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Balenciaga and Vogue are the latest companies to sever ties with rapper and fashion designer Kanye West after a string of controversial comments made by the artist online and during public appearances.
On Thursday, Balenciaga's parent company said in a statement that it no longer had a relationship with Ye. Although Ye opened the fashion house's Paris Fashion Week runway show earlier this month, Balenciaga began distancing itself from the artist after several antisemitic and other offensive remarks he made recently. recently, during an appearance on the podcast "Drink Champ", Ye claimed George Floyd died of fentanyl poisoning instead of excessive use of force by Minneapolis police in 2020.
Om Friday, fashion magazine Vogue followed suit after a spokesperson said the publication and its editor-in-chief Anna Wintour have no plans to continue working with Ye.
Ye operates his own clothing label, Yeezy, and said in September he was prepared to "go it alone" and end his partnerships with Gap and Adidas. On Thursday, the Anti-Defamation League penned a letter to Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted and Chair Thomas Rabe urging the company to sever ties with the artist in light of his antisemitic remarks. On Friday, Ye told TMZ he and Adidas are "going through legal right now so anything can happen." He added, "Now it's time for Ye to make the new industry. No more companies standing in between me and the audience."
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