After the controversial rapper fried on social media on the weekend of February 8, sold a swastika t-shirt, made a series of anti-Semitic statements and published several pornographic videos in his feed, Kanye West was dropped by his talent agency.
Daniel McCartney, who works as a Talentagent at 33 & West, announced on Monday, February 10th, in an Instagram story that he no longer represents West “with immediate effect”, because of his hurtful and hateful statements that neither I nor I 33 & West can tolerate. ”(It is unclear when West signed at 33 & West.)
A team member of Yeezy also left the company. West’s former chief of staff Eric Cui quit on Sunday, as Rolling Stone found out. This happened shortly after West Sean “Diddy” had defended Combs, who had physically abused his ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura by publishing the screenshots of the hotel surveillance videos that showed Combs when attacking them.
“I loved working on Yzy because I believed in your dream,” Cui wrote in a explanation posted on Instagram. “I believe in freedom of speech … so I will use my freedom of speaking to say that violence and crimes against women and children are wrong.”
West started its tweet attack on Thursday evening, February 6th, and published a number of malignant and insulting posts in the following days. Later he praised and thanked Elon Musk for being able to express himself freely without being referred by the social media platform.
The turning point came when West bought a broadcast time during the Super Bowl on Sunday evening, in which he referred the audience to his Yeezy website, where he sold a white T-shirt for $ 20 that showed a swastika.
On Tuesday, February 11th, a Shopify spokesman confirmed to Rolling Stone that the company had taken its website off the network for violating the terms and conditions. On the same day, West was sued by a former Yeezy employee who claimed that West had attacked and mocked her because she was Jew.
West deactivated its X account on Monday (formerly Twitter). “I sign from Twitter,” he wrote. “It was very cathartic to use the world as a resonance floor. It was like an Ayahuasca trip. I love you all that you have given me your energy and attention. “