The rapper accused of “unauthorized filming” after an surprising go to to the corporate’s workplace in Los Angeles.
Ye, the rapper previously referred to as Kanye West, was escorted from Skechers headquarters in Los Angeles after exhibiting up unannounced and uninvited, in keeping with the shoe firm.
Two firm executives fired Ye and plenty of people after the rapper engaged in “unauthorized filming” on the workplace, the corporate stated in an announcement Wednesday native time.
Skechers, the world’s third-largest shoe model by income, stated it had no intention of working with Ye and didn’t tolerate anti-Semitism and different hate speech amid controversy sparked by the rapper’s inflammatory remarks about Jewish individuals.
“We condemn his latest divisive remarks and don’t condone anti-Semitism or every other type of hate speech,” the corporate stated. “The corporate wish to re-emphasize that West confirmed up with out discover or invitation to Skechers company headquarters.”
The incident comes after Adidas on Tuesday ended its partnership with Ye for making “unacceptable, hateful and harmful” remarks about Jewish individuals, though the rapper claimed the sportswear firm couldn’t fireplace him for making antisemantic feedback.
The German sportswear large has ended its partnership, which was value round $1.5 billion, after the rapper was suspended from Twitter and Instagram earlier this month for posting anti-Semitic messages. The collapse of the deal robbed Ye of his billionaire standing, in keeping with Forbes, decreasing his internet value to $400 million.
Clothes model Hole additionally introduced it could take away the rapper’s Yeezy Hole product line from its shops and shut down YeezyGap.com, whereas Footlocker pulled Yeezy sneakers from its cabinets.