Kanye West is making it loud and clear that he’s happy that all these companies and people are cutting their ties with him as he’s seeing who’s really on his side.
During a podcast interview with MIT research scientist Lex Fridman, Ye explained how Balenciaga canceling their deal with him and his most recent Drink Champs episode being pulled down was a great moment for him.
“There was a day where I was headed to Nashville to meet with George Farmer, who is the CEO of Parler, the day when we made the announcement,” Ye said. “At that same day, Balenciaga was taking my imagery off of their site, and the Drink Champs [episode] was being taken down, and I said, ‘This is the happiest day of my life. I love cutting the grass low. People really wasn’t with you. They was part-time.'”
Ye added: “I rather have people who are really with me and not people who are trying to use me.”
Kanye West has been on roll, angering many companies and fans with controversial rhetoric over the last few weeks, and a lot of them aren’t holding back in cutting their ties, such as Def Jam and Chase Bank.
Balenciaga’s parent company, Kering, relayed last week that the French fashion house won’t be working with Ye anymore in the future and it is pulling out of any currently active partnerships.
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“Balenciaga has no longer any relationship nor any plans for future projects related to this artist,” Kering said in a statement.
Kanye’s Drink Champs episode found him making several controversial remarks during the three-and-a-half-hour conversation. In addition to calling Diddy and Meek Mill “fake hard n-ggas,” Kanye launched into another rant against “the Jewish people” and even suggested George Floyd was killed by fentanyl, not ex-cop Derek Chauvin kneeling on his neck for almost nine minutes.
Drink Champs pulled the episode down with N.O.R.E. appearing on both Hot 97’s Ebro In The Morning and iHeart Radio’s The Breakfast Club to discuss the fallout from the interview, which he called a “learning experience.”
In both interviews, he apologized to “anybody that was hurt by Kanye’s words and actions” and to “anybody who felt like I let them down.”
Can’t say Ye lying though.
He’s not. That’s the wild part.
keep hearing about “rants” with no substance. he went off on some last names who he feels did bad business with him, other than that not seeing any actual “hate speech” – not on anybody side just want to see quotes where ye is talking about genocide or talking about violence. because if that’s the case we don’t need him around. but i’m pretty sure there’s nothing of the sort on the record just him using specific words about groups instead of being vague
That’s what I’m saying….
he giving ya the blueprint how to get out them sl ave deals jus sayin
yeah i don’t know if this is the best way to get out of a contract. now he has a bad reputation and people who have to choose won’t do business with him because he’s radioactive. what if you have a production deal with ye for some songs going to be hard to leverage that in the biz. same with engineers people like that who have to work in the industry to pay bills – they aren’t going to put it on the line for ye. having a black business doesn’t mean only working with other black people and folks will make the sensible choice for their business if they have to make it
Joe budden been doing it
Unless Ye can physically build a factory to mass produce his brand and sell his music without a major platform we all are linked to the system in one way or the other. By the way slaves didn’t sign contracts and get payed millions of dollars for there talents.
They where stolen by white people
but it was ye who leaked his own texts about going death con on people so it is what it is – i wouldn’t do business with him with him either just because he so thirsty. anybody seen a dude thirstier than ye? u not suposed to be thirsty like that for cash and that’s ye downfall
Why tf not do business w him? Controversy aside I’d love to cry about how bad business is going in a rolls Royce lol
Just as much negative noise he’s facing, he’ll receive just as much support imo. While I don’t agree with everything he says or do, there’s one thing that I do admire and respect about ye is his consistent resolve and overwhelming confidence in oneself despite the obstacles.
There’s nothing I admire and respect about dude. Can’t respect someone who thinks and acts as if he’s better than anyone else. I said what I said.
You talk like you and Ye know each other. Someone’s confidence intimidates you to the point where you say, “Oh, this guy thinks he’s better than me.” It is possible for one human to be better than the next…
Fake News!!! KAnye tweeted he was leaving Adidas a month ago and dissed the fuck outta the CEO. He also left Def Jam last album which he released on his streaming service. His last album owed to Def Jam was first Donda album a over a year ago. These woke companies wish they could cancel him. bahahaa
Damn
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I’m sure someone’s gonna pick him up. Companies always looking for someone to boost their sales. A simple genuine apology will get him on track again in a couple years. Nike kept Tiger Woods after his troubles that quietly went away
Infidelity in Tigers personal life and Kanye’s open antisemitism have no comparison smh, normal people can relate to Tigers mistake
Hulk Hogan came back to WWE years after the ban following his ‘N-word’ rant…
Money and marketability talks. Kanye’s an IDIOT (and mentally ill) but I’m sure he’ll be fine in the long run.
Yeah, good to see who’s really on your side after revealing yourself to be an insane f()cking racist!
He ain’t racist, he’s just too arrogant…He doesn’t like black people either lol
If he doesn’t like his own race he’s really messed up.
Haha
All this cancel culture shit is sooooo fucking stupid. These companies are sooooo scared of social media users who are hunt for shit to get offended by. What would happen if these companies just stood their ground and said “if you dont like it, dont buy it” ? And what ever happened to Travis Scott ? He gets his deals back and now the mob moves on to Kanye. Watch its gonna be Drake next.
I agree companies should stand up more but some things just can’t be defended. I have seen some of your comments and people have responded by saying you are a White guy….I don’t know.But if Farrakhan had deals with companies and was going and on about White Devils you can believe he would be dropped and deservedly so.Cancel culture is over the top sometimes but Kanye did this to himself,he should have taken his medicine and lived life with his beautiful family. But no, he was not satisfied with that and started to think he was God.Don’t believe read what he has said about himself compared to the “little people”.
Agreed, bro.
sway told kanye that he didn’t need the big corporations…kanye seems to have a bit of an inferiority complex however the genuine confidence he has is impressive. he used household brands (nike, adidas, gap) to express his ideas and went it worked, he profited in a way that we are here now and hes in a different position than he was back on the sway interview. he has a portfolio of successfully executed ideas and that probably speaks more than this cancel thing that’s sputtering on. let’s be real, a good chunk of the ppl buying his shit dont give a damn about his comments. and frankly they probably are bummed out he not coming out with new yeezy kicks.
Damn
give him another chance. have him apologise. he is mentally unwell and i think that gets the better of him. too late now i guess but where are fucking adidas shoes and clothing made in a factory somewhere in bangladesh by a sixteen year old girl. not made in the usa they outsource their shit to poor countries so adidas pay less for the work but hey can you really blame them. put it in a rhyme man if you feel strongly about this you should get creative.
Kanye Said on the drink champs interview that ” I can say anti-Semitic things and the sneaker co.could not drop him.What now,What now”.
……..The sneaker co. Has now a few days later dropped this idiot. Kanye burned his whole Empire to the ground.He has bragged that he is a genius, innovator, and basically smarter than everyone on earth. Now we can sit back and see if it is true about his estimation of his abilities. He wasn’t playing 3d chess,he is a person who didn’t take his medicine and surrounded himself with people who told him 2+2=6.Based on his Documented disdain for those who have less money than him…. It couldn’t happen to a better guy.
he started out as a rapper and he’ll have a rap career as long as he wants if he can still make records from scratch – but I doubt he knows how to do anything except yell at an engineer to produce the song faster. big difference between learning enough logic or FL studio to make a beat and then trying to mix that beat down with effects and vocals – takes ten years of blood and sweat to get from one to another and 98% don’t make the jump. good luck ye
Of course dude will come with that Jedi mindtrick. He’s not going to cry and say, “They are all turning on me. This is the saddest day of my life.” He’s losing lots of deals and money now. But he has an image to uphold.
If speaking your truth turns certain people away then you might be better off right?
Dude comes with negative energy against others so it’s to be expected that he’ll meet backlash and consequences. He sparked the flame that caused the fire.
All this canceling by big corporations just PROVE what Kanye says is correct. Look how quickly these “poor” j3ws pulled the plug on someone’s lively hood. The media saying adidas and gap walked away from a deal that was already over is more proof of them using their power to bring him down. A passive Google search will suggest they own it all. This isn’t rocket science
Yes its pretty funny how people are so brainwashed, so in denial. When they can simply lookup the owners of companies and do a quick search on them, typically their “early life” section on wikipedia tells it clearly that they are j3ws. But people have been brainwashed since ww2 with the holohoax tale and all that bullshit to protect their abusers, the j3ws, at all cost.
Kanye hasn’t made any good music in a long time. Coporations are dropping him because he says stupid shit. It’s getting old. Maybe shut the hell up, instead of pissing people off. I respect artists like Nas who continue to shine in hip hop. When he speaks people listen. Everyone is sick of Kanye!!!!! He shouldn’t be leading anything.
We’ll said, bro.
* Well said, bro.
You can’t offend an ethnic race and expect no backlash and consequences of any kind. Obviously folks are going to be offended. Now you’re either for him or against him. Dude really needs to do some introspection and sincerely humble and repent before the living God. Only then he should genuinely apologise to mankind, specifically those that he offended. Honestly, I can only see things spiralling out of control with dude before it gets better.
“You can’t offend an ethnic race and expect no backlash and consequences of any kind” Oh so can you explain how does the entire small hat owned media gets away with their constant anti-white bullshit? Oh yeah, because its owned by small hats, who hate white people.
If that’s the case then those who they offend should hold them accountable. Simple as that.
By the way, ask them that. How should I know.
True, how should you know that!
Kanye is being held accountable for his actions and his ludicrous words… never thought that I would see the day. Maybe there is a God!
Kanye won’t have anyone standing with him. His ego is so big he doesn’t realize how his words not only affect him but the people he employs. These people don’t have millions they can fall asleep on. They believed in his message and he took a shit on them. He’s so self-centered he doesn’t realize the harm to the people that did stand with him. He thinks he’s the star in everyone’s movie. These people move on because they have families to feed. The businesses have a board and investors to deal with. Kanye, the world doesn’t revolve around you. You fucked up your legacy.
What’s fair is fair. If Kanye offends an entire ethnic race then he deserves the backlash and consequences. And if any race offends another race then they should be held equally accountable.
Ye has the right to say how he feels and companies have the right to drop him . I think we all need to worry bout ourselves and not Kanye. If u wit him I wit him if u against him then u against him. Live your life and let him live his …. Reading these comments damn near 99% of y’all or racist and spreading hate just by the words and tone u use in your comment !
Just because everyone does not agree with Kanye’s choices and decisions and actions does not automatically make them racists. Many blacks don’t agree with Kanye so does that make them racist too?
You haven’t seen comments where he’s been called “Koonye” or “Nxgger” or speaking about “blacks”
Those ones are obviously racist yes, I agree. But please bear in mind that not all that disagree with Kanye are racists.
It’s not that easy to decipher the tone of these comments. Not every disagreement is in anger or hatred.