Adidas put an end to its partnership with the rapper in October 2022 while Gap confirmed they would "wind down" the Yeezy Gap collaboration. Adidas acted following controversy around antisemitic comments made by Kanye West over the month of October.
He dropped out of university at age 20 to focus on his musical career but he received an honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute in his hometown Chicago in 2015. The name of his label is an acronym for “Getting Out Our Dream”.
Following their divorce, he received $20 million from his ex-wife Kim Kardashian for their marital home in Hidden Hills and an additional $3 million for the art it contained.