Kanye West accused of allegedly stealing ‘Donda’ album logo design
Forget about Chris Brown disses and uncomfortable Marilyn Manson cameos — Kanye West is embroiled in nonetheless a different blazing-incredibly hot controversy soon after becoming accused of ripping off the logo of his “Donda” album merch.
The 44-calendar year-old allegedly stole the brand design from the black-owned business, in accordance to Randy Dawkins, artistic director of the manner line Infinity G8ds.
Dawkins told the Daily Beast that West’s merch features a immediate copy of the style and design featured on his brand’s T-shirts and hoodies.
“It’s disappointing,” Dawkins told the outlet. “We do not have any terrible vibes or undesirable inner thoughts towards him, we essentially like the dude. But how he dealt with business? Well, that is a different tale.”
The $100 T-shirts in concern have been marketed at West’s Aug. 5 “Donda” album listening get together at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz stadium.
The tees were beige in color and showcased a very long black Star of David with a thin cross etched in the middle. Underneath the the design and style read through the record’s name as properly as the celebration day.
Ye’s personalized government chef Willie Wallace initially contacted Infinity G8ds in late July, Dawkins claimed. The two gentlemen had been mates, he alleged, who crossed paths through an additional a single of the “Jesus Walks” rapper’s chefs, Travis Reece.
“I was on the mobile phone directly conversing to Kanye,” Dawkins uncovered. “He was like, ‘Bro, I definitely adore your design. It is definitely dope. When can I meet up with you to speak about your course of action?’”
On July 26, Dawkins stated he and his crew drove from Miami to Atlanta to meet with West in his studio. “The conversation was fairly standard,” he continued. “He just desired to have an understanding of our approach. We spelled out it to him and broke it down. He was loving the full strategy, the complete design.”
“He started to sell us dreams about doing business with him,” Dawkins claimed. “He asked us to hold all over for evening meal, and we ate supper with them. At the stop of the assembly, he instructed us he was heading to hold in get in touch with with us but never ever did.”
Reece allegedly named the label a week later and admitted he saw the company’s brand style and design on West’s T-shirts. Dawkins also explained to the publication that the Chicago native’s business supervisor achieved out to Infinity G8ds, nonetheless, no solution has been produced. Reece was also fired as West’s personal chef.
“To see him go in this kind of way was like a misjudgment of his character for me,” Dawkins reported. “From just one black artist to a further black artist, he could have stated, ‘I see what you obtained going on, let’s help you attain some publicity, some visibility.’ That is all we talk to.”
West and Infinity G8ds’ reps did not reply to The Post’s requests for remark.
