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Kanye West has admitted he was “two months from going bankrupt” upon the termination of his deal with Adidas.The sponsorship came to an end in 2022 shortly after West made anti-Semitic comments on X/Twitter. While the rapper and producer has refused to accept that the term “anti-Semitism” exists because he claims it’s “not factual”, he has since offered something of an “apology” to those whom he’s offended with his comments.Now, West has opened up about the aftermath of his deal falling through, telling TMZ on Monday (February 12): “I’m gonna be honest with y’all: I was two months from going bankrupt, really… And we survived.

Kanye West has been sued by a former Yeezy and Donda Academy student, who claims that the rapper threatened to “cage” students.The lawsuit was filed by Trevor Phillips – a former employee of West – on Tuesday (April 2) in Los Angeles. In the case, he accuses the rapper now known as Ye of numerous explosive allegations including verbal abuse, threatening physical violence and comparing himself to Hitler.As highlighted by various outlets including NBC News, Rolling Stone and Consequence, Phillips alleges that West told students that he wanted to shave their heads and lock them in cages.

Kanye West has written lyrics comparing himself to R. Kelly and Bill Cosby.Yesterday (February 10), the rapper finally dropped his joint album ‘Vultures’ with Ty Dolla $ign, which has been released after a number of delays.Now, Ye has referenced several controversial figures on the song ‘CARNIVAL’.

Kanye West‘s spate of antisemitic comments last year may have been motivated by his complicated relationship with Drake, according to Malik Yusef.The US rapper and poet made the claim while appearing on the Rap Today With Francis podcast on Monday (September 25), when he spoke about West – who now goes by Ye – and his controversial comments about the Jewish community.“I think they were for Drake,” he said (via HipHopDX). “That’s what I think. I don’t know who else you would say that was.

Kanye West‘s unsold Yeezy stock and donate some of the proceeds to charity.Earlier this month, Adidas’ CEO, Bjørn Gulden, admitted that the sportswear company’s severed partnership with West and his Yeezy brand was “hurting” the business.Gulden shared that sales were particularly affected in North America, which had seen a 20 per cent loss. The Yeezy loss also cut sales by €400m (£350 million) in the first quarter of 2023.The sportswear brand cut ties with Ye following a series of remarks from the rapper last year that were viewed as anti-Semitic.“What we are trying to do now over time is to sell some of this merchandise… burning the goods would not be a solution,” Gulden said at the company’s annual shareholder meeting (via BBC).He added that the company decided against donating Yeezy shoes to prevent them from reaching the market through indirect avenues.

Pusha T has talked about working with Kanye West and how different they are from one another.In an interview for NME’s most recent Big Read, the Virginia rapper talked about the creative and personal differences between him and Ye. The rapper worked with Ye’s G.O.O.D Music as a signed artist before becoming the label’s President.“Ye and I are very different people,” Pusha told NME. “The only thing we have in common is our love of street rap.

System Of A Down, has said that he and Kanye West were once “good friends”.In an interview with CBD website Puraphy, Odadjian was asked about his Armenian roots, a heritage he shares with West’s wife Kim Kardashian.“Oh, I know the Kardashians quite well,” Odadjian said. “I used to be very good friends with Kanye.