Kanye West has responded to the brands that dropped him amid anti-Semitic controversy.
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Kanye West is back with Instagram
On Thursday, the American rapper, Jay-Z, returned to Instagram and responded to several companies, including Adidas, Balenciaga and MRC cutting ties with him.
The DondaIn a recent Instagram post, the rapper called out Ari Emanuel CEO of Endeavor.
“Ari Emmanuel. I lost 2 billion dollars in a single day. And I’m still alive,” Kayne wrote on Thursday claiming his loss. “This is love speech. I still love you. God Still loves you,” the rapper-entrepreneur added.
“The money is not who I am. The people is who I am,” Kanye concluded.
Kanye who now goes by ‘Ye’ was restricted from using the social media platform Instagram as well as Twitter in the wake of his anti-Semitic comments.
Ari Emanuel, CEO of Endeavor was one of the business leaders that took a bold step to urge businesses not to continue their Kanye West deals.
Before calling out Ari Emanuel, Kanye shared a now-deleted post that included a screen grab that read, “Ye Has Reportedly Cut Ties With Kanye West”. West captioned the post, “Had to cut ties bro.”
Adidas which distributed Kanye’s Yeezy fashion line most recently cut ties with the rapper on Tuesday. As per Variety, the brand said in a statement, “Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech.”
“Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful, and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness,” the statement read.
American talent agency CAA has also stopped representing Kanye West. The completed West documentary was also scrapped at MRC Studios.
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