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In October 2021, Kanye West launched Donda Sports Academy and it quickly became an elite high school prep basketball team that was playing in top tournaments and showcases around the country. Five-star prospects Rob Dillingham and Zion Cruz were the first high-major prospects to join the team and soon others followed. West — also known as Ye — showed up periodically throughout the season and would sit courtside watching his young squad. Fast forward one year and West’s venture into the… Source link

After weeks of silence, Adidas (ADDYY) has officially cut ties with rapper Kanye “Ye” West following his antisemitic remarks— but is it too little, too late? Adidas “has really broken trust with their customers,” Angeli Gianchandani, practitioner in residence at the University of New Haven, told Yahoo Finance Live (video above), stressing that the German brand will now have to repair its reputation. “Being able to communicate immediately and getting in front of the crisis is important,” she… Source link

Adidas is a mess of a retail brand right now, and it’s not only because of ties to problematic musician-turned-designer Kanye West. On Tuesday, Adidas severed ties with West following a spate of antisemitic comments in recent weeks. “Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech,” Adidas said in a statement. “Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual… Source link

Kanye West, who now is legally known as Ye, is buying conservative social media company Parler, a move following Instagram and Twitter’s decisions to suspend the rapper’s accounts over a series of widely condemned antisemitic posts. In an interview during Yahoo Finance’s All Markets Summit on Monday, Former Trump adviser Gary Cohn described Ye’s recent offensive posts as “just unacceptable.” “I’ll say the same thing about Kanye West’s remarks as I said to the President of the… Source link

It might soon be time to add another accolade to Kanye West’s artistic catalog. The man with 21 Grammy wins and a multi-billion dollar valuation for his Yeezy collaborations, is potentially looking at making a car. DONDA, West’s content company known for collaborating on projects across various fields like film, design, as well as fashion, named noted sneaker designer Steven Smith as the head of “Donda Industrial Design.” Now one of the products highlighted in the release naming Smith… Source link

If you want to listen to Kanye West’s new album — you’ll need to buy a $200 Stem Player. Last week, West announced that ‘Donda 2’ would not be available on traditional music streaming services like Spotify (SPOT) or Apple Music (AAPL), despite the latter reportedly offering the rapper a $100 million deal that he rejected. Instead, the album will exclusively stream on Ye’s new pocket-sized device, the latest evolution in a music industry where payment and distribution models are being rapidly… Source link

Retail legend Mickey Drexler — known for making Gap cool in the late 80s and early 90s and then reviving J.Crew in the early 2000s as CEO —apparently didn’t pull any punches in a chat with Kanye West on whether the music icon and celebrated clothing designer should partner up with Gap.  “I probably shouldn’t say this but I told him he shouldn’t do the deal because it doesn’t make any sense in my opinion,” said Drexler, now the CEO of specialty apparel retailer Alex Mill, exclusively on Source link

The New York Times When Amazon Raises Wages, Local Companies Follow Suit Amazon has embarked on an advertising blitz this winter, urging Congress to follow the company’s lead and raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. American workers “simply can’t wait” for higher pay, the company said in a recent blog post. In the areas where Amazon operates, though, low-wage workers at other businesses have seen significant wage growth since 2018, beyond what they otherwise might have… Source link