Kanye West Controversy: 2 More Companies Drop Him

Adidas is done doing concern with Kanye West.

On Oct. 25, the manner marque announced it would beryllium cutting ties with the rapper aft his antisemitic messages connected societal media. 

"Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and immoderate different benignant of hatred speech," the institution said successful a statement. "Ye's caller comments and actions person been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they interruption the company's values of diverseness and inclusion, communal respect and fairness."

"After a thorough review, the institution has taken the determination to terminate the concern with Ye immediately, extremity accumulation of Yeezy branded products and halt each payments to Ye and his companies," the marque continued. "Adidas volition halt the Adidas Yeezy concern with contiguous effect."

Adidas' determination comes arsenic galore effort to region themselves from the Grammy winner. On Oct. 24, a spokesperson for CAA confirmed to NBC News that Kanye is nary longer a client.

In addition, a completed documentary focused connected Kanye has been shelved, MRC workplace executives Modi Wiczyk, Asif Satchu and Scott Tenley announced successful a memo connected Oct. 24. "We cannot enactment immoderate contented that amplifies his platform," the executives wrote successful a memo obtained by NBC News. And conscionable days earlier, Balenciaga announced it has severed its relationship with the Yeezy founder.

In a since removed Oct. 8 tweet, Kanye wrote that helium was "going decease con 3 connected Jewish people," adding that "you guys person toyed with maine and tried to achromatic shot anyone whoever opposes your agenda."

Kanye's Twitter and Instagram accounts person since been restricted, a spokesperson for the institution antecedently confirmed. 

In an interrogation conducted aft the arguable tweet, Kanye told Piers Morgan that helium was atrocious for the radical that helium hurt, but helium didn't regret making the remark.

Since then, Khloe Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner and Kris Jenner reposted an representation primitively shared by Jessica Seinfeld that read, "I enactment my Jewish friends and the Jewish people."