Kanye West rocked Nike apparel at Milan Fashion Week amid his dispute with Adidas.
The 46-year-old rapper was spotted wearing Nike shoes and gloves alongside his scantily-clad wife Bianca Cesori during the Marni show on Friday.
Dressed in an all-black leather ensemble, the Flashing Lights hitmaker modeled the brand’s black high tops and black gloves featuring its iconic white swoosh symbol.
His partnership with Adidas, thought to be nearly as lucrative as Nike’s decades-long partnership with Michael Jordan, ended almost two years ago amid his antisemitic rants, discontinuing Kanye’s lucrative line of Yeezy shoes.
In a statement at that time, Adidas said it ‘does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech.’
Kanye West rocked Nike apparel alongside his wife Bianca Censori at Milan Fashion Week amid his dispute with Adidas .
Kanye shows off his Nike sneakers alongside Renzo Rosso
For weeks prior to his rupture with the sneaker company, Kanye had made antisemetic comments in interviews and social media, including an October Twitter post in which he said he would soon go ‘death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,’ an apparent reference to the U.S. defense readiness condition scale known as DEFCON.
Executives estimated that Adidas held $1.3 billion worth of Yeezy inventory when it broke off its partnership. The company has begun to sell them off in limited batches.
The outing comes after Kanye was ridiculed for his Yeezy sock shoes, the first release independent from Adidas after the firm cut ties.
The backlash caused Kanye to launch a series of unfounded claims on social media, saying: ‘Adidas copied all my s**t and treated me like s**t. 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.’
The kerfuffle comes after insiders claimed Kanye and Bianca’s relationship has improved ‘drastically’ – thanks to the very lucrative success of Kanye’s latest album, Vultures.
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DailyMail.com previously revealed that the pair, who tied the knot in December 2022, had a huge fight after Bianca warned the rapper not to make anti-Semitic slurs at a listening event for his album earlier this month.
The couple’s huge blow out was said to be the reason behind her no show at his New York event and after-party on February 9, with sources now revealing that their relationship ‘was hanging on by a thread’, claiming that Bianca had started ‘to question everything.’
‘She knows [what] everyone thinks of her husband – and his recent outbursts were causing her to question everything,’ an insider told DailyMail.com exclusively.
‘But then, all of a sudden, his album is a success and she is back to being a loving adoring and supportive wife.’
The source explained how dire things had been in recent months, adding: ‘Kanye and Bianca’s marriage was hanging on by a thread. Everyone in her life wants her to leave him and she is aware of this.’
However, Bianca’s apparent change of heart has reportedly left her loved ones fearing the designer is only staying in the marriage for financial reasons – views that were only further fueled when Kanye revealed that his brand, Yeezy, had made $19.3million from a Super Bowl advert.
Kanye rocked Adidas apparel in 2017
Bianca went braless in the incredibly revealing garment which also featured a waist strap
The beauty also showcased a new hairstyle as she sported a dark black bob while cosying up to her husband at the event
Kanye, 46, sported a black jacket and matching trousers as he shared a kiss with Bianca while they posed for the cameras
Putting on a leggy display in a pair of pink boots, Bianca joined her husband in the front row during the show
Bianca showcased her jaw-dropping figure in the very revealing outfit
Bianca ensured all eyes were on her at the show with her daring look
‘To her friends and family, this just screams what her real motivation behind all of this is – his money,’ the insider said.
‘They are now in a partnership and she has made a fortune herself due to all of the work she has done for her husband – as an architect for his brand and a model.’
They added: ‘No one doubts that she loves him because she does.But the dynamics of their marriage definitely improved drastically due to the success of his album and the massive new influx of wealth is has brought.’
DailyMail.com contacted representatives for the couple for comment.
The couple’s financial health was looking less promising last week when Kanye, who now goes by Ye, claimed he was ‘two months away’ from declaring bankruptcy after reportedly losing $2billion in one day when Adidas terminated its partnership with Yeezy.
The rapper famously lost his billionaire status in 2022 when a number of brands ended his lucrative contracts over his anti-Semitic outbursts and were outraged over his decision to promote White Lives Matter T-shirts at his Paris Fashion Week show.
Last week saw Kanye explained to fans that he poured ‘everything I had’ into his $7million Super Bowl advert for his fashion brand and his new album, Vultures.
‘I’m just be honest with y’all. I was two months from going bankrupt, and I put everything I had into it [the album and the Super Bowl advert],’ he told TMZ.
The couple were all smiles as they took their seats
Kanye was seen whispering into Bianca’s ear
Kanye said as his wealth began to plummet, he moved to Italy with his wife.
‘We moved to Italy,’ he said. ‘We moved to the factories, and we survived. We survived through the cancellation. We’re back number one.’
Last Thursday afternoon, the rapper’s new album – which his daughter North posted about in a now-deleted TikTok – was removed from Apple Music and iTunes, where the song Carnival had held the No. 1 slot on the Top 100: Global chart.
The move was revealed amid reports the distributor was working to remove it from all streaming services after Kanye reportedly uploaded it to various platforms without permission, according to Billboard.
The album – which went on to reach number one in 100 countries – was first hit with streaming issues last week when Spotify removed the track Good (Don’t Die) due to claims of ‘copyright infringement’ made by Donna Summer’s estate.
As of now, the album continues to be accessible on Spotify, however, the track Good (Don’t Die) is currently not available to play.
Vultures Volume 1 marks the initial installment in a planned trilogy. Following this, the second and third projects are scheduled for release in March and April, respectively.
Before the album was released, Kanye was reportedly left fuming after the livestream from a listening event at Chicago ‘s United Center cut out when he spewed the lyrics: ‘And I’m still crazy, bipolar, anti-Semite / And I’m still the king.’
Sources previously claimed Bianca urged Kanye to apologize for any offence caused by his numerous anti-Semitic comments. He wrote it out in Hebrew and shared to his Instragram
Bianca is said to have warned him about singing the problematic lyrics, and as a result refused to attend the scheduled events in New York the following night.
Back in December, Bianca reportedly pushed her husband to apologize to the Jewish community – as she was ‘tired’ of having to ‘babysit’ him and feared his behavior was putting them in danger.
‘She told him that his recent behavior was unacceptable and that he needs to apologize because he was putting them in danger and setting a horrible example for his children,’ a source told DailyMail.com at the time.
‘Bianca is really sick of his attention seeking and she knows that this is not who he truly is, but it is making her look like she is anti-Semitic which is so far from the truth.
‘She has many Jewish friends who she loves dearly and he knows this.’
Kanye acknowledged his behavior on Instagram, telling his 19 million followers in Hebrew: ‘I deeply regret any pain I may have caused.’
His apology came after a string of unhinged and offensive outbursts, which included his anti-Semitic lyrics in Dubai and praising Hitler at a listening party in Sin City in December.