Kanye West Likens Himself To Robin Hood, Drops Yeezy Merch To $20-Needs To Give It Away Free

Kanye West is evaluating himself to a Robin Hood character after reducing the value of all merch on his Yeezy retailer to only $20. 

On Sunday night (February 11), Ye took to Instagram to announce the transfer and his motivation behind it. West claims he needed GAP to present his Balenciaga collaboration to clients totally free, however the model refused to permit it.  

“I’m a little bit of a Robin Hood,” Kanye West explains in an interview snippet. “Folks can go and say, ‘OK. This multi billionaire went and spent $4 million on Balenciaga in a single yr.’ However did I deliver the designs again right down to earth? As a lot as I might, as a result of GAP didn’t take it to $20 the best way I needed to.” 

In response to Ye, the model needed to “defend the classism of the thought of Balenciaga and the thought of GAP. Or the thought of a Hole and Ye collaboration and Balenciaga collaboration.” He added, “Let’s take it and get it to free, however not less than get it to $20.” 

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Every thing in his retailer, together with all Vultures merch and his newly launched Yeezy Pods, are on sale for $20. Nevertheless, the transfer has angered followers who lately bought the sock-like sneakers on the authentic worth of $200.  

“Purchased them for $200 2 months in the past now they’re $20,” one fan wrote within the feedback of his video. “I’m sick.”  

It seems Kanye West is able to go on one other press run, regardless of the controversy that adopted after he made a string of antisemitic remarks in interviews and subsequent rants throughout his final Yeezy marketing campaign.  

Ye shared one other snippet from an upcoming interview with Justin LaBoy. Within the clip, Kanye West praises his Vultures collaborator Ty Dolla $ign. 

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The duo lately shared their new undertaking, though the discharge hit a bump within the highway, which noticed the undertaking quickly faraway from DSPs. Ozzy Osbourne lashed out at Ye on social media after studying Vultures Vol. 1 consists of an uncleared pattern of the Black Sabbath single “Iron Man.” 

“I need no affiliation with this man!” Ozzy declared whereas spouse Sharon branded Ye a “disrespectful antisemite” who “represents hate.”