New boycott of Kanye West. After Gap, Adidas and Skechers, it is now Madame Tussauds in London that has decided to cut all ties with the American rapper, following his recent anti-Semitic statements.
This Wednesday, the British museum, famous for its collection of wax statues with the effigy of the greatest personalities, announced that it intended to remove the statue of Kanye West from its main exhibition to keep it in its reserve.
“The Kanye West statue has been removed from the attractions floor. Every personality deserves their place at Madame Tussauds London and we listen to our customers and the public about who they want to see or not see in our museum,” said a Madame Tussauds spokesperson. TussaudsLondon. Tussauds in the BBC.
This wax statue was installed in the museum’s permanent exhibition in 2015. The American rapper appeared there alongside a statue of his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian.
If Madame Tussauds has several museums around the world, especially in the United States, this statue of Kanye West was the only one of the artist to be exhibited by the cultural establishment.
wave of protests
The removal of this wax statue comes against a backdrop of a general boycott of the American rapper, who made anti-Semitic remarks in early October. On Instagram, Kanye West posted screenshots of a conversation with rapper Diddy, who criticized the “White Lives Matter” t-shirt the artist wore during Paris Fashion Week.
In the caption of his now-deleted post, Kanye West wrote, “I’ll use you as an example to show the Jews who told you to call me that no one can threaten me or influence me.”
The rapper then said on Twitter that he was going to attack Jews. A post that has since been removed by the social network for violating the platform’s rules. The artist’s Twitter and Instagram accounts have also been restricted.
Since then, many brands that collaborated with Kanye West (Gap, Adidas, Balenciaga…) have announced that they want to end their relationship with the rapper. A great loss for the interpreter of tied 2who notably saw his fortune drop to $400 million, thus losing his billionaire status, according to the magazine’s ranking Forbes.
Source: BFM TV
