Kanye West at an tournament pronouncing a partnership with Adidas on June 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California.
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Adidas mentioned it’s investigating accusations made through workforce with regards to the habits of the musician Ye all the way through his partnership with the German sports wear emblem and the reaction of senior corporate figures.
The corporate mentioned in a observation past due Thursday: “It’s lately no longer transparent whether or not the accusations made in an nameless letter are true. On the other hand, we take those allegations very severely and feature taken the verdict to release an impartial investigation of the subject in an instant to handle the allegations.”
It follows a Rolling Stone article printed Tuesday with nameless allegations that Ye confirmed pornographic and sexualized subject material to Yeezy workforce all the way through conferences and made sexualized remarks to feminine workforce. CNBC has no longer independently verified the claims.
Rolling Stone additionally mentioned a bunch of former Yeezy staff contributors had despatched an nameless letter to Adidas accusing senior leaders on the corporate of turning a “blind eye” to the habits and taking “behind schedule motion” over it. It reportedly referred to as for a public apology to the staff.
A consultant for Ye was once no longer in an instant to be had for remark when contacted through CNBC.
Adidas terminated its partnership with Ye, previously referred to as Kanye West, in October. It mentioned his contemporary feedback and movements were “unacceptable, hateful and perilous.”
Hole and Foot Locker then mentioned they might take away Yeezy merchandise from their shops. Dressmaker emblem Balenciaga introduced it was once chopping ties with the rapper and manufacturer the week prior to.
Adidas additionally mentioned it didn’t tolerate hate speech or offensive habits and was once in ongoing conversations with workers concerning the occasions main as much as the top of the Ye partnership.