Balenciaga ends relationship with Kanye West after antisemitic posts

In this file picture taken in 2020, Kanye West attends the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Photo: AFP

Kering SA’s Balenciaga fashion label said it has ceased working with rapper and designer Kanye West, who now goes by Ye.

"Balenciaga has no longer any relationship or any plans for future projects related to this artiste,” a spokesperson for Kering said Friday (Oct 22) in a statement to Women’s Wear Daily.