Kanye West, who changed his name to Ye, lost an estimated $1.5 billion in business deals after Adidas dropped him and he was reportedly cancelled by Gap, Balenciaga and Def Jam Records as backlash for his remarks about Jewish people and power. Israeli President Isaac Herzog told CNN that he personally met with President Biden to persuade the White House to condemn Kanye/Ye. The ADL said it was pleased to have taken the lead in this pressure campaign. The rapper says his lawyer warned him that he could lose custody of his children. He says his Jewish trainer, Harley Pasternak, told him to “please apologize to my people” or else we will have you “institutionalized again where they medicate the crap out of you, and you go back to Zombieland forever. Playdate with the kids won’t be the same.”
