Kanye West slams Gap for not including him in business meetings
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Kanye West recently took to social media to slam Gap for excluding him from meetings and copying designs.
Here is everything you need to know.
Kanye West accused Gap of ripping off his Balenciaga designs
Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, claimed that Gap executives allegedly hosted a meeting about his designs excluding him.
He shared a photo of spalyed-out clothes and the brand’s iridescent visor-style sunglasses on his Instagram handle on 30th August Tuesday.
The Grammy-Award-winning artist outlined the post with a caption that read, ‘Gap held a meeting about me without me?’
Furthermore, a day later, Ye came forward to allege that the retail giant is copying his Yeezy Gap collection in collaboration with Balenciaga. He added that Gap is supposedly using his designs on their regular T-shirts.
Ye shared a text exchange where he accused the organization of copying his designs. He further included images of the allegedly stolen design.
He wrote in one of his messages, ‘This is Gap copying YGEBB.’
Moreover, he later mentioned that Gap canceled a fashion photo shoot involving children in Japan without his knowledge.
He claimed, ‘But they canceled the photo shoot with my kids in Japan without me knowing.’
Kanye West delivers a rant before Gap executives
Kanye West shared a video on social media on 31st August. It showed himself going off on Gap executives in Atlanta.
In the video, we can see the Famous singer giving a spirited pep talk to a group of people while subsequently threatening them that he will leave the brand if things don’t go his way.
Ye began his speech by explaining his vision for his Gap collaboration.
He said, ‘We got to have the highest energy brand in the mall.’
The Chicago rapper-producer then gave an ultimatum to Gap executives while pleading for his creative freedom.
He continued, ‘I love Gap…you have to really give me the position to be Ye and let me do what I’m thinking or I have to do the thinking somewhere else.’
Additionally, when Gap executives started applauding, believing that Ye’s speech is over, he was not having it.
He warned, ‘Don’t f**king clap…y’all are going to make me quit.’
Regardless, the execs thought it was a joke and chuckled. However, the 45-year-old rapper got belligerent.
He concluded with, ‘No, it’s not a f*cking joke in Virgil’s name, in my mama’s name. I’m telling you what it is.’
