Two Star Athletes Leaving Yes Sports Marketing Agency
Famous American athletes Aaron Donald and Jaylen Brown have announced their departure from their sports marketing company Donda Sports due to the anti-Semitic comments made by former famous rapper and fashion designer Kanye West.
In a joint statement with his wife Erica, Donald, who recently won the Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Rams, said Ye's comments and beliefs "are completely at odds with how we choose to live our lives and raise our children."
As the Washington Post writes, Erica Donald also works as the marketing director at Donda Sports.
"As parents and members of society, we must send a clear message that hateful words and actions have consequences and that we as people must do better," Donalds wrote in a press release. "We do not feel that our beliefs, voices and actions fall into a place that misrepresents and oppresses people of all backgrounds, races or colors."
Brown, who has used his platform to expand on issues such as police brutality and racism in the United States, announced his departure from the sports agency on Tuesday, a day after telling the Boston Globe that he had no plans to leave the agency. The opposite. . .
"Over the past 24 hours, I have been able to reflect and better understand why my previous statements did not clearly express my position regarding recent unexplained public statements and actions," Brown said Tuesday. "For that I apologize. And so I try to be as clear as possible. I have always opposed and will continue to oppose anti-Semitism, hate speech, misrepresentation of facts, and suppressive speech of any kind.
Donald, a three-time NFL defensive end, and Brown, entering his seventh season with the Boston Celtics, joined Donda Sports, named after the late musician's mother, as the first major agency signings earlier this year.
Major companies and organizations such as Gap, Adidas, Balenciaga, Foot Locker, CAA, Vogue and Def Jam Recordings ended their business partnerships with Ye in response to the Fall Down singer's All Words.
West, who officially changed his name to "Ye" last year, recently tweeted that he plans to launch a "3 death hoax against the Jewish people" and accused hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs of controlling Jews. He also used anti-Semitic clichés in an unverified interview segment with Fox News' Tucker Carlson.
Spotify CEO Daniel Eike told Reuters in an interview that the popular music platform would not remove Ye's music catalog, though he called the comments "appalling."
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