KANYE WEST WAX FIGURE REMOVED FROM PUBLIC DISPLAY AT MADAME TUSSAUDS

Sat 29 October 2022:

Kanye West’s wax figure is no longer on display at Madame Tussauds.

The museum has moved the model of the American rapper Ye, who has officially changed his name to Ye.

As The Hollywood Reporter notes, a spokesperson for the wax museum announced Wednesday that “Ye’s figure has been retired from the attraction floor to our archive. Each profile earns their place at Madame Tussauds London and we listen to our guests and the public on who they expect to see at the attraction.”

The figurine was originally launched in the museum in 2015 alongside a waxwork of his then wife Kim Kardashian.

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Kanye has been dropped by a number of business partners after wearing a “White Lives Matter” shirt with Candace Owens at Paris Fashion Week and tweeting that he was going to go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” the rapper made comments relating to the Jewish people, that Jewish people control financial systems in an interview with Tucker Carlson. Since then, companies like JPMorgan Chase, Balenciaga, Gap, and adidas have cut ties with West, and Skechers made clear they want nothing to do with him either.

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Besides Madame Tussauds, Peloton is another company now distancing itself from Kanye. The exercise brand has vowed not to include West’s music in any new future classes, and says it won’t suggest old classes that feature his music in its proactive recommendations to members. All of these lost deals have reportedly cost the artist $1.5 billion, and it doesn’t look like the hits will stop coming any time soon.

And to add even more insult to injury, TJ Maxx announced Wednesday that it has instructed its buyers not to purchase any excess Yeezy merchandise .

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Forbes now estimates that West’s value is 400 million dollars (£349 million) – stemming from ‘real estate, cash, his music catalogue, and a 5% stake in ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s shapewear firm, Skims.’

West had been ranked earlier this year at number 1,513 on Forbes’ rich list, valued at two billion dollars (£1.5 billion) due to his fashion brands and deal with Adidas.

Here’s who has cut ties with the musician as of late:

Balenciaga
Vogue Magazine and its editor, Anna Wintour
Talent agency CAA (Creative Artists Agency)
Adidas
Gap
Footlocker
Scholastic Play-By-Play Classics
Madame Tussauds
Lawyer Camille Vasquez, who represented Johnny Depp, is also reportedly now not representing West after he hired her
TJ Maxx

Kim recently spoke out amid the controversy, saying on Twitter: ‘Hate speech is never OK or excusable. I stand together with the Jewish community and call on the terrible violence and hateful rhetoric towards them to come to an immediate end.’

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