Kanye West rocked Nike apparel at Milan Fashion Week amid his feud with Adidas.
The 46-year-old rapper was spotted wearing Nike shoes and gloves alongside his scantily clad wife Bianca Cesori during the Marni show on Friday.
The Flashing Lights hitmaker wore an all-black leather ensemble, modeling the brand's black high-tops and black gloves with the iconic white Swoosh symbol.
His partnership with Adidas, considered almost as lucrative as Nike's decade-long partnership with Michael Jordan, ended nearly two years ago amid his anti-Semitic rants and discontinued Kanye's lucrative Yeezy shoe line.
In a statement at the time, Adidas said it “does not tolerate anti-Semitism or any other type of hate speech.”
Kanye West rocked Nike apparel alongside his wife Bianca Censori at Milan Fashion Week while feuding with Adidas.
Kanye presents his Nike sneakers alongside Renzo Rosso
Weeks before his break with the sneaker company, Kanye had made anti-semetic comments in interviews and on social media, including a Twitter post in October in which he said he would soon be doing “Death Con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” an obvious one Reference to the USA Defensive Readiness Condition Scale, known as DEFCON.
Executives estimated that Adidas owned $1.3 billion worth of Yeezy inventory when the company severed its partnership. The company has started selling them in limited quantities.
The appearance comes after Kanye was mocked for his Yeezy Sock shoes, the first independent release from Adidas after the company severed ties.
The backlash led Kanye to spread a series of baseless claims on social media, saying: “Adidas copied all my shit and treated me like shit.” “Adidas is suing me for $4 billion and selling my shoes without to pay me and they said I misused the marketing funds when I was in charge of marketing.”
The uproar comes after insiders claimed that Kanye and Bianca's relationship had improved “drastically” thanks to the very lucrative success of Kanye's latest album, Vultures.
previously revealed that the couple, who tied the knot in December 2022, had a heated argument after Bianca warned the rapper against making anti-Semitic slurs at a listening event for his album earlier this month.
The couple's huge bust-up is said to be the reason for their no-show at their New York event and afterparty on February 9th. Sources have now revealed that their relationship was “hanging by a thread” and claimed Bianca had started to question everything.'
'She knows [what] “Everyone is thinking about her husband – and his recent outbursts have made her question everything,” an insider told exclusively.
“But then suddenly his album is a success and she is a loving, adoring and supportive wife again.”
Explaining how bad things have been over the past few months, the source added: “Kanye and Bianca's marriage is hanging by a thread.” Everyone in her life wants her to leave him and she is aware of it. “
However, Bianca's apparent change of heart has reportedly led to her loved ones fearing that the designer is only staying in the marriage for financial reasons – views that were only reinforced when Kanye revealed that his Yeezy brand was partnering with a Super Bowl ad had earned $19.3 million.
Kanye rocked Adidas apparel in 2017
Bianca wore the incredibly revealing garment without a bra, which also featured a waist belt
The beauty also debuted a new hairstyle as she sported a dark black bob at the event while cozying up to her husband
Kanye, 46, wore a black jacket and matching trousers as he gave Bianca a kiss as they posed for the cameras
During the show, Bianca went leggy in pink boots and joined her husband in the front row
Bianca showed off her stunning figure in the very revealing outfit
With her daring look, Bianca ensured that all eyes were on her at the show
“To her friends and family, this screams out what her true motivation behind all of this is – his money,” the insider said.
“They are now in a partnership and she has made a fortune of her own through all the work she has done for her husband – as an architect for his brand and as a model.”
They added: “No one doubts that she loves him because she does. But the dynamics of their marriage have definitely improved drastically due to the success of his album and the massive new influx of wealth.”
contacted the couple's representatives for comment.
The couple's financial situation looked less promising last week when Kanye, who now goes by Ye, claimed he was “two months” away from filing for bankruptcy after reportedly losing $2 billion in one day Adidas ended its partnership with Yeezy.
The rapper famously lost his billionaire status in 2022 when a number of brands terminated his lucrative contracts over his anti-Semitic outbursts and expressed outrage over his decision to promote White Lives Matter T-shirts at his show at Paris Fashion Week.
Last week, Kanye told fans that he put “everything I had” into his $7 million Super Bowl endorsement for his fashion brand and his new album “Vultures.”
“I'm just being honest with all of you.” There were still two months until I went bankrupt and I invested everything I had [the album and the Super Bowl advert]” he told TMZ.
The couple were all smiles as they took their seats
Kanye whispered in Bianca's ear
Kanye said that when his fortune began to dwindle, he moved to Italy with his wife.
“We moved to Italy,” he said. “We moved to the factories and survived.” We survived the cancellation. “We are number one again.”
Last Thursday afternoon, the rapper's new album – which his daughter North posted about in a now-deleted TikTok – was removed from Apple Music and iTunes, where the song Carnival had occupied the top spot on the Top 100: Global charts.
According to Billboard, the move was announced amid reports that the distributor was working to remove the song from all streaming services after Kanye reportedly uploaded it to various platforms without permission.
The album, which reached number one in 100 countries, was hit by streaming problems for the first time last week when Spotify removed the track “Good (Don't Die)” due to claims from Donna Summer's estate of “copyright infringement.” removed.
As of now, the album is still available on Spotify, however the track Good (Don't Die) is not currently available to play.
Vultures Volume 1 marks the first part of a planned trilogy. The second and third projects are then scheduled to be released in March and April respectively.
Before the album's release, Kanye was reportedly angry after the livestream from a listening event at the United Center in Chicago was interrupted when he spit out the lyrics: “And I'm still crazy, bipolar, anti-Semitic / And I'm still.” the king.'
Sources previously claimed that Bianca had called on Kanye to apologize for any offense caused by his numerous anti-Semitic comments. He wrote it down in Hebrew and shared it on his Instagram
Bianca is said to have warned him not to sing the problematic lyrics and then refused to attend planned events in New York the following evening.
Back in December, Bianca reportedly urged her husband to apologize to the Jewish community – as she was “tired” of having to “babysit” him and feared his behavior would put her in danger.
“She told him that his recent behavior was unacceptable and that he needed to apologize because he was putting her in danger and setting a terrible example for his children,” a source told at the time.
“Bianca is really fed up with him seeking attention and she knows he's not really that, but it makes her look like she's anti-Semitic, which is so far from the truth.”
“She has a lot of Jewish friends who she loves very much, and he knows that.”
Kanye acknowledged his behavior on Instagram, telling his 19 million followers in Hebrew: “I deeply regret the pain I have caused.”
His apology came after a series of awkward and offensive outbursts that included his anti-Semitic lyrics in Dubai and his praise of Hitler at a listening party in Sin City in December.