It’s often difficult to renounce one’s idols, but pressure is building in favor of media and brands severing their associations with Kanye West, who confirmed in recent days that he still adores President Trump, and, as he told TMZ Live on Tuesday, thinks “slavery was a choice.”
CNN reported on Thursday that the hosts of Detroit radio station 105.1 The Bounce’s morning show announced they won’t be playing Kanye’s song any longer. The hosts, Shay Shay and BiGG, said, “We are over it. We don’t want to hear Kanye’s music, we don’t want to play Kanye on our show, we don’t want to talk about Kanye anymore.”
Shortly after Kanye’s appearance on TMZ Live, Care2 created a petition demanding that Adidas drop its sportswear partnership wth Kanye West. In response, Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted told Bloomberg on Thursday saying the company would do no such thing. “We neither comment or speculate on every single comment that our external creators are making,” said Rorsted, adding, “Kanye has been and is a very important part of our strategy and has been a fantastic creator. And that’s why I’m going to leave it. I’m not going to comment on every comment that he or someone else is making.”