A significant portion of the sales from Adidas's "Yeezy" brand shoes will be donated to anti-hate groups, the company said. Adidas hide caption
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A sign advertises Yeezy shoes made by Adidas at a store in Paramus, N.J., on Oct. 25, 2022. After cutting ties with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, Adidas now plans to sell its stock of unsold Yeezy shoes and donate the proceeds to charity. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Steven Smith and Kanye West speak on stage at the "Kanye West and Steven Smith in Conversation with Mark Wilson" on Nov. 7, 2019, in New York City. Brad Barket/Getty Images for Fast Company hide caption
Adidas announced on Tuesday it is severing its partnership with Ye in light of the rap superstar's anti-Semitic comments. Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images hide caption
Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. West, who goes by Ye, is ending the contract between his company Yeezy and the Gap. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption
Trevor Noah, Tony Bennett, Olivia Rodrigo and Jon Batiste are all people to keep your eye on Sunday night, all for different reasons. Kevin Winter; Joseph Prezioso; Matt Winkelmeyer; Rich Fury/Getty Images hide caption
Clubhouse launched in March of 2020, just in time for lockdown orders. Now, other tech companies are rushing to make Clubhouse clones. Sheldon Cooper/Sheldon Cooper/Getty Images hide caption
A memorial mural of musician Leonard Cohen in downtown Montreal. AFP Contributor/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Kanye West and Kid Cudi's debut joint album Kids See Ghosts is perhaps the strongest of the albums West has produced and released in 2018. Jason Kempin/Getty Images hide caption
Kanye West's eighth studio album Ye has arrived. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
"We made the soundtrack for those who are the purist in everybody," Pusha says. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images hide caption
Kanye West surprised everyone -- including the U.N. -- by tweeting about the organization's sustainable development goals. Chris Pizzello/AP hide caption
Rapper Kanye West and President-elect Donald Trump met in 2016 at Trump Tower in New York. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Kanye West's recent life-coach-like Twitter activity is out of character for the infamously polarizing rapper. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images hide caption
West's Saint Pablo tour featured a suspended stage over the crowds. West is pictured here at a show in Chicago. Rob Grabowski/Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP hide caption
Chance The Rapper performs in October 2015, in New York City. Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for vitaminwater hide caption
Chance The Rapper's 'Coloring Book' Reveals Shades Of Gospel
"There had never even been a Canadian DJ that made it to the finals, period," says Alain Macklovitch, aka A-Trak. "And I came in and I won." Kenneth Cappello/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Before Leaping Onto Kanye's Records, A-Trak Forged A Career From Scratch
Actor Mike Myers (left) and rapper Kanye West are seen in footage from a 2005 NBC television special as part of relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina. During the program, West commented that “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” NBC hide caption