The Cookout

[Nesut]

He shared a photo of the sportswear company’s $55 Adilette 22 sandals that sold out instantly upon release in May, which bear a resemblance in colorway and general feel to Ye’s $70 Yeezy Slides, which are also produced by Adidas.

In his lengthy caption, Ye calls out Adidas CEO Kasper Rørsted.

“To Kasper I’m not standing for this blatant copying no more,” he wrote.

“To all sneaker culture To every ball player rapper or even if you work at the store This is for everyone who wants to express themselves but feel they can’t cause they’ll loose their contract or be called crazy.”

“These shoes represent the disrespect that people in power have to the talent,” he concluded.

“This shoe is a fake Yeezy made by adidas themselves I’m not talking to DC about this either Kasper come talk to me Happy Monday.”

He has a point. They’ve been ripping off his designs since he got there. I wonder if the CEO will call.

 

[sourgrapes]

He has always been ripped off by companies. A lot of black creative minds are but they have a habit of ignorantly signing over their rights to these companies without realizing it. They need to lawyer up before signing anything. These white-owned companies will continue to rob black creative minds until they put their feet down.

That being said, I think these slides are ugly as hell lol I will stick with my basic puma slides.