Kanye West Can't Sell His 'White Lives Matter' Shirts Because It's Trademarked -- By 2 Black Men!
perezhilton.comIf Kanye West was hoping to sell a bunch of “White Lives Matter” shirts to right-wing followers, he’s got another thing coming!
As we’ve been reporting, Ye dumped a whole bunch of those shirts among the homeless population down on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles.
That little stunt has caused its own set of problems for those struggling to survive down there. But there’s a reason Ye didn’t sell them instead: because he can’t! Related: Kanye Leaves Saint’s Soccer Game After Heated Exchange With Another Parent! Capital B reports that two radio hosts — Ramses Ja and Quinton Ward, who helm the show Civic Cipher out of Phoenix, Arizona — are the owners of the “White Lives Matter” trademark.
Oh, and did we mention Ja and Ward are Black?! Yep!!! So in order to legally sell shirts with that slogan emblazoned on it, Ye (or his Paris Fashion Week ‘WLM’ stunt partner Candace Owens, or anyone trying to push white supremacist messages) has to license the hosts’ trademark.
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