Kanye West might have the opportunity to sell his White Lives Matter shirts after all, but it’s going to be extremely costly if he wants to go down that path.
Ramses Ja and Quinton Ward, hosts of the weekly racial justice radio show Civic Cipher, became legal owners of the controversial slogan last month. The Black duo decided to obtain the trademark once they saw Kanye West was moving forward with the sale of his shirts.
Ja made it clear he and his co-host aren’t actively looking to sell the trademark but would be open to moving on from White Lives Matter and using the funds to help organizations uplifting the Black community to the tune of one billion dollars.
“We don’t anticipate that as an outcome,” he said to TMZ of the possible sale. “However, we were tasked with doing the most good with this maneuver. If there was a person, for instance, who came forward and said I’d like to offer you a billion dollars for this mark…
“For us a billion dollars might do good with combatting voter impression initiatives… bringing attention to environmental racism, bringing attention to police brutality.”
An anonymous listener of the Civic Cipher show filed the trademark the same day Kanye West wore the shirt with an image of Pope John Paul II on the front and the words “White Lives Matter” on the back at Paris fashion week. The person then transferred their ownership to the duo.
Ja warned that Kanye or anyone for that matter would feel the wrath of their attorneys if someone other than the duo tried to sell White Lives Matter shirts for profit.
Kanye caused a stir with his controversial WLM shirts as part of YZY SZN 9 fashion show, which he wore while conducting the event.
“Here’s my latest response when people ask me why I made a tee that says white lives matter… THEY DO,” he wrote in an Instagram post last month explaining the method to his madness.
Kanye West had his billionaire status stripped when adidas cut ties with the Chicago-bred mogul, which decimated his net worth to a reported $400 million.
“racial justice radio show.” bro yall are unreal. equality tho right? how u get rid of racist? maybe stop making everything about race. i dont hear the asians or the indians complaining. just you. and if cops are out to kill blacks they damn sure doing a bad job.
Who hurt you? How about you stop telling people how to navigate their struggles and mind your business? You sure spend a lot of energy on this site trying to antagonize ppl… get help. Or a hobby like shutting the fuck up?
I hope you get paid for all the trolling you do here. Probably work for hhdx with your trash comments.
Just say you’re triggered and move on lmao
The best way to get people stop talking about this shit is to stop posting articles like this and expected everyone to agree with it. For the all the hate I see for opposing views (and there isn’t many of us here who have different views); I have yet to see a compelling argument defending it. Other than denigrating, and emotional responses.
This is retarded! You’re trying to profit off that shit like anyone else! And you’re selling it to the worst muthafucker! How is this responsible!!! You fucking idiots! I swear you black Americans are really devils man
Black Americans are devils yet your ancestors are the ones who raped and pillaged!
you loved it. your great great grandma got hollowed out by a white man lol
I agree with Grant. Cops are not out to kill anyone. Maybe if people would listen when a cop stops you this would not happen so much. Instead all you hear is «What did i do?» then arguing starts with the officer, then running starts.