NEW YORK (AP) — A finished documentary about the American rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been shelved amid his string of anti-Semitic comments.
MRC studio executives Modi Wiczyk, Asif Satchu and Scott Tenley said in a memo on Monday: “We can’t do any content that amplifies your platform. “
West, who legally replaced his call to Ye, was recently banned from posting anti-Semitic posts on Twitter and Instagram that social media said violated his policies. beast. ” Earlier this month, he was criticized for wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt at the unveiling of his new collection at Paris Fashion Week.
Wiczyk and Satchu are co-founders and co-CEOs of MRC Entertainment. Tenley is the commercial director. The archiving of the documentary comes just days after French fashion space Balenciaga severed ties with the rapper, according to Women’s Wear Daily. Adidas also faces pressure to break its relationship with West.
In their long note, Wiczyk, Satchu and Tenley delve into anti-Semitism.
“Kanye is a music maker and sampler. Last week, he sampled and remixed an ancient clue that marked more than 3,000 years: the lie that Jews are evil and conspire in the world for their own benefit. This song was performed acapella in tiempo. de the pharaohs, Babylon and Rome, have become acoustic with The Spanish Inquisition and Russia’s Pale of Settlement, and Hitler took the electric song. Kanye has now helped integrate it into the age of fashion,” they wrote.
West’s skills agency, CAA, also dropped it. Monday’s news and the discarded documentary come after UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer condemned West in a company-wide memo denouncing anti-Semitism. West, in short, a consumer who returned to CAA after a year.
Others in Hollywood, besides West’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian and other members of the family circle, also condemned anti-Semitism. Protesters on a Los Angeles overpass unfurled a banner praising the rapper on Saturday.
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