Kanye West has thanked Snoop Dogg for his support as he continues his legal battle with adidas.
West had previously urged fans not to purchase adidas 350 shoes from the sportswear giant and claimed they were exploiting his work following their much-publicized split over the rapper’s antisemitic comments.
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The Chicago rap icon found much support for his stance, including from Snoop Dogg, 2 Chainz and Timbaland.
After Snoop told Kanye to “speak ya truth,” the Vultures rapper posted a screenshot of his Instagram comment and wrote: “Thank you everybody for supporting me on this fight with adidas Thank you Snoop and thank you to all my fans Your words are making a difference right now.”
Kanye West initially slammed his former business partners on social media, saying: “Anybody who loves Ye would not buy these fake Yeezys I never made these color ways I’m not getting paid off of them and adidas is suing me.
“All these celebrities and the public will stand against a T shirt or the color of my hat but when yall see me have my children hidden from me or see an actual Fortune 500 company rape one of your heroes in real life don’t nobody say nothing or do nothing.
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He added: “As far as the system goes What yall gone do now Take my album down again Freeze my accounts again Threaten people to not work with me again All the new non approved 350’s are cooorny.”
Producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins also criticized the company in support of Kanye, commenting: “@Adidas is WACK for this!!!!”
As did actor and comedian DeRay Davis, who said: “U heard yoda. these don’t exist.”
In a separate video, West said: “Let me explain really clearly what’s happening with adidas. ‘Cause not only are they putting out fake colorways that are not approved, they’re suing me for $250 million and they’re also not paying me for the shoes they’re putting out that have my name on it.
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“And they using contract clauses and 50 years of business experience to rape an artist. One of y’all favorite artists right in front of y’all in broad daylight.”
adidas terminated their lucrative Yeezy partnership with Kanye in October 2022 after the rapper made numerous antisemitic remarks, with the sportswear giant also freezing proceeds that were due to be paid to Kanye.
