- Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, released a video on YouTube appearing to show him in a heated conversation with Adidas executives about their Yeezy partnership.
- He seems to show them porn and says they've "done wrong" by him by stealing his ideas, he says.
A new self-made documentary from Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, appears to give an inside look at heated talks between the rapper and Adidas executives about their Yeezy partnership, which is currently under review.
A 30-minute video called "Last Week" released Monday seemingly shows a conversation between West and Adidas employees in which he shows them a pornographic video and accuses the company of stealing his ideas.
In part of the video, West is seen sitting with four men, whose faces are blurred, and he shows them porn on his phone.
One of the men asks, "Is this a porn movie?" When West says it is, the man responds, "Jesus Christ."
West points out a similarity between one of the actor's voices and one of the men's voices. The video cuts a few times before West says, "You guys have done wrong by the company, by the business, and by the partnership."
It's not immediately clear from the documentary why West wanted to show the video to the other men.
One of the four men, who seems to be a member of West's team, also chimes in. "What you're feeling right now is extreme discomfort, and that is exactly the point," he says. "When someone steals this man's ideas, his creations, it's like you're stealing a child. These are all children of his mind, and you've kidnapped them."
"There are Yeezy-inspired derivatives that are making significant revenue because people can't tell the difference because it's so inspired," the man continues. "If someone stole Stella's designs, you would be extremely upset." (Adidas has a partnership with British fashion designer Stella McCartney.)
The conversation appears to have taken place last month, as the man points out West's termination of his partnership with Gap "yesterday." West had sent a letter to Gap in mid-September saying he was ending their working relationship.
"We terminated the Gap relationship, and they knew they did wrong," the man said. "You guys know you did wrong, and your spirit of saying, 'We can get to a place to live with your ask,' that's the starting point of the conversation."
At this point, one of the Adidas executives responds, "I would also recognize that we can certainly do a lot better in the way we work with you."
Later in the conversation, West says to the Adidas representatives, "I'm not arguing about money with people broker than me, I'm not arguing about ideas with people with lesser ideas than me."
The release of West's documentary comes just days after Adidas said its partnership with him was "under review."
The company said Friday that their partnership is "one of the most successful collaborations" in the history of the industry.
However, they added, "We also recognize that all successful partnerships are rooted in mutual respect and shared values. After repeated efforts to privately resolve the situation, we have taken the decision to place the partnership under review. We will continue to co-manage the current product during this period."
In September, West had said he planned to "go it alone" after his contracts with Adidas and Gap expire. His contract with Adidas is up in 2026, and his contract with Gap expires in 2030.
Over the weekend, West made headlines by making a short-lived return to Twitter, posting an antisemitic message saying he was "going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE." His account was locked shortly after because the message violated Twitter's policies.