Amazon Quiz: Which music artiste has lost endorsement contracts with sponsors like Adidas and Balenciaga because of anti-Semitic comments in public?
Snoop Dogg
50 Cent
Kanye West
Wiz Khalifa
Answer: Kanye West
The brand Balenciaga and its creative director Demna Gvasalia have a long and strong relationship with Kanye West, now known as Ye. A succession of antisemitic remarks, contentious statements, and most recently, his iconic “White Lives Matter” t-shirt at Paris Fashion Week, led to the French fashion label and its parent business, Kering, officially severing ties with the rapper.
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“Balenciaga has no longer any relationship nor any plans for future projects related to this artist,” Kerring had said.
Notably, Kanye made his runway debut at the recently finished Paris Fashion Week by introducing Balenciaga’s SS23 collection showcase. A few days later, at his Yeezy design presentation during Paris Fashion Week, Kanye caused a commotion by wearing a t-shirt with the slogan “White Lives Matter,” which has been called a “white supremacist term.”
Ye continued to harass Vogue editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson in public, deny that George Floyd died from a fentanyl overdose, and make antisemitic comments. His inflammatory actions resulted in suspensions from Twitter and Instagram. Later, he consented to purchase the right-wing social media site Parler.
