Kanye West has made claims that adidas — with whom he parted ways amid a series of controversial remarks about the Jewish community back in 2022 — is suing him for more than he’s worth.
On Wednesday (January 31), the social media account of an Atlanta-based sneaker company shared a photograph of a Yeezy Pod to point out that the sizing doesn’t match the product’s proportions. The caption read: “So this what they mean when Size 3 fits size 10-13 in the Yzy Pod?”
Ye caught wind of this and messaged ATATF on Instagram to offer insight on all that he’s currently dealing with in the fashion space, revealing that his dispute with adidas is far from over. “I worked for a year on these and put them out myself,” he wrote. “[Michael] Jordan wanted to do his own brand and Nike threatened Footlocker to pull all they shoes out the stores. Adidas copied all my shit and treated me like shit.
“adidas is suing me for 4 billion dollars and selling my shoes without paying me and they said I misused the marketing fund when I am the marketing. That’s why they sent me the money in the first place. You have no idea how much work I’ve put in to everything we do.”
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Kanye West claims adidas are suing him for "$4 billion" in angry DM to sneaker critic pic.twitter.com/RYjWmFFbb5
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Last year, adidas abruptly dropped its $75 million lawsuit against the rapper and producer’s brand following a week of intense litigation. However, the company stated that it would continue its drive privately.
Prior to that, the German establishment was sued by investors over their Yeezy partnership with Kanye West, which began in 2013.
In the lawsuit, partners in the company said that adidas reportedly disregarded issues in their partnership with Ye by “generally alluding” to the risks “rather than stating that the company had actually considered ending the partnership as a result of West’s personal behavior.”
In early 2023, the Chicago native reached an agreement with adidas that would see the company unload the remaining designs in the Yeezy collection.
The new contract would allow the company to release and promote the existing product created under their previous deal with West. However, it did not make any provisions for a continuation of the collection.
Reports valued the remaining Yeezy X adidas products at approximately $500 million.
