The Fall of Ye – Will 2022 Be the End of Kanye?

The rapper/designer has extensively been condemned throughout the industries he influences for more and more erratic conduct and antisemitic feedback — however will the top of 2022 sign the top of Kanye West?

Ye has lengthy outlined his profession by way of a mix of smash hits and superstar theatrics, together with his genius within the former primarily capable of overshadow his penchant for the latter. However when his conduct went from quirky and impolite to racist and antisemitic, one enterprise after one other started to sever ties with Kanye West. Under is a timeline of the controversy and the ensuing fallout.

March 18

Kanye was disinvited from performing on the Grammy Awards for “erratic and troubling public conduct in latest weeks.” 

Whereas not specified, that conduct included releasing an animated music video portraying the kidnapping and burial of a Pete Davidson-looking determine whereas the comic was relationship West’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian. Across the identical time, Kanye made an Instagram put up taunting comic and then-host of The Each day Present Trevor Noah (who hosted the Grammys this 12 months) with a racial slur. That put up resulted in West being banned from Instagram for twenty-four hours.

April 4

Lower than two weeks earlier than the primary weekend of Coachella 2022, Kanye withdrew from his headlining spot with out clarification. Swedish Home Mafia and The Weeknd changed him.

September 15

Ye notified Hole that he was terminating their highly-anticipated partnership and would transfer forward with plans to open his personal retailer. Hole’s assertion in response mentioned that their visions have been “not aligned.”

October 3

Ye shocked the style world by holding an off-schedule present at Paris Style Week to current his newest assortment beneath his label YZY, previously Yeezy. The rapper started his presentation with a speech through which he complained about his critics. 

Nonetheless, his resolution to put on a “White Lives Matter” shirt to the occasion sparked essentially the most controversy for the phrase’s connection to white supremacists in opposition to the Black Lives Matter motion. The shirt ended up being part of the gathering, and conservative commentator Candace Owens accompanied him whereas additionally carrying one.

October 6

Ye appeared in an interview with Fox Information host Tucker Carlson through which he defended his “White Lives Matter” shirt and that he “thought the thought” of carrying it was humorous.

October 7

Ye’s Instagram account was restricted after he made posts suggesting that Jewish individuals have been controlling Sean “Diddy” Combs, following posts from Diddy condemning Ye’s “White Lives Matter” shirt.

October 8

Ye took to Twitter to put up antisemitic remarks, together with that he would go “loss of life con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.” Twitter eliminated the posts, and his account was suspended for violating the platform’s insurance policies. 

The social media feedback led to Adidas saying it had positioned its relationship with Yeezy “beneath evaluation.” On the identical time, Balenciaga and Vogue Runway silently deleted photos and movies of him from their latest runway present in Paris. Vogue journal additionally mentioned it might now not be working with him.

October 12

LeBron James-hosted discuss present The Store says it received’t air an episode that includes Ye as a result of he used the platform to “reiterate extra hate speech and very harmful stereotypes.”

October 15

Throughout an interview on the Drink Champs podcast, Ye repeatedly accused “Jewish media” and “Jewish Zionists” of feeding a media frenzy and canceling his reveals. He additionally made false statements in regards to the loss of life of George Floyd in Minneapolis. This interview is the one through which Ye infamously asserts that he “can say antisemitic issues, and Adidas can’t drop me.” The episode is later eliminated.

October 17

Parlement Applied sciences, the mother or father firm of social media service Parler, mentioned Ye would purchase the platform for an undisclosed sum of cash. Parlement CEO George Farmer is the husband of Candace Owens, the conservative commentator beforehand seen with West at his Paris Style Week present.

Ye additionally spoke with former CNN host Chris Cuomo that very same day, through which the rapper says he doesn’t “consider within the time period antisemitism” and claims he’s being attacked by “the Jewish underground media mafia.”

October 18

George Floyd’s household begins preparations to sue Ye for $250 million for the “blatantly false and malicious” claims made in the course of the Drink Champs episode.

October 21

Balenciaga’s mother or father firm, Kering, introduced that “Balenciaga has now not any relationship nor plans for any future initiatives associated to this artist.” Inventive Artists Company introduced now not representing Kanye. The movie and tv studio MRC introduced it might shelve a accomplished documentary in regards to the rapper.

Ye gave a 100-minute interview with Piers Morgan through which he doubles down on his antisemitic feedback and says he’s “completely not sorry.” 

October 22

An antisemitic hate group reportedly held banners over a busy Los Angeles freeway that learn, “Kanye is true in regards to the Jews.” Many political leaders and celebrities spoke out, condemning the group’s actions.

October 24

Ye spoke with MIT analysis scientist Lex Fridman and made extra antisemitic statements, particularly slamming “Jewish file labels.” Ye’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian shared an announcement on social media condemning hate speech with out mentioning Ye. Different Kardashian-Jenner relations share comparable statements in assist of the Jewish group.

Camille Vasquez, the legal professional who represented Johnny Depp in the course of the Amber Heard defamation trial, introduced she would now not be working with Ye simply days after Ye had reportedly employed her. 

October 25

Adidas introduced after weeks of stress that it might finish its practically decade-long partnership with Ye — a transfer the corporate mentioned would price it $246 million this 12 months. Forbes reported that the partnership accounted for $1.5 billion of Kanye’s web price; with out it, he would lose his billionaire standing.

Aaron Donald of the Los Angeles Rams and Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics mentioned on Twitter that they’d be slicing ties with Ye’s advertising and marketing company, Donda Sports activities, attributable to his antisemitic remarks.

October 26

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek mentioned that regardless of Ye’s “simply terrible” feedback, they’d not take away the rapper’s music from the platform as a result of it didn’t violate Spotify’s anti-hate insurance policies.

The organizers of two outstanding highschool boys’ basketball tournaments revoked invites for Ye’s Donda Academy crew to play in nationwide showcases. Donda Academy, the non-public faculty based by West final 12 months in Simi Valley, California, was named for his late mom, Donda West, and isn’t accredited.

Moreover, footwear firm Skechers mentioned the identical day that Ye had been escorted from its company places of work in Los Angeles after an “unannounced and uninvited” go to.

October 31

Instagram restricted Ye’s account simply days after reinstating him, whereas Instagram’s mother or father firm, Meta, additionally mentioned it deleted West’s content material that it discovered violated the platform’s insurance policies.

November 20

Ye returned to an Elon Musk-owned Twitter with a put up to see if his account was unblocked. 

November 22

Donald Trump hosted a dinner with Ye and recognized white supremacist Nick Fuentes at Trump’s non-public membership in Florida. Ye traveled to Mar-a-Lago to satisfy with Trump and reportedly introduced Nick Fuentes with him.

November 26

Adidas introduced opening an investigation into inappropriate office conduct after Rolling Stone reported that Ye used “worry and manipulation” to supervise his Yeezy style line.

December 1

Parlement Applied sciences introduced that Ye was now not shopping for the platform however didn’t specify why. Ye appeared on Infowars conspiracy broadcaster Alex Jones’ podcast, stating, “I see good issues about Hitler.”

December 2

Elon Musk mentioned Ye can be suspended from Twitter once more after tweeting a picture of a swastika contained in the Star of David, which Musk mentioned violated the platform’s rule in opposition to the incitement of violence.

December 6

Ye appeared with Nick Fuentes in an interview sequence with hate group Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes, through which Ye mentioned Jewish individuals ought to “forgive Hitler” and “ought to work for Christians.”

December 10

Audio chat room platform Clubhouse suspended Ye after the rapper made antisemitic remarks throughout a personal interview.