![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/WREBTMY47JQKM4JXYCOCJDYOY4.jpg?smart=true&auth=4ecadc744726f99a3c52de5bd8cde00299140ebdfe1e9f69fa85edba37742b64&width=400&height=225)
He arrives for a benefit concert at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2016. EPA
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/N3X5DJEBSLRMRKJEEBYJB2RUZ4.jpg?smart=true&auth=a7d8e7beea530727e9e4b5606f2493389dd9ed26ad5d9214d761feb205e2b0c3&width=400&height=225)
Kanye West has been in the news after he made a series of anti-Semitic comments. Adidas has severed ties with the rapper. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/5RXBN4OICZIA742PIJ4LR6G73Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=3d1afb3ac4e264eae86f333bc290b7d0ad78f45d1b0844906ae0939aab8c1083&width=400&height=225)
West at the BET Awards 2022 in Los Angeles in June. Reuters
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/X4XNVONLYGD3GU4DABIWZD7UY4.jpg?smart=true&auth=913c7dbf386d431365e464dd8e87346803e02351fc29b5b70e9086a73a8b26bd&width=400&height=225)
The rapper at the Givenchy spring/summer 2023 fashion show in Paris in October. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/BCOLLO6UDQE5HX7BBBQJ6WVQGM.jpg?smart=true&auth=4796ffd9b10848ee43fc561e072b8967ed033bd0ac7723a85420cf9c9a1732f3&width=400&height=225)
West performs at Rolling Loud New York at Citi Field in September. Getty Images / AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/I6342SHDD6GSWWEVXLOLHJIMXE.jpg?smart=true&auth=eff7a770870b85bad0949d2121e22e92a556248a98f13587abb6d2e7e908e7bf&width=400&height=225)
With his former wife Kim Kardashian at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards in 2019. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/772RKCOWY6MNUQHJDHIS4YLZTY.jpg?smart=true&auth=07a9d1fe2389ce43fd0f7cf98619d8151c46d1527c6af0b177841c974a9efff6&width=400&height=225)
West on stage at the Coachella festival in California in 2019. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/34KNMPO5XWRTTI2BQP3F6QE2VY.jpg?smart=true&auth=0c8a1da98a6d7adb09ce0bcac4adf337db114515e6dfb012f70b35f57ea0e7ea&width=400&height=225)
The rapper holds a rally for his presidential bid in North Charleston, South Carolina, in July 2020. Reuters
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YSHRVRVEDJGH62ICSUXL4DI5TQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=3c42f60d8177fc5b6cc1406d2fd134f9a6ddeb288f642f1d5ddd6929dd563dd8&width=400&height=225)
West wears a Make America Great Again cap to meet president Donald Trump in the White House in 2018. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/O2YYKU67GACLUQ56BJQD74BAR4.jpg?smart=true&auth=622f4efa30595015c1053fa551e086770e2913224d37e889508243fd3122e5fc&width=400&height=225)
He watches basketball team the Golden State Warriors play the Boston Celtics in March. Photo: USA Today Sports
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/JCLJB3PD2FDVDPHXJ5GGTVZ4QE.jpg?smart=true&auth=6ede97bcbfc4fa6b4c4cab4e21268f35b99506b0f8e39c5b804f179fd0904c5e&width=400&height=225)
With Kim Kardashian and basketball player J Cole at the 69th NBA All-Star Game in Chicago in 2020. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/US7QKZBGF6YBNWGHI675JIMEC4.jpg?smart=true&auth=e80e2fecd7e3be056d79f5227d88d017e17f75979596ffb1e36e08cc436356a8&width=400&height=225)
West and Julia Fox, who briefly dated him after his split with Kim Kardashian, at Paris Fashion Week. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/GDZSWAW6LVFH65P7KQR5XHLVBM.jpg?smart=true&auth=282ba20b37eceb82bc877fbcd2e1f51321dfdd63386ccffa5a3e7ee3abf90601&width=400&height=225)
The rapper performs during the closing ceremony for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/SXZOG3JUCCSSOQCL77Q5GID4BU.jpg?smart=true&auth=9e10389134417557be6e48e7a98e3531a9ece69f0565ff84e2aa38ea1404fbf7&width=400&height=225)
West and Kim Kardashian with Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni in Entebbe. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/O27BYXBTBJJZOIZMB2MLQ2EGLI.jpg?smart=true&auth=cc5da7fb6500ad6693e395bf67a9b8ebc0c91b7a1123776efaf0e35be209619a&width=400&height=225)
He was a Trump supporter. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/3INJ4AEPPLJIVKVKW7VT44UGCU.jpg?smart=true&auth=6e798931f3ee04e3b60d74f0fc22a8f8424d2ee9d6bab1c402f56f265778fb75&width=400&height=225)
West on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in Los Angeles. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YXPUNP3AQ5J7QRCYKAS4V2TSXE.jpg?smart=true&auth=b2ba35dd9cae02a95631987ed1d0fd9b31115e5e78cb562aa05e61deff16ae5c&width=400&height=225)
He performs at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, in 2010. Rich-Joseph Facun / The National
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/U6N54P2MR2LWKPWS3YPACBWZ3A.jpg?smart=true&auth=3ad72ef9c8ff03516707209692feffe675a0c40560e1a785830f5e6c74d496df&width=400&height=225)
Running for president in North Charleston. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/XBJCMAFYOZD7DHWKTYQF74R6YU.jpg?smart=true&auth=a6fa1320f884525296f202fb729989f47e5fd1abb64f61fe812d45f12b5244f9&width=400&height=225)
West takes the mic from singer Taylor Swift as she accepts an MTV Video Music Award 2009. He said Beyonce should have won instead. AP Photo
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/2DXEL7IEGBEQLOZR2FIKAQU6PQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=3faafd82f630696b3ed33e062ff0355058fe952bf2dea66fb0d5c0facf65a38c&width=400&height=225)
The rapper with his mother Donda in 2007. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/WREBTMY47JQKM4JXYCOCJDYOY4.jpg?smart=true&auth=4ecadc744726f99a3c52de5bd8cde00299140ebdfe1e9f69fa85edba37742b64&width=400&height=225)
He arrives for a benefit concert at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2016. EPA
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/N3X5DJEBSLRMRKJEEBYJB2RUZ4.jpg?smart=true&auth=a7d8e7beea530727e9e4b5606f2493389dd9ed26ad5d9214d761feb205e2b0c3&width=400&height=225)
Kanye West has been in the news after he made a series of anti-Semitic comments. Adidas has severed ties with the rapper. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/5RXBN4OICZIA742PIJ4LR6G73Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=3d1afb3ac4e264eae86f333bc290b7d0ad78f45d1b0844906ae0939aab8c1083&width=400&height=225)
West at the BET Awards 2022 in Los Angeles in June. Reuters
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/X4XNVONLYGD3GU4DABIWZD7UY4.jpg?smart=true&auth=913c7dbf386d431365e464dd8e87346803e02351fc29b5b70e9086a73a8b26bd&width=400&height=225)
The rapper at the Givenchy spring/summer 2023 fashion show in Paris in October. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/BCOLLO6UDQE5HX7BBBQJ6WVQGM.jpg?smart=true&auth=4796ffd9b10848ee43fc561e072b8967ed033bd0ac7723a85420cf9c9a1732f3&width=400&height=225)
West performs at Rolling Loud New York at Citi Field in September. Getty Images / AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/I6342SHDD6GSWWEVXLOLHJIMXE.jpg?smart=true&auth=eff7a770870b85bad0949d2121e22e92a556248a98f13587abb6d2e7e908e7bf&width=400&height=225)
With his former wife Kim Kardashian at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards in 2019. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/772RKCOWY6MNUQHJDHIS4YLZTY.jpg?smart=true&auth=07a9d1fe2389ce43fd0f7cf98619d8151c46d1527c6af0b177841c974a9efff6&width=400&height=225)
West on stage at the Coachella festival in California in 2019. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/34KNMPO5XWRTTI2BQP3F6QE2VY.jpg?smart=true&auth=0c8a1da98a6d7adb09ce0bcac4adf337db114515e6dfb012f70b35f57ea0e7ea&width=400&height=225)
The rapper holds a rally for his presidential bid in North Charleston, South Carolina, in July 2020. Reuters
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YSHRVRVEDJGH62ICSUXL4DI5TQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=3c42f60d8177fc5b6cc1406d2fd134f9a6ddeb288f642f1d5ddd6929dd563dd8&width=400&height=225)
West wears a Make America Great Again cap to meet president Donald Trump in the White House in 2018. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/O2YYKU67GACLUQ56BJQD74BAR4.jpg?smart=true&auth=622f4efa30595015c1053fa551e086770e2913224d37e889508243fd3122e5fc&width=400&height=225)
He watches basketball team the Golden State Warriors play the Boston Celtics in March. Photo: USA Today Sports
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/JCLJB3PD2FDVDPHXJ5GGTVZ4QE.jpg?smart=true&auth=6ede97bcbfc4fa6b4c4cab4e21268f35b99506b0f8e39c5b804f179fd0904c5e&width=400&height=225)
With Kim Kardashian and basketball player J Cole at the 69th NBA All-Star Game in Chicago in 2020. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/US7QKZBGF6YBNWGHI675JIMEC4.jpg?smart=true&auth=e80e2fecd7e3be056d79f5227d88d017e17f75979596ffb1e36e08cc436356a8&width=400&height=225)
West and Julia Fox, who briefly dated him after his split with Kim Kardashian, at Paris Fashion Week. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/GDZSWAW6LVFH65P7KQR5XHLVBM.jpg?smart=true&auth=282ba20b37eceb82bc877fbcd2e1f51321dfdd63386ccffa5a3e7ee3abf90601&width=400&height=225)
The rapper performs during the closing ceremony for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/SXZOG3JUCCSSOQCL77Q5GID4BU.jpg?smart=true&auth=9e10389134417557be6e48e7a98e3531a9ece69f0565ff84e2aa38ea1404fbf7&width=400&height=225)
West and Kim Kardashian with Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni in Entebbe. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/O27BYXBTBJJZOIZMB2MLQ2EGLI.jpg?smart=true&auth=cc5da7fb6500ad6693e395bf67a9b8ebc0c91b7a1123776efaf0e35be209619a&width=400&height=225)
He was a Trump supporter. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/3INJ4AEPPLJIVKVKW7VT44UGCU.jpg?smart=true&auth=6e798931f3ee04e3b60d74f0fc22a8f8424d2ee9d6bab1c402f56f265778fb75&width=400&height=225)
West on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in Los Angeles. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YXPUNP3AQ5J7QRCYKAS4V2TSXE.jpg?smart=true&auth=b2ba35dd9cae02a95631987ed1d0fd9b31115e5e78cb562aa05e61deff16ae5c&width=400&height=225)
He performs at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, in 2010. Rich-Joseph Facun / The National
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/U6N54P2MR2LWKPWS3YPACBWZ3A.jpg?smart=true&auth=3ad72ef9c8ff03516707209692feffe675a0c40560e1a785830f5e6c74d496df&width=400&height=225)
Running for president in North Charleston. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/XBJCMAFYOZD7DHWKTYQF74R6YU.jpg?smart=true&auth=a6fa1320f884525296f202fb729989f47e5fd1abb64f61fe812d45f12b5244f9&width=400&height=225)
West takes the mic from singer Taylor Swift as she accepts an MTV Video Music Award 2009. He said Beyonce should have won instead. AP Photo
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/2DXEL7IEGBEQLOZR2FIKAQU6PQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=3faafd82f630696b3ed33e062ff0355058fe952bf2dea66fb0d5c0facf65a38c&width=400&height=225)
The rapper with his mother Donda in 2007. Getty Images
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/WREBTMY47JQKM4JXYCOCJDYOY4.jpg?smart=true&auth=4ecadc744726f99a3c52de5bd8cde00299140ebdfe1e9f69fa85edba37742b64&width=400&height=225)
He arrives for a benefit concert at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2016. EPA
Kanye West: Adidas launches probe into misconduct allegations against Ye
Dozens of former staff have detailed incidents of inappropriate behaviour by the rapper
Reuters
25 November, 2022
- Listen In English
- Listen In Arabic