American rapper Kanye West, who’s always the centre of controversies is once again making the headlines after he is banned by a number of brands, know if he’s removed from Yu-Gi-Oh
Many brands such as Adidas, Gap, Vogue and many others had cut their ties with the record producer following his recent anti-semitic remarks.
Following the news of brands cutting their ties with Kanye West, rumors started surfacing on Twitter, which has now flooded the platform.
Know Is Kanye West Really Banned By Yu-Gi-Oh As Anti-Semitic Comments Go Viral
The rumors which say that the game Yu-Gi-Oh has banned the songwriter too, had taken over the platform like storm.
For those who are unversed, let us tell you, Yu-Gi-Oh is an online game based Japanese manga series created by Kazuki Takahashi.
It is the latest company who has penalized the Praise God rapper. Though as they said, we shouldn’t believe everything that we see online.
So, here’s all the details about the recent rumors that have flooded the social media platform.
Is Kanye West Really Banned from Yu-Gi-Oh?
For those who are confused or wondering after seeing the trend on Twitter, let us remind you, the Gold Digger rapper has not been suspended by the Japanese manga based brand.
The rumor of these started swirling around Twitter when a user who goes by the name Francis Wolf shared an image revealing the Yu-Gi-Oh suspended persons.
The photograph shows the rapper’s Ye name at the top. However, the photo, which is now shared by many other users that says, West has been banned by the platform for “unsporting conduct severe” is fake.
The fake/edited photograph also noted that the rapper won’t be eligible for reinstatement of the platform until April 1 2057.
The real photograph of the Suspended Persons was actually last updated on August 31.
As of now, the platform hasn’t updated anything new on the suspension and the last list of Suspended Persons from the platform doesn’t actually have Ye’s name anywhere.
Twitter User’s Reaction
The clearly edited image which certainly fooled a ton of people is still shared by the users. Many had taken to the platform to express that the rapper had been banned.
Speaking about Kanye’s partnership, let us tell you something, although the Dark Fantasy fame musician isn’t suspended by the gaming platform but he has been dropped from most of his other collaborations.
The biggest one happens to be Adidas. The brand has been in collaboration with the rapper from 2015 and they have produced quite a number of styles of Yeezy shoes.
The brand’s recent statement about dropping their collaboration with Ye reads, “After a thorough review, the company has taken the decision to terminate the partnership with Ye immediately, end production of Yeezy branded products and stop all payments to Ye and his companies.”
The statement continued that they, “does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech” following “Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous”.
Not just Adidas but online clothing brand, Balenciaga has also cut their ties with the 45-year-old singer as they brand noted in their statement, “Balenciaga has no longer any relationship nor any plans for future projects related to this artist.”
The Creative Arts, Anna Wintour and Vogue have also severed their ties with the Bound 2 rapper as they revealed their desire to not to work with the musicians anymore.
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