Kanye West moved from producing for other artists to a solo recording career, fashion partnerships with Adidas and Gap, and a 2020 presidential run, and legally became Ye in 2021. His 2022 statements ended major business partnerships, and later apologies, entry bans and a 2026 return to stadium concerts followed.
As of 2 November 2026, Ye was scheduled to perform at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on 7 November, according to the venue's announcement reported by FOX 4, with a Phoenix date on 21 November listed by KPRC Click2Houston. Whether the scheduled 31 October Houston concert took place has not been verified here.
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Jay-Z's album The Blueprint was released with Kanye West among its producers. A guest essay published by the Library of Congress, which added the album to the National Recording Registry, credits West with the production of Izzo (H.O.V.A.).
Def Jam released The College Dropout, West's debut solo album. The Recording Academy says the album brought his first Grammy awards, including Best Rap Album.
During an NBC benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina victims, West criticised the relief response, the Associated Press and Reuters reported. NBC said he departed from the scripted comments prepared for him and that his opinions did not reflect the networks' views.
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West took the microphone while Taylor Swift accepted Best Female Video and said Beyonce's video was one of the best ever made, the Associated Press reported. The crowd booed, and West later apologised to Swift on his blog.
West married Kim Kardashian on 24 May 2014. Kardashian filed for divorce in February 2021, and on 29 November 2022 the couple submitted agreed terms in Los Angeles Superior Court for a judge's approval, the Associated Press reported.
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Adidas says the presentation of Yeezy Season 1 in February 2015 established West and the company as partners. In June 2016 Adidas announced an expanded partnership covering retail stores and performance products.
Accepting the Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards, presented by Taylor Swift, West told the audience he planned a presidential run.
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West met President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York for about 15 minutes, Reuters reported. West wrote that he wanted to discuss multicultural issues. Trump described their relationship to reporters.
West spoke with reporters alongside President Trump in the Oval Office before a private lunch, the Associated Press reported. He talked about social policy and his support for Trump, and spoke against stop and frisk policing.
Gap announced a Yeezy clothing line expected in its stores and online in 2021, with royalties and potential equity for Yeezy tied to sales.
West announced on Twitter that he was running for president, FOX and USA Today reported.
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The Oklahoma State Election Board said West had qualified for its general election ballot as an independent. The same week a committee named Kanye 2020 filed Statement of Organization paperwork with the Federal Election Commission listing his party affiliation as BDY, USA Today reported. FOX 6 reported a statement of candidacy filed on 16 July.
A filing records a party's position. It is not by itself a finding.
The Federal Election Commission's compilation of official results records 70,296 votes for West nationwide, under labels including Independent and The Birthday Party.
A Los Angeles judge, Michelle Williams Court, granted West's August 2021 petition to change his name from Kanye Omari West to Ye, with no middle or last name, the Associated Press reported. The petition cited personal reasons. Los Angeles Superior Court confirmed the approval to CBS News.
West's attorney Nicholas Gravante said West was terminating the Gap collaboration over what he called Gap's substantial noncompliance. Gap did not immediately respond, Retail Dive reported.
In October 2022 West wore a White Lives Matter T-shirt at his Paris show and posted messages about Jewish people that the Associated Press described as antisemitic. Twitter and Instagram suspended him over posts they said violated their policies. AP reported that he later apologised to the Jewish community on a podcast.
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Studio MRC said on 24 October that it was shelving a completed documentary about West, and talent agency CAA dropped him, the Associated Press reported. Music Business Worldwide attributed the CAA report to a person with knowledge of the situation. Balenciaga's parent Kering had told Women's Wear Daily the previous week that the brand no longer had any relationship with him.
Adidas ended its partnership with West immediately, stopping Yeezy production and payments, and said it expected a hit of up to 250 million euros to 2022 net income. Gap said the same day it was removing Yeezy Gap products from its stores and had shut down YeezyGap.com.
Parler's parent Parlement Technologies said it and Ye had agreed to end the planned sale of the platform, which they had announced in October, Reuters reported. The company said the decision had been made in mid November in the interest of both parties.
Twitter owner Elon Musk said West's account would be suspended after he posted an image combining a swastika and the Star of David. The suspension followed an interview in which West praised Hitler, Al Jazeera reported.
West posted an apology in Hebrew on Instagram addressed to the Jewish community, the Associated Press reported. The Anti-Defamation League called it a possible first step, while the American Jewish Committee criticised its use of untranslated Hebrew.
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Adidas says it initiated arbitration against West and entities he controls in 2022, and that the defendants filed counterclaims. According to its annual report, the parties settled the dispute in July 2024 and withdrew their respective claims. The disclosure does not describe the settlement's terms.
A settlement is not by itself an admission of wrongdoing.
Shopify took down Yeezy.com after the site offered only a T-shirt bearing a swastika, following a Super Bowl advertisement that directed viewers to the site, Modern Retail reported. In a statement to Modern Retail, Shopify said the merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and had violated its terms.
Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said West no longer had a valid Australian visa after his officials reviewed his offensive comments following the May release of a song titled Heil Hitler, which Burke said promoted Nazism, the Associated Press reported. West's representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
West published a full-page advertisement in The Wall Street Journal apologising for his antisemitic statements. The ADL said the apology was long overdue and did not automatically undo his history of antisemitism, Deseret News reported.
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Bully, credited to Kanye West, was released under the YZY/gamma copyright line.
West performed the first of two concerts at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, his first major US performance in nearly five years, the Associated Press reported. David Englin, the ADL's senior regional director in Los Angeles, said in a statement reported by The New York Times that Ye's apologies did not automatically undo his long history of antisemitism.
The UK government blocked West's application for an electronic travel authorisation on the grounds that his presence would not be conducive to the public good, the Associated Press reported. The organisers of the Wireless Festival, which he was due to headline in July, announced the festival's cancellation, with refunds for ticket holders, and said the Home Office had withdrawn his authorisation, JamBase reported. AP said West had publicly apologised and asked to meet members of the UK Jewish community.
Venues announced Ye concerts at Reliant Stadium in Houston on 31 October and AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on 7 November. KPRC Click2Houston also listed a Phoenix date on 21 November.
Follow selected album releases, collaborations and award milestones from The College Dropout to Bully. This chronology separates release dates, chart dates and award...
Yeezy developed through footwear collaborations, brand registrations, licensed partnerships and direct retail. Follow the records that separate the name, the product...
Kanye West and Adidas developed Yeezy footwear before Adidas ended the partnership in October 2022. This timeline follows the collaboration, West's documented...
Kanye West and Gap announced Yeezy Gap in 2020, reported new customers from its early products and expanded into a Balenciaga collaboration. The partnership ended...
Published estimates of Kanye West's wealth rose with Yeezy's business and fell after Adidas ended their partnership. Follow the dated figures, West's disagreement...
Public interviews and court filings trace Kanye West's engagement to Alexis Phifer, his past relationship with Amber Rose, marriage to Kim Kardashian and their...
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