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The French fashion house, Balenciaga, which collaborated with the rapper on a line sold at Gap, is walking away from the relationship after he repeatedly used hate speech. Following the publication of its third-quarter results last week, parent company Kering said the French fashion house would no longer be working on projects with the artist, now known as Ye, after legally changing his name from Kanye West, who has made increasingly controversial public comments in recent weeks. 

Being regarded as one of the richest rappers in the world, mainly due to his fashion links, it appears Kanye is slipping. 

The “Stronger” singer opened Balenciaga’s summer 2023 show, held in a mud pit during Paris Fashion Week, wearing what looked like battle gear, including a branded mouthguard shielding his teeth. The image has been removed from Balenciaga’s website.

Kanye West, who is closely tied to Balenciaga's creative director Demna Gvasalia, recently opened the label's runway show during Paris Fashion Week

The fashion label and its parent company Kering announced that it'll be ending its relationship with the artist following multiple problematic statements made by West, 45, including anti-Semitic ones. 

Earlier this month West, who legally changed his name to Ye last October, appeared at his Yeezy Season 9 Paris Fashion Week show donning a long-sleeve shirt printed with the phrase "White Lives Matter," which is considered a "hate slogan" by the Anti-Defamation League.

West has also publicly partaken in harmful antisemitic rhetoric (condemned by stars including John Legend, Lizzo, Jack Antonoff), false claims pertaining to the death of George Floyd and online bullying towards Vogue editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson.

West's multi-year collaboration with Adidas, which started in 2016, is also under review following a dispute between himself and the brand, beginning with the release of the Adilette 22 sandals, which bear resemblance to West's Yeezy slides.

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