Kanye West had a Hitler ‘obsession’, insider claims – live

ICYMI: Kanye West is facing an intense backlash over his latest anti-Semitic comments.

From Adidas to The RealReal, these are the companies that have cut ties with Kanye West following his statements.

ICYMI: Skechers has revealed that Kanye West arrived at the company’s headquarters “unannounced” just one day after Adidas cut off its partnership with the rapper.

“You arrived unannounced and uninvited at a Skechers corporate office in Los Angeles,” Skechers said in a statement Wednesday.

“Considering that Ye was engaged in unauthorized filming, two Skechers executives escorted him and his party from the building after a brief conversation.

Skechers is not considering and has no intention of working with West.”

Amber Raiken has the details:

“He would praise Hitler by saying how incredible it was that he could amass so much power,” a former executive told CNN.

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has revealed the condition under which Kanye West’s music will be removed from the platform as an exodus of other high-profile brands have removed their association with the controversial rapper.

While Mr Ek admitted that the rapper’s anti-Semitic comments were indeed “horrible”, he also confirmed that the streaming giant would only remove songs by the artist if his label allowed it.

“It’s really just his music, and his music doesn’t violate our policy,” Ek said Reutersadding, “It’s up to his label whether they want to take action or not.”

Jacob Stolworthy has more here.

In the same CNN exclusive, four separate sources confirmed to the news outlet that Kanye West had originally suggested the title Hitler for his 2018 album, which was actually released under the title Your.

Those sources asked not to be named for fear of retaliation, CNN reported.

A former manager who used to work with Kanye West claims the rapper had an open “obsession” with Adolf Hitler and used to recall the “great work” the Nazi Party did for Germany, CNN reported.

The executive, who spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity, discussed how West, who legally changed his name to Ye, once floated the idea of ​​naming an album after the disgraced Nazi leader.

“He would praise Hitler by saying how incredible it was that he was able to amass so much power and would talk about all the great things he and the Nazi Party accomplished for the German people,” the person told CNN.

The individual left his position and reached a settlement with Ye over workplace complaints and harassment, CNN reviewed, while Ye has denied the boss’ allegations.

As well as admiring the Nazi leader, those in Yes’ inner circle were also said to be aware of his infatuation with the far-right political regime, with the executive claiming the 45-year-old also spoke openly about reading ‘Mein Kampf’ and the party’s use of propaganda .

The independent reached out to Universal Music Group, which owns Yes’ former label Def Jam, for comment but did not immediately hear back.

On Tuesday, sportswear giant Adidas announced it was canceling its highly lucrative Yeezy sneaker collaboration with Ye, after the rapper and designer formerly known as Kanye West made a series of anti-Semitic comments in recent weeks.

The growing public outrage over Ye’s comments quickly came to include criticism of Adidas itself, with commentators claiming the company had not acted quickly enough to cut ties with the rapper.

“Your silence is a danger to Jews,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement Monday. “We cannot allow Yes’s anti-Semitism to be normalized – we must all demand that Adidas run away from hate by condemning his racist rhetoric and reassessing their partnership.”

Some argued that the company was slow to release Ye because it had Nazi origins.

The founders of the company that eventually became Adidas were in fact members of the Nazi Party Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports.

Here, Josh Marcus breaks down the story of the German sportswear company that recently cut ties with Ye over his anti-Semitic remarks.

Kanye West is one of those people who does so many horrible, erratic things and gets embroiled in so much controversy that you automatically assume there’s some grand plan behind it that you’re just too non-famous to understand, writes columnist Ryan Coogan .

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Peloton workouts will no longer use Kanye West music in their workouts, CNN Business reported.

Pelobuddy, a fan site for the stationary bike company, wrote in a post shared on October 25 that instructors are now telling concerned members of the luxury streaming service that West’s music will no longer be included in playlists and archive content containing his work will no longer be promoted through the website’s algorithm

“This means that our instructors are no longer using his music in any newly produced classes and we are not suggesting any class that includes his music in our proactive recommendations to members,” the company said in a statement to Pelobuddy, adding that the decision was made “immediately after his comments”.

According to CNN, there are approximately 1,800 classes in the Peloton archive that use West’s music. The classes will not be removed but will no longer appear as a recommendation for users going forward.

Kanye West returned to Instagram after a ban from the platform that started a flurry of brands cutting partnerships with the rapper over the anti-Semitic comments he posted earlier this month.

Late Wednesday night, West, who legally changed his name to Ye, took to Instagram, a move he had been blocked from making for weeks since the social media and Twitter locked him out of his accounts for sharing separate anti-Semitic posts that violated each company terms of use.

In the Instagram story and accompanying post shared on Oct. 26, West appeared to address the recent fallout with Adidas and Gap, two of the major commercial partners that have ended their business relationship with the rapper in recent weeks.

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