It looks like Kanye West is trying to offload a lot of his old merchandise… and maybe raise some money? While, intentionally or not, decreasing the value of the brands who’ve burned him??
The 45-year-old rapper recently lost partnerships with Balenciaga, Adidas, and Gap after a string of disturbing antisemitic comments and other unsettling behavior. And now, it sounds like he’s trying to get rid of some old stuff from his Yeezy brand’s ill-fated collabs on the cheap.
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In a new video, Ye announced plans to sell a bunch of old merch from these recently-severed partnerships. Speaking to paparazzi about his intentions while giving a tour of his Los Angeles music studio, the Gold Digger rapper showed off a series of employees working on garments on sewing machines.
He also mentioned his plans for the excess inventory:
“I cut up 100 hoodies from Yeezy, from Balenciaga, from [Gap and Adidas] and everything we do is going to cost $20.”
Whoa! Just $20 for a hoodie?!
Ye showed off some of the sweatshirt designs along the way. And he spoke up about equality, arguing how he wanted to uplift people in the process:
“We need to make sure everyone receives the same level of cuts, the same level of food, same level of water, same level of education.”
The Power rapper added:
“We’re engineering opportunities, we’re getting past the past, we’re focused on the future.”
OK…
Of course, in Ye’s previous partnerships with Balenciaga and Adidas, some of his products have been a LOT pricier. His white messenger bag used to sell for $1,290, a sweatshirt in that same line cost up to $1,150. So to go from that to a $20 sell-off is pretty surprising, to say the least.
After all of Ye’s recent behavior, though, will fans really flock to the merchandise? Twenty bucks for something like this is a steal in normal circumstances. But what Ye’s been doing lately isn’t exactly a “normal circumstance.” Just saying.
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Sadly, something tells us some people still will rush to take part in Ye’s merch run, regardless. Maybe Yeezy will become the unofficial brand of the alt-right?
As we also reported this week, a new exposé published by Rolling Stone on Tuesday night claimed the Jesus Walks rapper showed porn clips to work associates in meetings amid his past fashion partnerships as part of a culture of dominance and bullying. There were even allegations he’d shared explicit images of then-wife Kim Kardashian with fashion biz colleagues and creatives working on Yeezy design projects.
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