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Ye and Adidas break up: Why brand marriages sometimes go bad

Brand partnerships between seemingly disparate companies or organizations are all around us.

The Conversation

Fan's bid to help Kanye West regain billionaire status flops

The star rapper lost millions as sponsors and designer labels distanced themselves from him following his anti-Semitic remarks

Wales Online

Call It 'Karma' - Taylor Swift Passes Kanye West In Terms Of Net Worth

Pop star Taylor Swift made Billboard history this week when the "Anti-Hero" singer became the first artist to notch all top 10 slots on Billboard’s Hot 100.

Benzinga

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Trump predicts Kanye West ‘will be fine’ and downplays his antisemitism scandal as ‘some rough statements’

Former president asked if disgraced rapper getting ‘fair shake’ after series of controversies

The Independent UK

Leonard Greene: Kanye West has been an equal opportunity offender, but only now he’s being canceled

On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being, say, James Corden and 10 being R. Kelly, how close are we to completely canceling Kanye West?

Tribune News Service

Kanye West’s Net Worth Plummets After Adidas Cancels Partnership Over Antisemitic Remarks

The rapper's wealth dropped from $2 billion to $400 million after his Yeezy brand deal ended.

Zenger

Kanye’s seven days of disaster: A day by day breakdown of the rapper’s worst week

Kanye West has had the week from hell thanks to the consequences of his own actions. Maddy Mussen breaks it down

Evening Standard

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Twitter won’t comment on future of Kanye West’s account after Elon Musk’s takeover

The rapper was locked out of his Instagram and Twitter account for weeks after he posted antisemitic messages on each platform

The Independent UK

Furious Kanye West fan burns £12k stash of Yeezy shoes after rapper's vile racist tweets

Kanye West has reportedly lost $2billion in one day after being dropped from collaborations with brands including Adidas over his abhorrent racist comments

Daily Mirror

The status of Ye's Donda Academy is unclear after uproar over his antisemitic remarks

There were mixed signals about whether Ye's unaccredited Christian private school is closing. The uncertainty comes as businesses continue to dissociate from the rapper.

WEKU

How Crocs became a beloved kitchen shoe

The controversial "ugly-chic" shoe is loved by kitchen workers, professional cooks and celebrity chefs

Salon

Kanye West returns to Instagram after ban despite nearly a dozen brands dropping him over antisemitism

The rapper posted on the social media platform for the first time in weeks since getting locked out of his account

The Independent UK

Kanye West’s Donda Academy closes as fallout from antisemitic remarks grows

The closure arrives as commerical partners, such as Adidas and CAA, have announced they’d be parting ways with the rapper

The Independent UK

Kanye West dropped by more brands after his racist and anti-Semitic tweets

Following his recent series of racist and anti-Semitic rants, many brands have decided they no longer want to work with him.

Daily Record

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The Independent UK

Kanye West antisemitism: Was Adidas really founded by a Nazi?

The brothers who founded Adidas’ precursor were members of the Nazi party

WEKU

Skechers says Ye was escorted out of its offices after an unannounced visit

It is unknown why the Grammy-winning rapper Ye showed up to the Los Angeles office, but it was the latest in a string of controversial episodes after the artist made several antisemitic remarks.

Los Angeles Times

An uninvited Kanye West and crew are escorted out of Skechers HQ by executives

LOS ANGELES — Kanye West and crew showed up at Skechers’ headquarters in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday without an invite, and the shoe company was definitely not having it.

The Independent UK

From Adidas to Balenciaga, these are the brands and companies that will no longer work with Kanye West

West lost his billionaire status overnight after Adidas ended its Yeezy partnership

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Los Angeles Times

Collectors are dumping Kanye West’s once-coveted shoes and clothes

For sneaker aficionado Manuel Cruz, shoes have always been much more than something to wear.

The Independent UK

Kanye West’s $2bn net worth doesn’t exist without Adidas. Is it finally over for him?

As the fallout continues from Kanye West’s antisemitic outbursts and embrace of white supremacist slogans, brand experts tell Bevan Hurley the rapper fears becoming culturally irrelevant more than losing his $2bn fortune

Tribune News Service

Andrea Felsted: Adidas-Kanye divorce is going to be expensive

Will they split? Won’t they? On Tuesday, we finally got an answer to whether Kanye West and Adidas AG would go their separate ways. The sportswear giant said it was ending its almost decade-long collaboration with the musician, now officially known as Ye, after putting it under review earlier this…

Daily Mirror

Why did adidas and Balenciaga cut ties with Kanye as star loses billionaire status

Kanye West has recently found himself in hot water once again, with many major brands severing ties with the star following his bouts of offensive behaviour and anti-Semitic comments

Daily Mirror

Foot Locker becomes latest brand to drop Kanye West after his vile racist tweets

Sports brand Foot Locker has announced it will no longer be working with Kanye West after Adidas and Balenciaga dropped the rapper after he made a series of anti-semitic remarks

Evening Standard

All the brands that have dropped Kanye West over his antisemitic remarks

Adidas is among the global companies that have cut ties with the American rapper

Daily Mirror

Kanye West drops off Forbes billionaires' list following Adidas partnership loss

Kanye West has been widely condemned for his vile racist tweets and has lost partnerships with the likes of Adidas and Gap, dropping off Forbes billionaires' list as a result

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