Kanye West is at it again.
Although he agreed to a settlement with adidas in October, he’s still angry at some of the brand’s alleged tactics.
On Tuesday, (Jan. 7), the Yeezy founder took to Instagram to share his lingering issues with the company.
“When you google Yeezy.com the adidas site comes before the Yeezy site Members at adidas,” his caption read. “Stop doing this. Stop doing your moves to hold me back. Our partnership is done. You’re a 60-billion-dollar company that froze my accounts. “
“I’m back on my feet (no pun intended) and I’m not going to stand for this (no pun again). I did phenomenal work for you guys and because I stood up for myself,” his post continued. “Yall tried to intimidate and oppress me. Everyone remembers I had major issues with adidas because of design theft and oppression before “the tweet.”
West also said he was the “bigger man” for supporting Jerry Lorenzo. He appeared at his 2023 Fear of God show at the Hollywood Bowl while he was on bad terms with adidas. He described Lorenzo as “corny” and “disloyal” for continuing to work with the brand.
“Side note, yall know Jerry was corny and disloyal for doing work with adidas after the way they handled things. I still showed up to his show that was a copy of my Hollywood Bowl show. Being the so-called bigger man but I’m never doing that again for no one,” he continued.
“It’s Yeezy over everything. Everyone that ever took a picture next to me that had their own clothing lines and agendas, everyone knows they were acting like they were my friends to promote their weak ass fake Yeezy lines,” he added. “They never wanted to truly work for the king.”
In October 2024, West and Adidas settled out of court with no payments exchanged. Per the terms of the arrangement, both parties withdrew all claims, ending their very public legal battle, Adidas CEO Bjørn Gulden noted.
The lucrative partnerships came to a halt in 2022 after West used anti-Semitic language on social media.
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