JUST IN: Rams' Aaron Donald, Celtics' Jaylen Brown leave Kanye West's Donda Sports agency after rapper's repeated antisemitic statements
"The reason why I signed with Donda Sports, it represented education, it represented activism, disruption, it represented single-parent households, and a lot more people are involved in something like that," Brown said at the time. "A lot of people that I work with, work with their families, build love and respect for, spending time in the summer. A lot of people involved. That's what the organization from my vantage point from Donda Sports represented.
"I have always, and will always, continue to stand strongly against any antisemitism, hate speech, misrepresentation, and oppressive rhetoric of any kind," he said.with "immediate effect." Adidas partnered with West since 2013, when the company signed his brand away from rival Nike. In 2016, Adidas expanded its relationship with the musician, calling it "the most significant partnership ever created between a non-athlete and an athletic brand."
But Adidas put the "partnership under review" in early October after he wore a "White Lives Matter" T-shirt in public. The Anti-Defamation League categorizes the phrase as a "hate slogan" used by White supremacist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan. Recently, West said "I can say antisemitic s*** and Adidas cannot drop me," during a tirade against Jews on the Drink Champs Podcast. He also threatened on Twitter to "Go death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE."
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