Balenciaga cuts ties with Ye.
After several weeks of scandalous statements, the rapper ended up falling out with the house run by stylist Demna Gvasalia, with whom he nevertheless regularly collaborated.
Kering, the fashion brand's parent company, has confirmed that all ties between the company and the singer have been severed.
"Balenciaga no longer has any relationship or future plans with this artist," reads the message relayed by Sky News.
A decision that risks further fueling the anger of Kanye West, convinced that a conspiracy exists to prevent him from succeeding.
Recidivism of anti-Semitism
While he can no longer express himself on social networks after having too often violated the rules of platforms such as Twitter or Instagram, Kanye West has announced that he is about to buy Parler, a network created by the American far right. presenting itself as an alternative to sites deemed too “liberal”.
“In a world where conservative opinions are considered controversial, we must ensure that we have the right to express ourselves freely”, announced Kanye West to justify the takeover of the platform.
The "conservative views" that Kanye West talks about are anti-Semitic statements, like the one he recently repeated on Twitter announcing that he was going "to go DEATH CON 3 mode on the Jews", in reference to the security level of American armed forces DEFCON, or the racist message of his “White Lives Matter” t-shirt, worn at Paris Fashion Week.
He has also exposed many conspiracy theories about Jews in interviews.
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