Kanye West: 'Adidas is selling fake Yeezys and not paying me'
Kanye West took to social media to call out Adidas for selling fake Yeezys and not paying him, yet suing him at the same time.
Kanye West has called out Adidas for unfair labour practise.
According to the star, Adidas is selling fake Yeezys and not paying him a cent for it.
"Adidas is selling fake Yeezys and not paying me and suing me at the same time," he captioned his post on Instagram on Monday.
“Not only are they putting out fake colorways that are non-approved, they’re suing me for $250 million and they’re also not paying me for these shoes that they’re putting out that have my name on it,” he said in the video.
He went on to explain that the company is using “contract clauses” and five decades of “business experience” to “r*pe an artist in front of y’all in broad daylight.”
In 2022, Adidas announced that it is ending its relationship with Kanye following his anti-Semitic comments.
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In another post, he shared an image of a Yeezys shoe that was not approved by him.
"Anybody who loves Ye would not buy these fake Yeezys. I never made these color ways I’m not getting paid off of them and adidas is suing me.
"All these celebrities and the public will stand against a T-shirt or the color of my hat but when y'all see me have my children hidden from me or see an actual Fortune 500 company rape one of your heroes in real life don’t nobody say nothing or do nothing. As far as the system goes, what y'all gone do now take my album down again, freeze my accounts again, threaten people to not work with me again," he wrote before adding that "all the new non approved 350’s are cooorny."
Celebrities such as Snoop Dogg and Trevor Wesley showed support to Kanye.
"Thank you everybody for supporting me on this fight with adidas. Thank you Snoop and thank you to all my fans. Your words are making a difference right now," Kanye wrote.
Tbo Touch also took to the comments section to support Kanye. "Tiger left Nike, Jordan paved the way. Why is adidas playing dirty. That boyfriend who will rather kill you than letting you go find another partner," he wrote.
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Adidas are yet to comment on Kanye's allegations.
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