Kanye West Signs Deal With Adidas
Rumors are circulating that Kanye West is going to be working with adidas for the Yeezy 3,now to be known as the “YEEZI.”
Although Nothing has been formally announced, but speculation has been running rampant since West aired out his issues with Nike, the manufacturers of his Air Yeezy 2 signature shoe, during a radio interview.
“I want to make product like shoes…you think about the Yeezys and how people really wanted that, I want to be able to consistently make that,” West told Philadelphia’s Wired 96.5. “I just signed my deal like a week and a half ago, but it took a major company… I can’t say yet, we’re going to announce it in a couple of weeks…but it took someone in a position like that to co-sign me.”
During a rant a during his Yeezus tour stop at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, after mentioning signing the aforementioned deal, West confirmed that he and Nike had not been seeing eye to eye. “Mark Parker he’ll talk sh*t,” he said referring to Nike’s CEO. “Talking about he don’t know why people like the Yeezys.”
According to Kicks On Fire, West will be collaborating with renowned designer Yohji Yamamoto and adidas’ Y-3 line, with plans to release a shoe called the Yeezi.
No release date for the Yeezi has been announce and no formal announcement from Adidas as of press time.