Kanye No Longer Buys Louis Vuitton Bags After Virgil Passed

Rapper Kanye West (Ye) and fashion designer Virgil Abloh have been friends for many years in the music and fashion industry. They had a very close relationship before Virgil‘s passing and Kanye is very respectful of that. He made light of that in one his new songs from Donda 2 saying “I stopped buying Louis bags after Virgil passed.”

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Kanye & Virgil’s Relationship

Kanye and Virgil have been friends for 12 years before his passing late last year. They first came together while interning at Fendi in 2009. After that, they continued to work together within the music and fashion industry. Virgil has also worked on Kanye’s album covers. They have always been good influences in each other’s lives. The support they had for each other is unmatched;  especially when Virgil became the lead designer of Louis Vuittons Menswear collection in 2018.

Kanye’s Tuesday Night Performance

This past Tuesday night in Miami, Florida, Kanye gave his fans a glimpse of what his upcoming Donda 2 album is like. One song in particular that he premiered is “Louis Bags.” He made it very clear during his performance through is lyrics that no more business will be conducted between him and Louis Vuitton nor Birkin.

“We ain’t doin’ business, it won’t be no business.”

Besides the news about his partings with the major fashion brand, Kanye publicly praised another fellow rapper “Jack Harlow,” during their performance together. Jack Harlow expressed his gratitude saying:

“One of the greatest moments of my entire life. “Glad y’all all get front row seats to it…suddenly all the hate means nothing…imagine your hero saying this about you…I could cry.”

Kanye made quite a statement and impact in light of Louis and Jack.

Donda 2

Donda 2 is set to be released very soon and already has 4 tracks ready to be available on music platform Stem Player.

For more news on Virgil’s impact on Kanye and the fashion industry along with Kanye’s Donda 2 Album, stay tuned into fmhiphop.

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