Overview of Kanye West’s drama: Fighting with Gigi Hadid, attacking Justin Bieber’s wife and the unbelievable ending
Kanye West is the most discussed name today, the male rapper has caused a series of controversies with other stars such as Gigi Hadid and Justin Bieber.
Kanye West is the name taking over social networks these past few days. This time, the “marketing tycoon” became a topic of discussion not because of his relationship with
Opening incident: Criticized for his design with sensitive text, Kanye West attacked Vogue’s famous editor
It all started when Kanye wore a shirt with the words “White Lives Matter” in the Yeezy SZN 9 collection launch show in Paris, France on October 4. After the show, Vogue editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson wrote a long article criticizing the design on her personal page. From Gabriella’s perspective, the shirt Kanye wears has no artistic value, and even proves irresponsible and dangerous.
Gabriella Karefa-Johnson’s criticism made Kanye angry and immediately responded on social networks. The male rapper posted pictures and comments mocking her on his personal page. In posts that have since been deleted from his account, West shared an image of Karefa-Johnson, in which he wrote: “Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour would hate her shoes.”
Kanye West’s controversial shirt
After that, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson was attacked by Kanye West on social networks. It is known that she is currently the Fashion Director of Garage magazine, as well as a contributor to Vogue and a member of BoF 500 (500 most influential people in fashion in the world).
The name Kanye West became the center of criticism for his controversial attitude
The male rapper’s attitude towards the famous editor received a lot of backlash from big names in the world fashion industry. Among them, the most notable is model Gigi Hadid. The model born in 1995 spoke up to defend Karefa-Johnson and accused her ex-husband Kim Kardashian of only knowing how to bully others with ridiculous tricks.
She sent a message to the billionaire male rapper: “You probably think you have the same intelligence as her… If your antics have any value, she is the only one who can save you. It’s like “Is it really an ‘honor’ to be invited to your show? You’re a bully and a joke.”
Gigi Hadid expressed her harsh attitude towards Kanye West
Not only Gigi Hadid, but famous names in the fashion world also began to speak out in support of Gabriella Karefa-Johnson. Supreme creative director Tremaine Emory posted a photo of the female editor on Instagram with the caption “Beautiful”. In addition, Tremaine also criticized and responded to West’s previous comments.
In addition, model Hailey Baldwin also stood up to defend Karefa-Johnson: “My respect for you is as deep as my own friend – the kindest, most talented, funniest, most luxurious.” One of the guests at the show – actor Jaden Smith also expressed disagreement with Kanye’s views. In particular, supermodel Kendall Jenner also clicked the like button for this comment, showing support for Jaden’s opinion.
Hailey Baldwin…
… Jaden Smith…
… and Kendall Jenner both took action to protest against Kanye West
Kanye West responded harshly, making enemies with a series of celebrities
After receiving a series of criticism for his controversial shirt and his attack on editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, Kanye West responded harshly. The male rapper photoshopped the words “White Lives Matter” onto the famous spray-painted dress of Bella Hadid – Gigi’s sister with the caption: “You are the devil, speaking up now but not saying anything when my child was arrested toad at the birthday party”.
Immediately, Khloé Kardashian spoke up about Kanye West’s accusation that Chicago (Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s child) was kidnapped: “You want to organize your own birthday party, I have text messages as proof. But then I changed my mind and wanted to attend, I went there. Please don’t bother Kim and her family anymore, let the children grow up in peace.”
Responding to his ex-wife, the male rapper said it was all a fabrication and accused the Kardashian family of wanting to kidnap his daughter to make her remember her father not coming to her birthday. At the same time, Kanye also added that he only knew about the party when he saw photos on social networks.
Khloe Kardashian accused her ex-brother-in-law of lying
Kanye West dragged his ex-wife into the scandal
Next, Kanye also targeted Hailey Baldwin when she spoke up to defend Karefa-Johnson. Kanye then accused Hailey of plastic surgery, specifically a nose job. After that, rapper Jesus Walks shared a screenshot of an article from 2016 mentioning dating rumors between Hailey and Drake, with a message to Justin: “Tell your girl to stop before I’m mad. You still want to be my friend, right?”.
In addition, the 45-year-old rapper also makes the public feel confused when he is constantly dragging unrelated celebrities into his controversy. He mentioned his old friend John Legend, singer Beyonce and female rapper Lizzo.
Kanye texted Justin to “tell his wife”
The ending turned upside down: Being “removed” by Justin Bieber, at risk of “fading” from Instagram
Justin Bieber is said to have ended his friendship with Kanye West after the rapper attacked his wife. A close source said, Justin believes he has always supported Kanye, but in this case, he felt the need to protect his partner. Accordingly, Justin Bieber and his wife both thought that Kanye had “crossed the line” because Hailey never mentioned his name when speaking out in support of editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson. However, this rapper’s comments made the couple feel hurt.
Justin decided to “take a break” from Kanye to protect his wife
While Kanye is facing backlash for his actions, a spokesperson for Instagram’s parent company, Meta, confirmed to THR that the rapper’s account was “restricted due to violations.” platform policies”. The company removed content from Kanye’s Instagram account but did not specify which posts were removed. At the same time, his account has also been restricted although the page is still visible to fans.
After Kanye’s account was restricted, the rapper immediately sent a message to Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg via Twitter: “Look at this Mark. Why did you kick me off Instagram? You were once a good friend. it’s mine”. Despite this “beg” move, Kanye West’s account has not been reopened yet.
Meta boss decided not to reopen Kanye West’s account
