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☆ ‘F---ing nightmare’: Trump team does damage control after he dines with Ye and white supremacist Nick Fuentes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Marc Caputo | Marc Caputo Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

But despite Trump’s suggestion the event was “uneventful,” the fallout over his dinner with Fuentes appears to have thrown Trump’s campaign into damage control mode. In addition to Giorno and Fuentes, Ye also brought along another man who was an associate, according to the sources. Fuentes attended that event and, after Trump said he denounced white supremacy at the rally, Fuentes denounced him for that. In his video debrief, Ye said that “Trump is really impressed with Nick Fuentes. “I’m like hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, Trump.

☆ Adidas launches investigation into misconduct allegations against Kanye West
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Adidas has launched an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior against Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, the German athletic brand announced Thursday. Adidas, which was one of several companies to cut ties with Ye after the artist made a string of anti-Semitic comments, said it launched the probe after reviewing an anonymous letter making allegations against him. "It is currently not clear whether the accusations made in an anonymous letter are true," Adidas said in a statement. In its statement, Adidas also noted its decision last month to cut ties with Ye after his anti-Semitic remarks. “Adidas does not tolerate hate speech and offensive behavior and therefore has terminated the adidas Yeezy partnership," it said.

☆ Elon Musk Says He Will Reinstate Suspended Twitter Accounts
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Jennifer Maloney | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Since Elon Musk took over Twitter, it has reinstated several high-profile accounts, including those belonging to former President Donald Trump and rapper Kanye West. Elon Musk said he would reinstate suspended accounts on Twitter Inc.’s social-media platform, bringing back users that previously had been banned for posting hate speech, inciting violence or engaging in other behavior that violated its policies. Mr. Musk said Thursday the amnesty would begin next week, provided the accounts haven’t “broken the law or engaged in egregious spam.” He made the decision after polling users on the platform. “Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” he tweeted, a Latin phrase meaning the voice of the people is the voice of God.

☆ Kanye West says Donald Trump screamed at him during dinner at Mar-a-Lago, telling Ye he will lose in 2024 if he runs for president
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kanye West said former President Donald Trump screamed at him during dinner at Mar-a-Lago. The rapper said Trump told him Ye would lose in 2024 if he ran for president. Ye talked about meeting Trump in Florida in a Thursday video dubbed "Mar-a-Lago debrief." "I'm like whoa hold on, hold on, hold on. The rapper said Trump was "perturbed" by Ye asking the former president to be his running mate in 2024.

☆ A former Yeezy employee said working for Kanye West was like being in a cult and she's had therapy since leaving the company
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A former Yeezy employee said the culture at the company was "cult-like," per Rolling Stone. She told the publication she'd been trying "cult deprogramming" techniques since leaving Yeezy. More than a dozen former Adidas and Yeezy employees spoke to the publication about their experiences at Yeezy. The former Yeezy employee told the publication she had been looking for West's approval "and that's why we would work so much." The Adidas spokesperson told Insider: "Adidas does not tolerate hate speech and offensive behavior and therefore has terminated the Adidas Yeezy partnership.

☆ Adidas launches investigation into Ye conduct claims
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Kanye West at an event announcing a partnership with Adidas on June 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Adidas said it is investigating accusations made by staff relating to the conduct of the musician Ye during his partnership with the German sportswear brand and the response of senior company figures. The company said in a statement late Thursday: "It is currently not clear whether the accusations made in an anonymous letter are true. It follows a Rolling Stone article published Tuesday with anonymous allegations that Ye showed pornographic and sexualized material to Yeezy staff during meetings and made sexualized remarks to female staff. A representative for Ye was not immediately available for comment when contacted by CNBC.

☆ Farfetch is the latest online retailer to stop selling Yeezy products
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Online fashion retailer Farfetch is no longer selling Yeezy products. Last month the upmarket site still listed more than 200 Yeezy products on its site. The platform was still selling Yeezy items last month and had more than 200 Yeezy sneakers, boots, and slides on offer. Foot Locker stopped selling Yeezy shoes at its stores last month and said it would not support "any future Yeezy product drops." It was not clear if Farfetch had pulled Yeezy products from its site over West's antisemitic remarks and controversial behavior.

☆ Kanye West says Adidas sued him for $275 million and froze all his bank accounts in a video announcing his 2024 presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In one clip, he claimed Adidas sued him for $275 million and froze all his bank accounts. The rapper-turned-businessman shared the video on Twitter at 6:30 p.m. PST on Thanksgiving, captioned only with his campaign hashtag "YE24." In the Thanksgiving video, footage of commentators and newsreaders talking about Ye's antisemitic comments is intercut with shots of the rapper sitting pensively in an empty Yeezy office in Los Angeles. Ye posted eight more times on Thanksgiving, including another video where he talked about meeting Donald Trump. Ye is currently promoting his 2024 presidential campaign, but is yet to file the paperwork to become a candidate.

☆ Former Yeezy employee says Kanye West would scream and throw books across the room, making them fear for their wellbeing
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A former Yeezy worker said Kanye West would scream and throw books across a room, per Rolling Stone. The ex-staffer worked for the fashion brand on West's remote ranch in Wyoming, Rolling Stone reported. He asked around 90 employees to commute from LA or Portland, per Rolling Stone. "I feared for my well-being," the former staffer told Rolling Stone. The spokesperson said: "Adidas does not tolerate hate speech and offensive behavior and therefore has terminated the Adidas Yeezy partnership.

☆ Trump tells Ye that white supremacist Nick Fuentes 'really gets me' during Mar-a-Lago visit: report
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trump dined with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, at Mar-a-Lago. At one point during their visit, Trump told Ye, "I really like this guy. The 24-year-old activist participated in the 2017 white supremacist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, during which a neo-Nazi killed a counter-protester and injured 35 others. The Justice Department has characterized Fuentes as a "white supremacist" and the Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights group, has labeled him a "well-known white supremacist pundit and organizer." Reports about the meeting between Trump, Ye, and Fuentes surfaced on Wednesday, when Ye and Fuentes were seen walking through an airport together.

☆ Adidas launches probe into misconduct allegations against Kanye West
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Akriti Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 24 (Reuters) - Adidas AG (ADSGn.DE) on Thursday said it has launched an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior by Kanye West, after the German sporting goods maker last month ended its partnership with the rapper and fashion designer. Adidas said it initiated the probe after receiving an anonymous letter making several allegations against the musician, who now goes by Ye. Rolling Stone cited interviews with more than two dozen former Yeezy and Adidas staff. "It is currently not clear whether the accusations made in an anonymous letter are true," an Adidas spokesperson said in a statement to Reuters. "However, we take these allegations very seriously and have taken the decision to launch an independent investigation of the matter immediately to address the allegations."

☆ Adidas to Probe Misconduct Allegations Against Kanye West
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Nick Kostov | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kanye West had been working with Adidas to market the Yeezy sneaker line. Adidas AG has launched an investigation into alleged inappropriate behavior by Kanye West while the sportswear giant was working with the musician to develop and sell their Yeezy sneaker line. The German company said Thursday that it would start the probe after receiving an anonymous letter making a number of allegations against Mr. West, who goes by Ye.

☆ Kanye West made a Yeezy designer sit on the floor during an hours-long meeting and told her she didn't 'deserve to sit at the table,' report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kanye West once made a designer sit on the floor for an hours-long meeting, per Rolling Stone. The ex-staffer cited by the publication said the incident started with a disagreement between West and the young designer. "You don't deserve to sit at the table," the former employee recalled West saying before making the designer sit on the floor for the rest of the meeting, which they said lasted hours. A spokesperson for Adidas said: "Adidas does not tolerate hate speech and offensive behavior and therefore has terminated the Adidas Yeezy partnership. "Having said this, we will not discuss private conversations, details or events that lead to our decision to terminate the Adidas Yeezy partnership and decline to comment on any related speculation."

☆ Kanye West was seen at Trump's Mar-a-Lago with a white nationalist live-streamer who marched in Charlottesville: report
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ye was spotted at Mar-a-Lago with alt-right figure Nick Fuentes, per Politico and The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast confirmed with a source that Ye met Trump for dinner, but without Fuentes. Ye and Fuentes were first spotted together at an airport in Miami on Tuesday. —Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) November 23, 2022Politico and The Daily Beast both reported that Fuentes and Ye were seen together at Trump's golf club. Fuentes is well-known for being a participant at the 2017 white supremacist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville.

CNN Business —Adidas will begin an investigation into allegations of misconduct against Kanye West, with whom the company had a partnership that it ended in October. In a statement released Thursday, Adidas said “it is currently not clear whether the accusations made in an anonymous letter are true. “I think Adidas felt like cause everyone was ganging up on me that they had the right to just take my designs,” West told a small crowd. In the video, West did not apologize for his antisemitic remarks but seemed to try to distance himself from any “hate group.”“I have no association to any hate group,” West said as he closed his remarks in prayer. In 2016, Adidas expanded its relationship with the rapper, calling it “the most significant partnership ever created between a non-athlete and an athletic brand.”West doesn’t currently have an attorney or publicist representing him in this matter.

☆ Adidas is investigating whether it ignored inappropriate behavior by Kanye West during their Yeezy partnership
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Adidas is investigating whether it ignored alleged misconduct by Kanye West. Rolling Stone reported this week that Yeezy staff were shown explicit material by the rapper. Adidas told Insider in a statement on Thursday that it was "not clear" if the accusations against the rapper, also known as Ye, were true. It added: "Adidas does not tolerate hate speech and offensive behavior and therefore has terminated the adidas Yeezy partnership. Adidas terminated its Yeezy partnership with West last month and said it would take a $247 million hit to its profits as a result.

Balenciaga apologized Tuesday for an advertising campaign that featured young children posing with teddy bears that appeared to be dressed in BDSM costumes. The famed label suggested that the images displayed in its name didn't have company approval and threatened legal action against any content creators behind the ad campaign. “We sincerely apologize for any offense our holiday campaign may have caused," said the company statement. "Our plush bear bags should not have been featured with children in this campaign. Representatives for Kering, the French luxury goods corporation that owns Balenciaga, and the Spanish fashion house itself could not be immediately reached for comment on Wednesday.

☆ Kanye West showed Yeezy staff an explicit video of Kim Kardashian and played his own sex tapes for them: Rolling Stone
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Cheryl Teh | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

West also showed Yeezy's creative team an explicit video of Kardashian, per Rolling Stone's sources. At this meeting, West screened an explicit video of Kardashian, according to Rolling Stone's interview with a person who says they saw the video. The staff member told Rolling Stone that West whipped out his phone and said: "My wife just sent me this." Rolling Stone also reported on other incidents where West played pornography — not involving Kardashian — in front of Yeezy collaborators. A Yeezy collaborator told Rolling Stone West showed him an explicit video of porn star Francesca Le engaged in a sexual act with another woman.

☆ Mike Lindell says he'll drop 'everything' and fly to lobby Elon Musk in person to unban him from Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mike Lindell wants to sit down for an ask-me-anything with Elon Musk. He told Insider that he wants to show Musk "evidence" that could reverse his Twitter ban. Lindell also told Steve Bannon that if Musk wants free speech on Twitter, he should be let back on. Everyone's got their Twitters back and so on," Lindell told Bannon. "I want to show him the evidence of why Twitter kicked me off," Lindell told Insider.

☆ Kanye West claims he's running for president again. Don't believe him until he files the paperwork.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Walt Hickey | Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It's easy to formally declare a run for president — all it takes is filling out two pages of paperwork. Kanye West filled out the forms in 2020, but was only listed as a candidate in 12 states and had no chance of winning. Earlier this week, Ye said he was running for president again, and on Tuesday night, he claimed that he had asked former President Donald Trump to be his running mate in 2024. Despite the announcements, Kanye West has yet to file the most basic of paperwork required to become a federal candidate. All it takes to formally declare a run for office is a two-page "Statement of Candidacy" form.

☆ A Yeezy employee said Kanye West frequently compared shoes to sex: 'Something that you were so into that you would wanna have an intimate relationship'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Yeezy employee said Kanye West frequently compared shoes to sex, according to Rolling Stone. The employee said West made comments about a shoe that he could ejaculate into. On Tuesday, former employees sent a letter to Adidas to address "the toxic and chaotic environment." Rolling Stone spoke with more than two dozen former staff members for Yeezy and Adidas. West began his nine-year relationship with Adidas in 2013, helping to create a string of products including the NMD, Ultra Boost, and West's Yeezy.

☆ Elon Musk wanted to reinstate a right-wing satire account on day one as Twitter chief
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk expressed interest in reinstating the Babylon Bee's twitter account hours after he took over. According to The Washington Post, Musk thought the right-wing satire site shouldn't have been banned. The Babylon Bee had called Biden health official Rachel Levine, who is a transgender woman, "Man of the Year." The site's account was reinstated on Sunday, three weeks after his takeover of Twitter. Weeks before Musk's purchase, ex-wife Talulah Riley texted Musk criticizing the platform's decision to ban The Babylon Bee and calling for him to reverse the decision and make the platform "radically free speech."

☆ Kanye West returns to Twitter after ban over anti-Semitic remarks
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, returned to Twitter over the weekend, writing "shalom" in one of his first posts since appearing to take a break from the platform after his account was restricted over anti-Semitic remarks. The exchange came as Ye continues to face backlash after making a string of anti-Semitic remarks, which saw both his Twitter and Instagram accounts restricted in October. Musk said last month that Ye's account had been restored by Twitter before he took ownership. However, Ye's last post on Twitter was on Nov. 4, a day after the rapper said he was taking a "verbal fast." Ye's Sunday tweets came as former President Donald Trump's Twitter account was also reinstated over the weekend after being blocked for nearly two years.

☆ Kanye West says he's selling Balenciaga, Adidas, and Gap hoodies for $20 after the companies all cut ties with him
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

He showed 100 cut-up hoodies from Balenciaga, Adidas, Yeezy, and Gap, which he will sell for $20. The clothes are left over from when the companies cut ties with Ye after his antisemitic comments. Ye said: "I cut up 100 hoodies" from Yeezy, Balenciaga, Gap, and Adidas, "and everything we do is going to cost $20." The companies all cut ties with Ye in the wake of his antisemitic comments last month, with Adidas consequently halving its 2022 earnings forecast. Balenciaga and Gap did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, while Adidas declined to comment.

☆ Ye returns to Twitter with 'Shalom' post after previous restriction for antisemitic remarks
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, has returned to Twitter after a more than two week break. Kanye West, the rapper who now goes by the name Ye, posted his first tweets after a more than two-week silence. Musk said in late October that he was not behind Ye's account being restored. On Sunday, Musk responded to Ye's Twitter comeback. Ye's antisemitic outbursts have led to major commercial partners cutting deals with the rapper.

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