UPDATE: Walmart pulled the shoes from their site: tmz.com/2021/06/28/walmart-kanye-yeezy-foam-rnnr-fake-online-lawsuit
tmz.com/2021/06/24/kanye-west-yeezy-sue-walmart-foam-runner-shoe-ripoff
Kanye West is going after Walmart for allegedly selling a knockoff version of his well-known foam shoe design ... at a fraction of the price.
According to new legal docs -- obtained by TMZ -- Kanye and his company, Yeezy, claim the retail giant copied his famous Yeezy Foam Runner and left customers confused about whether they were buying the real thing or an imitation.
Kanye claims Walmart could be costing Yeezy hundreds of millions of dollars in sales by doing so.
According to the docs ... Yeezy introduced its Foam Runner in 2019 and the footwear made its public debut in June 2020, selling out instantly at $75 a pop.
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Yeezy claims Walmart then made an "unauthorized exact copy" and has been selling it -- at just under $25 a pair -- in order to cash in on the popularity of Kanye and the Foam Runner.
Kanye's side claims it sent a legal warning to Walmart and told them to pull the shoes from its site ... but it has failed to do so.
So, Kanye and Yeezy are suing for major damages. We reached out to Walmart ... no word back so far.
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Won't Walmart just say it's sold by third party 'Daeful' and get away with it
Won't Walmart just say it's sold by third party 'Daeful' and get away with it
Thats what i thought but isn't it kinda on Walmart for hosting them?
They don't get as big of an audience as they did without Walmart's website. Wasn't like they were on Daeful's site mainly
yeezy fighting back against walmart after they started it with that whole logo thing
Feel like he lowkey just felt like saying he sued Walmart too tho lol
Kanye claims Walmart could be costing Yeezy hundreds of millions of dollars in sales by doing so.
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yeezy fighting back against walmart after they started it with that whole logo thing
Feel like he lowkey just felt like saying he sued Walmart too tho lol
Kanye claims Walmart could be costing Yeezy hundreds of millions of dollars in sales by doing so.
:elon:
Feel like he lowkey just felt like saying he sued Walmart too tho lol
Kanye claims Walmart could be costing Yeezy hundreds of millions of dollars in sales by doing so.
:elon:
he's doin the homework for his album donda a classic confirmed
Wtf this is almost 1 to 1, how can they do this
Walmart website is kind of like ebay, anyone can sell s*** on there i think
Kanye finally getting his revenge on walmart
Won't Walmart just say it's sold by third party 'Daeful' and get away with it
Kinda f***ed up huge corps can get away with profiting off rip offs even if theyre not selling it directly