Kanye West has received unexpected support from A-List celebrities such as Diddy, T.I , Swizz Beatz etc his amidst his ongoing dispute with adidas as he called for a protest against the sportswear brand.
Swizz Beatz was the first to share the photo and join in Kanye’s call to action. He captioned ;
“YE is only asking for his work to be respected and not stolen that’s not crazy to me!!” Swizz wrote in his original post. “We not buying these !!!!!!!!!!!! @adidas you’re supposed to be original do the correct thing please!!”
Kanye happy with the support, re-shared Swizz Beatz’s post and wrote in the caption: “That’s love.” He later shared a photo of Swizz smiling with another caption that read: “This the energy.”
Second support came from Bad Boy Records founder Sean ” Diddy” followed in Swizz Beatz’s footsteps as he called for a nationwide boycott against adidas yesterday Tuesday (September 6) after Kanye accused them of ripping off his Yeezy designs.
The caption was posted alongside a screenshotted text exchange between Diddy and Ye, with the former writing: “please can send me something I could post in support of you! I never wear Adidas again for the rest of my life if they don’t make you right!!!!” Kanye replied, “Praise God. Love you.”
Diddy also re-shared a photo of a pair of black and orange bootleg Yeezys with a red “X” through the middle.
Afterwards Irvi Gotti , T.I , also joined in the clarion calls to protest against adidas, and posted the same photo to Instagram along with his own message to Kanye.
The latest feud between Ye and adidas began on (September 1), Thursday when Kanye posted another violence inciting front-page newspaper headline on his IG that read: “Kasper Rørsted Also Dead at 60,” referring to Adidas’ outgoing CEO.
Ye had previously expressed disapproval towards adidas for making up the yeezy day idea and celebrating their Yeezy Day brand holiday on August 2, without his approval.”
These complaints simultaneously came following Ye’s criticism of the brand’s Adilette 22 Slides back in June, which Kanye said were a blatant rip-off of his Yeezy Slides, and thus prompted him to begin to speak out on his grievances against the brand’s CEO Kasper Rørsted.
“To Kasper I’m not standing for this blatant copying no more,” he wrote. “To all sneaker culture…This is for everyone who wants to express themselves but feel they can’t cause they’ll lose their contract or be called crazy…These shoes represent the disrespect that people in power have to the talent.”
According to Ye’s report, his next target will be Gap, which he last week called out for copying his Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga line he has with the company. He also lambasted them for canceling a photo shoot at the last minute he had planned with his kids.