Kanye West‘s talent agency has dropped him after his antisemitic comments towards the Jewish community as well as comments on the death of George Floyd.
Kanye West joined CAA in 2016 after being with UTA for only a year. This past Sunday, UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer issued a company-wide memo to his staff to support the boycott of Kanye West. “As a company we stand for a wide diversity of voices and ideas; But we can’t support hate speech, bigotry or anti-semitism,” Zimmer wrote. “Please support the boycott of Kanye West. Powerful voices spewing hatred have frequently driven people to do hateful things.” CAA has now followed suit.
“I can confirm that Kanye is not a client,” a CAA representative told CNBC on Monday, Oct. 24.
MRC studio executives Modi Wiczyk, Asif Satchu and Scott Tenley revealed in a statement to Variety on Monday that they would not be moving forward with the release of Ye’s finished documentary.
“This morning, after discussion with our filmmakers and distribution partners, we made the decision not to proceed with any distribution for our recently completed documentary about Kanye West. We cannot support any content that amplifies his platform,” they wrote. “Kanye is a producer and sampler of music. Last week he sampled and remixed a classic tune that has charted for over 3,000 years — the lie that Jews are evil and conspire to control the world for their own gain.”
Last week, Balenciaga ended their partnership with Kanye West as well.
