Kanye West is under investigation by adidas, which announced it’s looking into Ye’s workplace conduct after it was reported the mogul regularly showed pornography to colleagues.
A recent Rolling Stone investigative report claims that Ye showed an explicit picture of his then-wife Kim Kardashian to a potential collaborator and an explicit video of her to his Yeezy employees.
Reporting also found that Kanye West allegedly told people he wanted to make “a shoe I can fuck,” with one employee recalling West saying multiple times: “I literally want to fuck my shoes that’s how good they are.”
adidas has confirmed in a statement to RS that an investigation is underway.
“It is currently not clear whether the accusations made in an anonymous letter are true,” the company wrote, referring to a letter shared to adidas employees that alleges West used “forced discomfort” to create a “culture of fear and intimidation.”
“However, we take these allegations very seriously and have taken the decision to launch an independent investigation of the matter immediately to address the allegations.”
View this post on Instagram
The latest slew of bad news for Ye comes after the Yeezy mogul made a series of disparaging comments targeting Jewish people, George Floyd and white supremacy on Fox News, Drink Champs and other outlets, Ye apologized for his “hurtful” comments in an October sit-down with Piers Morgan.
“I wanna say that it’s wrong to hold an apology hostage and I gotta let go of that and free myself of the trauma and say, ‘Look, I’m just gonna give it all up to God right now.’ And say to those families that are hurt, ‘I really wanna give you guys a big hug and I say I’m sorry for hurting you with my comments.’”
Ye continued: “And I want to word it not in a political way, but a presidential way, which means what I knew to be a president when I was growing up.”
The apology seemed to have come too late, as adidas, Balenciaga, Chase Bank and even Def Jam are but a few of the companies who have cut ties with the Chicago star.
Most recently, the company behind the Stem Player used to release Donda 2 has also terminated its relationship with Ye, telling the Los Angeles Times it’s already released new “Ye-free” devices.
However, these setbacks don’t seem to have stopped Ye from pursuing his presidential aspirations, as he announced on Monday (November 21) that he is once again running for president, and that his forthcoming “Ye 24” campaign merch would only cost $20.
“This is the update. We are the update,” he told celebrity gossip site X17. “That’s all we need to do. As a species, we need to update together. Everything’s been so divisive. Think about when they say ‘diversity’ — people look at that like it’s a good thing, but we’re the United States of America. We’re a universe. We’re a university. We’re a republic.”
[via]
