"It's unacceptable": what happened between Kanye West and the Vogue journalist?

A new scandal is to be added to the list of Kanye West.

Following his label Yeezy's surprise fashion show on October 3, the 45-year-old rapper violently attacked journalist and

stylist Gabriella Karefa-Johnson on his Instagram account.

During Paris Fashion Week, he presented his new Yeezy Season 9 collection as a designer, the first since 2020. The show, announced the day before

had 50 guests, including the American editor.

On the podium, a T-shirt on which is plastered

White Lives Matter" (white lives matter), a direct reference to the white nationalist protest movement in the United States, shocks Gabriella Karefa-Johnson known for her commitment to the black cause.

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Anok Yai and Gabriella Karefa-Johnson at the Off-White Spring/Summer 2023 show, in the outfit that got mocked by Kanye West.

(Paris, September 29, 2022).

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“There is no art here”

Very committed to civil rights, and the first black woman to orchestrate a cover for

magazine , the one who is presented as the magazine's world editor expressed her dismay on Instagram.

First at the time of the parade, with a video of a model wearing the t-shirt, then by sharing screenshots, from a conversation with her friend.

The journalist explains her disagreement with the creator: "He tries to illustrate a dystopian world where whiteness could die out, or at least be in enough danger to require a defense", before adding that this behavior is "offensive , violent and dangerous" and that

there is no art through that”.

Following this reaction, the founder of Yeezy engaged in a guerrilla war on his social networks.

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At his parade, Kanye West and Candace Owens, Donald Trump's front-line political columnist, both wear the "White Lives Matter" t-shirt.

(Paris, posted on October 3, 2022).

Instagram screenshot/@realcandaceowens

Fashion justice

First, Kanye West publishes a series of photos of the young woman, in which he criticizes her style of dress.

He affirms that “Anna Wintour hates her boots” and decrees the illegitimacy of the editor: “You are not a fashion person”

A few hours later, the tirade is deleted.

The only relic on his profile: a screenshot of messages from stylist Mowalola Ogunlesi, with whom the 45-year-old producer has collaborated in the past.

She explains to him that he should not insult the journalist but rather start a conversation.

It does not take more to the fashion sphere to take the rapper on the fly.

In a comment left under Kanye West's post, model Gigi Hadid goes to the defense of Gabriella Karefa-Johnson in a comment that concluded with "you are a bully and a joke".

She is followed by Hailey Bieber, the

magazine team , who deemed Ye's remarks "unacceptable" and other members of the fashion industry, who also show their support through multiple publications.

Since then, Kanye West has spoken again, announcing that a peaceful meeting with “his sister”

Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, had been organized for October 4.

For her part, the editor published thanks for this wave of support.

A controversy visibly appeased, which signs the error of too much for the creator?