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EXPLAINED: Adidas cuts ties with kanye west over antisemitic comments | Rare Historical Photos

Kanye West
West recently claimed that Adidas could not drop him, despite his comments prompting calls for a boycott. Photograph: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Adidas has ended its partnership with Kanye West, saying it “does not tolerate antisemitism” after the rapper was suspended from Instagram and Twitter over offensive posts.

The German sports brand said recent comments and actions from West, who has officially changed his name to Ye, had been “unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness”.

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