage?” He generated further outrage for wearing a “white lives matter” T-shirt during his runway show at Paris fashion week earlier this month.

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Kim breaks silence on Kanye scandal (NEWS.com.au)

Kim Kardashian has broken her silence on ex-husband Kanye West's ongoing anti-Semitic rants with a public statement condemning hate speech.

West has been accused of manipulative behaviour towards his ex-wife following their split, though they continue to co-parent their four kids North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm. “Those who continue to do business with West are giving his misguided hate an audience. She was declared legally single in March 2022. There should be no tolerance anywhere for West’s anti-Semitism,” Mr Emanuel wrote in an op-ed for the Financial Times. His hateful tweet came after he was kicked off Instagram for sharing messages where he suggested that Jewish people control the media. [wanted to go “death con 3”](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/kanye-west-explodes-in-late-night-twitter-rant-says-hell-go-to-death-con-3-on-jewish-people-amid-antisemitism-accusations/news-story/147b74717b58c119a3012cea0f1bf913) on Jewish people.

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MRC cancels Kanye West documentary after antisemitic remarks (Los Angeles Times)

MRC Entertainment has shelved a documentary about Kanye 'Ye' West after the rapper made a series of antisemitic remarks in recent weeks.

As leaders of this company (a Jew, a Muslim, and a Christian), we feel duty bound to say to all of you this is a pernicious, terrible use of false logic. The silence from leaders and corporations when it comes to Kanye or antisemitism in general is dismaying but not surprising. The school is a historical bastion of liberalism and civil rights. It is brilliantly crafted, fast becoming part of mainstream thinking, and puts Jews in a terrible philosophical corner. “The silence from leaders and corporations when it comes to Kanye or antisemitism in general is dismaying but not surprising,” the MRC statement read. This song was performed acapella in the time of the Pharaohs, Babylon and Rome, went acoustic with The Spanish Inquisition and Russia’s Pale of Settlement, and Hitler took the song electric. Last week he sampled and remixed a classic tune that has charted for over 3000 years - the lie that Jews are evil and conspire to control the world for their own gain. Lies are an important part of all discrimination, and this one is no different. But if the Jews are ultra-powerful because of secret evil plots, well, the argument is, it must be fair and ok.” “It’s critical to antisemites, who must explain why they are attacking a people that comprise less than half of one percent of the world’s population. “Kanye is a producer and sampler of music. “Lies are an important part of all discrimination, and this one is no different.

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Kanye denounced in blistering statement (NEWS.com.au)

Notorious rapper Kanye “Ye” West has reportedly been dropped by his agent, and his completed documentary will not see the light of day after the rapper made ...

Kanye is the latest to do so, and we’re seeing how his words embolden others to amplify their vile beliefs.” “The silence from leaders and corporations when it comes to Kanye or antisemitism in general is dismaying but not surprising. We cannot support any content that amplifies his platform,” the studio said in a statement.

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Adidas is on the hot seat to cut ties with Kanye West (CNN)

"I can say antisemitic s*** and Adidas cannot drop me," Kanye West said during his now infamous tirade against Jews during the Drink Champs Podcast earlier ...

[Chick-Fil-A](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/22/business/chick-fil-a-gen-z-survey/index.html) is Gen Z’s most popular restaurant, according to the annual Piper Sandler survey of not-quite-16-year olds. [not dead yet](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/24/railroad-worker-possible-strike-sick-leave). (OK, most nights — we believe in a four-day work week around here.) [ Lego’s controversial packaging change](https://www.wsj.com/articles/lego-fanatics-come-apart-over-new-packaging-11666619022?mod=hp_featst_pos5), which makes it difficult for would-be collectors to identify what pieces are inside. [Rishi Sunak’s net worth](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/24/uk/profile-rishi-sunak-uk-politics-intl-gbr/index.html) is approaching the three comma club. [“What would a nation of sports gamblers look like?](https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/what-would-a-nation-of-sports-gamblers-look-like)” Jay Caspian Kang examines America’s booming new (old) industry. [ Kat Dennings,](https://twitter.com/OfficialKat/status/1584235920588349440?s=20&t=BgnK8w2vA20mSBazji3fNA) [Josh Gad ](https://twitter.com/joshgad/status/1584228687863349248?s=20&t=BgnK8w2vA20mSBazji3fNA)and [Meg Stalter](https://twitter.com/megstalter/status/1584418689956257792?s=20&t=Jr1lyEQ-02LcYPtBXTcqtg) condemned Adidas for sticking by West. Zuckerberg isn’t wrong, the economy of 2021 is now a distant memory. “Like many other companies in a zero rate world — Meta has drifted into the land of excess — too many people, too many ideas, too little urgency,” Gerstner wrote. — made his 2021 strategic shift possible in a way that might not have worked in 2022. “We will continue to co-manage the current product during this period.” Now the scrutiny has shifted to the German sportswear giant and its long-standing partnership with the controversial artist.

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Talent agency drops Kanye, doco scrapped (The Singleton Argus)

A completed documentary about the rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been shelved amid his recent slew...

Ye was briefly a client but returned to CAA after a year. That news on Monday and the scrapped documentary comes after UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer condemned Ye in a companywide memo denouncing antisemitism. Kanye has now helped mainstream it in the modern era," they wrote.

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