Adidas is the official outfitter of Nazis

Are you off your meds again?

We are ok with this.

Give it some thought, OP.

Adidas will have to pay Kanye out to the tune of hundreds of millions for the honor of being a contemptible anti-Semite if they cancel his contract.

So it’s going to take time to untangle it legally.

People are such sad sacks. Who looks up to this guy enough to want to emulate him or his clothing style? There’s nothing worth emulating. He’s a loser. I don’t get it. And he is not handsome nor does he have a charming personality.

He seems like someone who has brain damage from too much football. How is he some cultural hero? And to who? Speak up.

It’s all very unamerican.

Unfortunately, R3 is correct. Depending on the terms of Kanye's contract Adidas can just let him sit there and do nothing with or for him without dropping him. I'm sure they are furiously reviewing all the clauses in their contract to see if there is some way out of it.

Stop making excuses for a billion dollar company. They could sever ties if they wished. There is something in a contract that makes it void with behavior like this. They didn’t even try to distance themselves.

I think you’re giving adidas too much credit. You’re imaginative and creative but sadly making this up in your head. They are not sorry.

I'm confused

[quote] The company, based in Germany, said it would terminate the partnership immediately, end production of Yeezy branded products and stop payments to Ye and his companies. The move was expected to subtract up to 250 million euros ($246 million) from the company’s profit this year, it said.

They were making 250mil off Kayne branded merch? Is this for real? Who are these Los loser buying this stuff?

Link r8?

Who posts something like r8 with no context or link?

Fishy af

For the internet impaired:

Google Adidas!

DL is behind twitter on breaking news???

Here.

Another

This just happened at 7am Est what do you mean behind???

This just now pulled his garbage bag clothes.

But good for them. This is good enough for me.

This is all I was asking for. If you come out as pro-fascist that should be the end of it. It was just 75 years ago that we stomped this out. The consequences are genocide. That’s enough to cancel someone over.

R6, and r3.

This thread can not continue u less you explain yourselves.

That was 10 min again so you’re still here. No excuse.

Why were you lying about Adidas not being able to cancel?

OP you really should have provided more context when you started this thread, as has now been given.

Kanye has always been a fucking prick. He's also clearly deeply mentally unwell and should be sectioned now. It's sad when people become so rich that they don't have anyone around them that truly cares about them.

OP 'uncovers' a story from almost 80 years ago!

Now tell. us about the Titanic.

For a while, every kid in NYC was desperate to wear Yeezys. But that was a few years ago.

I thought that adidas couldn’t cancel? Well r3, r6, WELL?

You need to explain yourself.

R6 especially. You were so sure of it. Willing to bet the farm.

That was 15 minutes ago.

Let’s hear it.

I'm surprised these companies can't sue him for willfully sullying the names of the companies he represented with blatant reckless actions. I would think they would have a case

His clothes and shoes look like shit, and they’re overpriced. I’m amazed anyone buys his stuff.

Kanye is about as anti-Semitic as John Galliano. Meaning just a little bit, casually. Galliano got trapped in his worst moment and paid dearly. He was high as a kite and drunk - that's often when it all comes out. Kanye is mentally ill and in mania.

Dior dumped Galliano and I think Adidas should dump Kanye no matter if it costs them a fortune.

Adidas just did

What I mean, in summary, is that you dump your famous spokespeople/designers for this because it's not professional to be such a mess. Sure anti-semitism is unacceptable, too. But the big issue is these are not reliable people to associate with your brand. They are messy live wires.

Is was their only option.

R3 and r6 are a real life lesson on fascism go-along where they will start agreeing and making excuses for the oppressors.

It just happened here in real time. People got to get vigilant if you want to keep democracy. Don’t be such water carriers for fascists and their enablers.

I'm R6 and I was wrong.

There's really nothing else to say. I was pretty sure about it, at least that it would take them time to find an "out" in the contracts and I was wrong.

R32 that’s a good step forward but please don’t get caught carrying water for them again. Fight them at a every turn.

All hands on deck are needed.

R4 I’m Gen X and all my millennial friends (male and female) love him and follow him on social media. They think he’s a genius.

R4 oh I agree with in terms of confusion about his appeal.

R33 is posting from 7 years ago?

Kanye is dad music to teens now. He is a distant generation away from Post Malone etc.

R30 is off their meds… What are you on about? MARY!!!

I wasn't "caught carrying water" for fascists, for fuck's sake. I was wrong in my assessment of how long Adidas would take to get rid of Kanye West. I didn't support fascism, I wasn't in favor of fascism I was simply wrong about how long it would be before they could cut him loose and what the terms of their contract with him were.

I don't need a lesson or a lecture on the nature of the struggle for democracy. I am not young, in fact I'm quite old. I don't think Kanye's a genius and I've been standing up against various forms of fascism in America for decades. My recommended response to anti-Semitism is generally a baseball bat.

I'm sure your heart is in the right place but I think you need to take a fucking breath and think before you say that shit to people.

@r29, He is so punchable in that stupid MAGA hat and his resting dumb face 😠

This is one cause where there is no such thing as too vigilant. If you catch yourself making excuses for billion dollars companies, and you find yourself acquiescing to their company lies you must correct course. There is no shame in being human. But we must correct course.

R9 no, that's not what it says. It would subtract from profit, means it would cost them. Stopping production lines, campaigns etc.

His collaboration with the Gap was a bust. The sneakers are the only profitable fashion product he has. They are ugly, but I heard very comfortable. As far as music, he hasn’t been a big seller in years. He charts big at the beginning, but nosedives quickly.

I am against a lot of cancel culture, but if anyone deserved to be canceled it’s Kanye West. He’s been a bullying asshole for years and yet everyone continued to kiss his ass. He should’ve been done when he harassed Taylor Swift on stage. Even with the Adidas execs, he made a fool out of them with that video, harassing them on IG daily, I think he even said the CEO died. I’m shocked they didn’t get rid of him from that alone. I have a feeling they are breathing a sigh of relief to be done with him. He must be exhausting to deal with.

first they steal the white house, then conservatism, now they won't even let germans have their thing

Good. The relationship is over

CAA dumped his ass as well.

He brought it all upon himself. I’ve never wished him harm and I’ve always rooted for him and hoped he’d get help.

Now?

I just hope he gets help. I’m no longer a fan and I am absolutely justified I’m not being OK with his most recent antics, AND I should have been much more selective about his past one, but I thought he was just manic and would hope he’d come back from it.

NOPE. Never again.

You don’t run around using antisemitic sores h, after 6 million Jews, Gypsies, gays, and disabled people, plus many more, were murdered for not being to a mad man’s liking.

Fuck you Kanye.

Enjoy your cancellation, you creep.

My iOS spell check is whacked again: Antisemitic language, not sores.

Ugh.

Also, please excuse my other typos.

It’s iOS and I hate it!

I don’t want him to get help. I want him to crash and burn all the way out. Candice will take him to court when he tries to slink out of paying for Parler. Or at least get a check from him.

He has enough money to buy his own country. He probably will.

so instead you belittle the holocaust by calling everyone you don't like nazis.

yeah, it's totes about the antisemitism and not just because it's a prop you use to give more credence to your dislike of the guy that you'll quickly discard to ignore the antisemitism all around you.

soldier on, justice warrior, soldier on.

Here come the grainy YouTube videos.

Too early for this hon.

It's not official yet but sources are saying Adidas is dropping Kanye, finally

R9 are you kidding, those ugly shoes are EVERYWHERE. And his version of a croc, shower shoe was just about to take off too. The tennis shoes look like someone who had to stop quick while running and the slide looks like an ingrown toenail.

There are absolutely zero excuses for people who have been given the world, given every opportunity and resource to get better and choose not to. He is aware that he is bipolar and refuses to take his medication because he perceives himself to be some genuius, believes himself to be the literal second coming. He had his own church and his own cult following. He was propped up by companies like Addidas that lined his pockets when is music career faded.

Money allows you to be the person you truly are. And Money has allowed Kanye to be the absolute worst kind of asshole he could be, that he has probably always been.

He has had soo many chances and blows every one. Why is the public propping him up?

Blacks that want to be white are bad enough but the ones that want to be white trash take the cake.

[quote]I am against a lot of cancel culture, but if anyone deserved to be canceled it’s Kanye West. He’s been a bullying asshole for years and yet everyone continued to kiss his ass. He should’ve been done when he harassed Taylor Swift on stage. Even with the Adidas execs, he made a fool out of them with that video, harassing them on IG daily, I think he even said the CEO died. I’m shocked they didn’t get rid of him from that alone. I have a feeling they are breathing a sigh of relief to be done with him. He must be exhausting to deal with.

Very true; he dared them to cut him off & they finally nutted up & did it. There will be all kinds of whining & wailing about cancel culture, but this has been a long time in coming & I'm glad they've finally done it. And the irony is that the Fox News crowd won't have much to say about it because he was never anything more than some village idiot to them anyway.

It'll be interesting to see how long his $$ holds out & whether Brad Pitt still shows up to his tent rival church services

So many people are truly suffering. Hungry, homeless, alone and sick. This rich motherfucker has the money and the ability to help so many. He could have used some of his money and name recognition to make a positive change in politics, such as backing a decent , honest candidate, ect. So very many urgent problems that desperately need attention. This is why I despise the rich. While the world falls apart and people suffer and die, the planet burns, beautiful wildlife goes extinct, these self serving sociopaths just pour more gasoline on it and only worry about how much media attention they are getting today. They are beyond repulsive. They are destructive, undeserving, wastes of life. And yet so many admire them, but their products, listen to their shallow, illiterate, adolescent lyrics and deem them a fucking genius. They look at women whose only contribution to this world is self love and obsession with their appearance. Beyond empty and shallow. This is impressive? The world has truly gone mad.

R57, I think your disgust is misguided. This has nothing to do with "The Rich." It has everything to do with Kanye West and narcissistic assholes like him who would be exactly the same no matter if they were rich or poor - terrorizing 10 people or 10 million. Again, money just allows you to freely be the person you are inside and out. And there are several good people, kind hearted, who become rich and use their money to help others, people who help society move forward and not just for a tax write-off. They aren't lauded as openly as the assholes, but they do exist. So money has nothing to do with it. It has to do with who the people are at their core.

And money is very relative. Probably everyone here on Datalounge, financially speaking, is living a very wealthy life compared to half of the globe. You have more due in monthly bills than half of the world's population will see in a year. You are living a life they can only dream of and possibly not even imagine some aspects of. And what are most of us doing with that money? Probably holding onto it, struggling to make more, buy more and complaining about it every step of the way - just like "the rich" you despise.

At least Adidas aren't responsible for the most Mid ugly international football kits in the world.

How are England meant to bow out gracefully from the Round of 16 in Qa tar dressed in these shambolic rags? Absolute mugging off.

R26 Unlike Kanye, Galliano is actually a design genius. Galliano was also set-up to save Dior from paying his 14 million end of contract fee, which must have been easy for them as he was an absolute mess because of drug addiction. Also, what Galliano actually said was wildly taken out of context by the media. The video also lacked both sides of the conversation, which was convenient.

I think comparing the two is pointless.

If we're calling out Adidas, are we ignoring Hugo Boss?

Ignoring Hugo Boss and Jeep and I am sure the list goes on. But what are you going to do? Burn it all to the ground? You can't re-write history you can only move forward.

Half of American companies's wealth came from the wrong side of history at some point. You can't re-write the past, you can only push them to do better by the future.

R58- Where are the good ones who make a positive difference? Where? I am speaking of rich celebrities. Name one.

I'm so sick of the attention being paid to this fucking idiot. In this media/social media culture mega-wattage sociopathic fucks like Trump and Kanye can just endlessly play the public like violins, which is exactly--and, really, all--that they want. Enough.

R65- It is the fault of the media. If the media would ignore them they would rightfully fade from view. But the media force feeds the public coverage on them 24/7 .

Adidas cut ties with Ye. Someone is late on keeping up with the news.

Ye. 🙄

R67, that was posted two hours ago, and there's a whole separate thread about it as well.

R26 = apologist for pathological antisemites

R67 you're a stupid cunt. Read the fucking thread!

Portland is the capital of White Guilt, so they thought giving Kanye a campaign would help assuage it. Just like Nike with the trans athletes.

Wait until you hear about Hugo Boss!

[quote]Half of American companies's wealth came from the wrong side of history at some point.

Uhhhh, don't look over here! Nothing to see!

R64 one of the most offensive celebrities, I am sure according to you, would be Kim Kardashian. She has used her celebrity to get a good number of wrongly incarcerated people out of prison and back to their families. She could have chosen to do absolutely nothing. I give her major props for that alone no matter what else she does. She spoke up for these people when no one else would and brought national, if not international attention to their plight.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie routinely sold their own paparazzi pictures to support poor and needy families. They have given away over 20 million dollars doing that. There are people who realize they don't need all the money in the world and give away what they don't need.

Bethany Frankel after amassing a fortune has dedicated her life to getting emergency aid and relief to areas hit by natural disasters. She is there, in person, on the ground making sure that the people who need the help get the help. She puts herself in harms way and raises awareness and gets all of her wealthy friends (who just want to write checks) to fork over money. I KNOW I have never stood in line to help any relief efforts.

Shaq routinely will surprise poor unsuspecting families by buying their groceries, buying gas, buying entire communities things they need.

That is just off the top of my head. And there are tons of things celebrities do that we never hear about. AGAIN, it comes down to the person and who they are, not what they do or how much money they have. If you're a poor entitled asshole, you will be a rich entitled asshole. If you're a poor generous person who would give the shirt off your back to help someone, more than likely you are going to lend a helping hand to your fellow man when you have the means.

And before you poo poo all of these examples - just dismiss them because they don't fit your narrative - ask yourself what have you done? Seriously, like what have you done? And you don't have to tell me here, I don't want to hear your supposed big heart CV. I honestly get the vibe from where your heart is on here, and they way you talk, that you don't have a generous heart. Your comments aren't born out of frustration, but rage. I can honestly say I haven't done much myself. It's easy to say IF I had more I would. But as I said before, we all have a lot more than 90% of the world out there and what are we doing to make the world a better place for others?

R75- With all of her money, is that suppose to be impressive? Her kissing up to Trump? You bet your ass I am angry. These garbage people are actively assisting in the downfall of our country. They are either silent or openly support the ones who are destroying democracy. So please spare me your condescending lecture. The rich are the enemies now. The elite. The people who i am the most angry with are the regular, average people who support and admire scum like KW. Life isn't fair and it never has been. But this goes far beyond normal. We are in very dangerous times and people like this gasbag are not simply ignorant and harmless. They have the money and resources to do real damage. We have no rule of law, not for the rich. We have no fourth wall, they are a corrupt joke. The media is owned by the very people who are destroying the country - the rich. My question for you would be - why aren't YOU angry?

r76 so, you don't believe the law works and you want to take it into your own hands to target those you feel the system works too much for?

R77- Are you high? I stated that the rule of law doesn't apply to the rich and wealthy any longer. No where did I even imply anything about taking the law into my hands. Idiot.

And how has your anger manifested itself r77 besides screeds on datalounge? Or you just sit at home, clenched fist watching your blood pressure go up? It’s very easy to blame other people for your problems. What are you doing to lift people up?

r79 just clarify what you're actually upset with.

poor, middle class, rich

celebrities, politicians,

the law itself...

or the 4th wall, reality

what is rich?

R80- insignificant insects like yourself.

Corporate worship is something I'll never understand. NIKE is evil, so is Nestle, McDonalds, Walmart etc...

None of these giant companies are good global citizens.

Like any corporation they thought they could make money off him. People who are into rap and hip hop (and that’s A LOT) buy his stuff; he’s globally known, the Kardashians made him even more visible. He’s huge in Nigeria. He’s black which has a built in market as well. He’s an influencer and they put up with his antics because his name was making them bucks. If no people complained about his anti-Semitic remarks they’d still be in business with him.

^Don't forget, there is always North Korea. If they love Dennis Rodman, surely they'd take in Ye too...so long as he doesn't put on his sneakiest shoes & try to steal signs

Kanye also has a brand management agency for star athletes. They are leaving.

On the news this am: Ye filming in the Sketchers headquarters here in Manhattan Beach, escorted out: