PARIS —
Paris-based fashion house
Balenciaga has ended ties with rapper Kanye West
following a recent run of controversial statements, according to fashion news
site WWD.
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"Balenciaga has
no longer any relationship nor any plans for future projects related to this
artist," Balenciaga's parent company Kering told WWD.
It follows weeks of
particularly erratic behavior from West — now known as Ye.
He made a surprise
appearance earlier this month for his brand Yeezy at Paris Fashion Week,
sporting the controversial slogan "White Lives Matter", widely
considered a racist response to the
Black Lives Matter movement.
The 45-year-old artist
then lashed out on social media against former colleagues and friends and a
leading fashion journalist who criticized the move, including Kering boss
Bernard Arnault.
West had already
broken off his partnership with Gap last month, with both sides saying they
were no longer pulling in the same direction.
Adidas announced
earlier this month that it was putting its own tie-up with Kanye "under
review".
Balenciaga and Kering
did not respond to requests for comment from AFP.
Ye appeared as a model
in Balenciaga's most recent Paris show last month, wearing a military-style
outfit in a mud pit. Images of him from the show were no longer visible on the
Balenciaga website on Thursday.
The rapper has a
long-running relationship with Balenciaga's creative director Demna, and they
launched a tie-up line of clothing earlier this year.
The
rapper-turned-mogul has been open about having a bipolar disorder. A recent
Netflix documentary, Jeen-Yuhs, laid bare his ongoing mental health problems.
Ye's recent comments
led to his accounts on Twitter and Instagram being restricted.
Earlier this week, he
announced he was buying conservative social media platform Parler.
"In a world where
conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure
we have the right to freely express ourselves," he said.
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