Kanye West

The state of <a href="/profile/KanyeWest" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Kanye West</a>&#8217;s numerous brand deals are up in the air as the legendary rapper has spent the last several weeks tarnishing his reputation by wearing &#8220;White Lives Matter&#8221; shirts, sharing numerous antisemitic remarks, and much more. Gap, <a href="/tags/adidas" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Adidas</a>, Balenciaga, and others all appear to be distancing themselves from the Donda rapper.



As for Adidas, the company recently announced that they would be putting their partnership with West &#8220;under review.&#8221; Ye has spent months <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/439880-kanye-west-plays-porn-for-adidas-execs-accuses-them-of-stealing-his-designs" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">calling out Adidas execs</a> and accusing the brand of stealing his designs.



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“After repeated efforts to privately resolve the situation, we have taken the decision to place the partnership under review,” Adidas shared in a statement. “We will continue to co-manage the current product during this period.”



As for his 10-year deal with Gap, West nixed that deal for himself in September. Gap Brands President &amp; CEO Mark Breitbard confirmed the partnership to be over in an internal email shared by Page Six.



“While we share a vision of bringing high-quality, trend-forward, utilitarian design to all people through unique omni experiences with <a href="/tags/yeezy" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Yeezy</a> Gap, how we work together to deliver this vision is not aligned. And we are deciding to wind down the partnership,” Breitbard wrote.



Page Six also reports that West&#8217;s relationship with Balenciaga has soured as well, with the Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga collaborations having been taken down from Farfetch. Vogue has also taken down pictures of <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/437488-kanye-west-makes-his-runway-debut-opens-balenciaga-show-covered-in-mud-watch" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">West at the recent Balenciaga show</a> for Paris Fashion Week.



West is even in trouble with his bank, JP Morgan. According to <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/441587-candace-owens-reacts-kanye-backlash-over-george-floyd-drink-champs-remarks" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Candace Owens</a>, the company asked Ye to take his money elsewhere with &#8220;no official reason given.&#8221;



“I was told there was no official reason given, but they sent this letter as well to confirm that he has until late November to find another place for the Yeezy empire to bank,” Owens said.



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