Adidas CEO backtracks after saying Kanye West didn’t mean Antisemitic comments
According to the Anti-Defamation League, Adidas said it is “committed to fighting antisemitism” and opposes the “ugly hate” expressed by West.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, Adidas said it is “committed to fighting antisemitism” and opposes the “ugly hate” expressed by West.
The sportswear giant is selling off its remaining Yeezy inventory after cutting ties with Kanye West last year and says a portion of the money made will go to organizations “working to combat discrimination and hate, including racism and antisemitism.”
The German sportswear maker cut ties with Kanye West last year after the rapper made several antisemitic comments.
Kanye West lobbied for years to join the Forbes World’s Billionaires list, and in 2020, after showing documents that proved his net worth, finally made it. But after a three-year run, the controversially outspoken rapper has fallen off.
Many of the planet’s billionaires are poorer this year. Some lost their tenth digit entirely. It was another bad year for billionaires, with the war in Ukraine raging, inflation surging and the crypto bubble bursting. Nearly half the planet’s 2,640 billionaires are poorer than they were in 2022—but some fared even worse: 254 people dropped […]
The rapper and former billionaire spouted several antisemitic comments in various interviews and public appearances last year.
“The numbers speak for themselves,” said Adidas CEO Bjørn Gulden, warning the firm could lose US$1.3 billion in revenue in 2023 if the Yeezys cant be sold.
There are growing calls to ban ‘Ye’ from entering Australia to meet the family of his new Melbourne wife Bianca Censori.
The superstar rapper no longer has a place on the Forbes Billionaires’ list.