Kanye West Busted After Demanding Louis Vuitton Boycott

Written By S. Samuel

Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West may have played himself after demanding New York fans to boycott high-end fashion line Louis Vuitton by being spotted with some LV gear this week.

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Photos of Mr. West and fiancée Kim Kardashian with Louis Vuitton luggage have surfaced online.

He recently called on his fans to boycott Louis Vuitton after being snubbed by the firm’s vice-president Yves Carcelle. However, someone clearly didn’t get the memo as Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s staff were spotted loading the couple’s luggage into a car in New York on Tuesday and a LV tote bag and suitcase were among the belongings. It is unclear if the luggage belongs to Kanye or his fiancé but after the rapper’s outburst against the brand, it is surprising the two items weren’t immediately banished. (Daily Mail)

Yesterday, reports of Mr. West calling out Louis Vuitton and asking for a temporary boycott hit the ‘net.

Kanye West just ordered all of New York City to stop buying Louis Vuitton … STAT! Kanye was on 92.3 NOW radio station moments ago when he handed down the edict, saying, “Everybody in New York City right now, don’t buy any Louis Vuitton until after January.” Kanye says he’s trying to make a point to the head of Louis Vuitton, Yves Carcelle, who refused to meet with the rapper the last time he was in Paris. Kanye’s point … Yeezy’s got power and influence … and he’s using it to teach Frenchie a lesson. FYI, Kanye’s been on an anti-fashion crusade recently, claiming the world’s top designers have essentially blackballed him from the industry because he’s a black rapper. The crosses Yeezus has to bear. (TMZ)

A day prior, Kanye credited Adidas for allowing him to collect royalties to provide for his family over ex-business partner Nike.

“I gotta get my money up to another level because it ain’t on Jay Z level,” Kanye said in an interview. “It ain’t on Diddy level yet. … The old me, without a daughter, might have taken the Nike deal because I just love Nike so much, blah blah blah. But the new me, with a daughter, takes the Adidas deal because I have royalties and I have to provide for my family. Whatever’s official, non-official, what y’all are gonna see is I am going to be the Tupac of product. It ain’t no Tupac of rap except for Tupac. … My designs are based on what I grew up on in hip-hop. My references be like, ‘Girl shaped like Kim.’ Not these skinny, trying to look like a boy-type models that they try to put on the runway in fashion. My reference is Nas and Mobb Deep. … I’m gonna be the first hip-hop designer and because of that, I’m going to be bigger than Wal-Mart.” (“The Angie Martinez Show”)

In a weekend rant, West dug into Nike’s politics and admitted being looked down upon by its executives.

Just a few days removed from calling out Nike CEO Mark Parker, Kanye West is back it again. This time, during an open dialogue at the Madison Square Garden stop of the Yeezus tour this weekend, Kanye showed signs of a deeper rift between him and the Swoosh, as well as hinted at a new deal to be announced as early as Monday. “They try to act like people ain’t line up for the Yeezys,” he said, going on to drop names like designer Hedi Slimane, LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, and Kering Corporation head Francois Pinault. “Mark Parker tried to son me. Yes. Son me because I am the sun and I will shine bright. And when I don’t have as much money as a billionaire and when I don’t have the factories that, that dude has over there, what I do have is my voice. Ain’t no corporation that can take me away from my voice and I’m going to scream at the top of my motherfucking mountain as loud as I want. Anything I want. Whenever I want. Is that crazy? So I’m going to make the announcement on Monday with the corporation that finally let me get an opportunity to create.” (Complex)

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Steven Samuel is the co-founder of SOHH.com.

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