Kanye West Drops Off Billionaire’s List After Adidas Cuts Ties: Forbes

Kanye West Drops Off Billionaire’s List After Adidas Cuts Ties: Forbes
Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 9, 2020. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Tom Ozimek
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Kanye West has dropped off the Forbes list of billionaires after Adidas cut ties with the businessman rapper over comments he made on social media that have been called offensive and antisemitic.

West, whose legal name is Ye, had an estimated net worth approaching $2 billion before Adidas announced in a press release it was terminating its partnership with him “immediately.”
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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