Talent Agency CAA Drops Kanye West—Here Are The Other Companies Cutting Ties After His Anti-Semitic Comments

Topline After weeks of Kanye West making anti-Semitic and controversial remarks, companies including CAA and Balenciaga have severed ties with the rapper, while Adidas has put its relationship with hi...

Kim Kardashian Condemns Anti-Semitism As Kanye West Draws Backlash

Topline Kim Kardashian and some of her famous family members spoke out against anti-Semitism on social media Monday, as her ex-husband Kanye West draws condemnation for his remarks targeting the Jewis...

Kanye West Anti-Semitism Backlash Gets More Powerful, Political—As Adidas Stays Mum

Topline The response to rapper Kanye West’s anti-Semitic tirades continues to get more biting, as politicians denounced an openly hateful demonstration praising West in Los Angeles over the weekend an...

Kanye West’s Anti-Semitic, Controversial Behavior—Here’s Everything He’s Said In Recent Weeks

Topline Beginning in early October, Kanye West—also known as “Ye”—went on a spree of public appearances and interviews in which he spouted anti-Semitic comments and conspiracy theories, criticized Bla...

George Floyd’s Family Will Sue Kanye West For $250 Million Over False Comments About Death

Topline George Floyd’s family members will sue Kanye West for $250 million for “harassment, misappropriation, defamation and infliction of emotional distress,” lawyers representing the family announce...

What Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Can Tell Us About Financial Market Regulation

Hand is turning a dice and changes the direction of an arrow symbolizing that the value of the … [+] crypto currency Ethereum (ETH) is going up (or vice versa) getty The week after the Securitie...

The Fate Of Kanye West’s Career Is In His Fans’ Hands, PR Professionals Say

Topline Kanye West’s latest controversial outbursts have included wearing shirts with “White Lives Matter” printed on them, making several anti-Semitic remarks, spreading false information about the d...

Kanye West Is Buying Right-Wing Social Media Platform Parler

Topline Kanye West has agreed to purchase Parler—a social media platform that has fashioned itself as the “free speech” alternative to Twitter—the rapper announced on Monday, days after the rapper was...

Kanye West Has Become A Mouthpiece For The Far-Right

Kanye West aka Ye is seen wearing a Balenciaga boxing mouthguard, outside Givenchy, during Paris … [+] Fashion Week – Womenswear Spring/Summer 2023 – Day Seven on October 02, 2022 in...

Ex-TMZ Staffer Says Star Praised Hitler, Podcast Kills Interview

Topline New allegations about Kanye West’s history of anti-Semitic remarks surfaced amid a cascade of recent statements from the rapper about Jews, with a former TMZ staffer claiming that West said he...

Kanye West Made Troubling Claims In Leaked Unaired Interview Footage

Topline Kanye West made troubling and bizarre comments during an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson last week that were not broadcast as part of the show, with unaired clips obtained by Vice’...

Kanye West—Restricted On Twitter And Instagram—Posts Cryptic YouTube Video Of Meeting With Adidas Execs

Topline Kanye West—whose Twitter and Instagram accounts were locked this weekend for his posting of apparently antisemitic messages—continued his bizarre social media tirade on Monday, posting a 30-mi...

Musk Welcomes Kanye West Back To Twitter After He’s Blocked By Instagram Over Apparent Antisemitic Post

Topline Billionaire musician Kanye West—in the midst of a troubled meltdown on social media after a controversial show during Paris fashion week—had his Instagram account restricted and posts deleted,...

Adidas Reconsidering Kanye West’s Yeezy Line

Topline Adidas placed its lucrative partnership with rapper Kanye West “under review” amid recent controversial decisions by the rapper, Adidas said Thursday, putting West’s billionaire status in jeop...

Kanye West Claims LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault ‘Killed’ His ‘Best Friend’

Topline Kanye West baselessly accused LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault—one of the richest people in the word—of “KILL[ING] MY BEST FRIEND” on Tuesday, seemingly alluding to late Louis Vuitton menswear directo...

Kanye West Wears ‘White Lives Matter’ Shirt At Yeezy Fashion Show

Topline Ye, also known as Kanye West, wore a shirt with “WHITE LIVES MATTER” written on it at his Yeezy SZN 9 fashion show in Paris on Monday, in yet another controversial move from the outspoken fash...

Light, Liberation, Fire And Freedom

Nick Knight, used with permission, courtesy of YZY. Nick Knight The following is based on my one-hour conversation with Ye. Light helps us see in the dark, but it can blind us too, just like how fire ...

Gap Can’t Afford To Let Kanye West And Yeezy Go

“This is not celebrity marketing. This is not a collaboration. This is a life mission,” Ye said. (AP … [+] Photo/Michael Wyke) Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Whe...

What’s Eating Kanye West? Leaving Adidas Would Drop The Volatile Superstar From Billionaire Status

Kanye “Ye” West has beefs with many: Gap, Adidas, and us here at Forbes, to name a few. Photo by Gotham/GC Images When Forbes determined that Kanye West had a net worth of $1 billion two y...

Kanye West Leaving Adidas And Gap Partnerships Once Contracts Expire, He Says

Topline Kanye West told Bloomberg on Monday he plans to exit his corporate partnership contracts with shoemaker Adidas and clothing retailer Gap once they expire, after attacking the companies in an I...

Here’s Why Hollywood’s Biggest Names Are Building Ownership In Fintech Businesses Of The Future

LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 09: Ashton Kutcher speaks onstage during WeWork Presents Second Annual … [+] Creator Global Finals at Microsoft Theater on January 9, 2019 in Los Angeles, Califor...

Kanye West Won’t Face Charges For Allegedly Punching Fan

Topline Kanye West will avoid at least one of several legal battles he’s facing as prosecutors won’t charge him for allegedly punching a fan in January in Los Angeles, a spokesperson for the city atto...

Kanye West Goes Full ‘Zoolander,’ Cites The Homeless As ‘Biggest Inspiration’

Kanye West attends the Fast Company Innovation Festival – Day 3 Arrivals on November 07, 2019 in New … [+] York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for Fast Company) Getty Images for ...

Kanye West Mocks Kim Kardashian’s Split With Pete Davidson With Disturbing Instagram Post

Kanye West poses before Christian Dior 2015-2016 fall/winter ready-to-wear collection fashion show … [+] on March 6, 2015 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK ...

NFTs Are Attracting A Lot Of Star Power From Hollywood; Should We Be Worried?

LOS ANGELES, CA – DECEMBER 26: Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets players warm up near the new … [+] Crypto.com arena logo that replaced Staples Center at an NBA game on December 26, ...

Kanye West Changed Music And Fashion. Are Sports Next?

NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 28: Kanye West performs at the 2016 MTV Music Video Awards at Madison Square … [+] Gareden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images fo...

Megan Thee Stallion Sues Label Over Definition Of Album

MIAMI, FLORIDA – JANUARY 30: Megan Thee Stallion performs onstage during the EA Sports Bowl at Bud … [+] Light Super Bowl Music Fest on January 30, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Frazer...

Kanye West Claims To Sell 6,200 Of The $200 Music Players He Says Will Be Only Way To Get His New Album

Topline Kanye West said Friday he sold over $1 million worth of “stem player” music devices in 24 hours, one day after announcing on social media that his upcoming album will only be available on the ...

Netflix’s ‘Jeen-Yuhs’ Reminds Us Why We Miss The Old Kanye

Kanye West performs at the Fader 20 Pop Life Party at Diane Von Furstenberg NYC Studios December 5, … [+] 2003 in New York City. (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images) Getty Images Part one of Netfl...

Kanye West Keeps Trying, And Failing, To Start Feuds

Rapper Kanye West. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/FilmMagic) FilmMagic Kanye West has been on the warpath lately, targeting his ex-wife Kim Kardashian and pop sensation Billie Eilish through Instagram; neit...

Kanye West Says He’s Releasing His 11th Studio Album, ‘Donda 2,’ Next Month

Topline Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, announced Thursday he plans to release a new album next month, a follow up to Donda, his most-recent work and a tribute to his late mother.  Ye att...