Kanye West unloaded on Josh Kushner over his investments in Kim Kardashian’s underwear line in a weird social media rant on Thursday — and tacked on a jab at his brother Jared.
“F—Ok JOSH KUSHNER,” West wrote in an Instagram submit that racked up greater than 100,000 likes.
Kushner’s agency, Thrive Capital, invested in Kardashian’s SKIMS throughout a number of fundraising rounds beginning in 2020, previous to Kardashian and West’s nasty break-up.
West appeared to interpret Thrive’s investments in SKIMS as an assault on the rapper’s since-failed marriage.
He requested Kushner to think about if West had invested in an underwear line created by Kushner’s supermodel spouse, Karlie Kloss.
“WHAT IF I HAD 10% OF KARLIE KLOSS UNDERWEAR LINE WITHOUT YOU KNOWING,” West wrote in an Instagram submit. “AND YOU ONLY HAD 5%.”
Whereas the precise stake Thrive owns in SKIMS is unclear, Kushner’s agency most lately participated in a January 2022 fundraising spherical that valued the corporate at $3.2 billion, in keeping with Reuters. West additionally reportedly owns a stake in SKIMS.
A spokesperson for Thrive Capital declined to remark. The enterprise capital agency has additionally invested in Instagram, Robinhood and Slack — and ex-Disney CEO Bob Iger joined the corporate as a enterprise companion in September.
Following his assaults on Josh Kusnher, West tore into his brother, former Trump administration senior advisor Jared Kushner.
“JARED WAS HOLDING TRUMP BACK,” West wrote.
The rapper additionally added an obvious reference to Jared Kushner’s spouse, Ivanka Trump, writing: “IVANKA IS FIRE.”
It’s unclear what led to the falling-out between West and Jared Kushner, who have been spotted dining together as recently as January. In 2020, Kushner instructed Fox Information that “Kanye has been a pal for 10 years.”
West has been on an Instagram tear in current weeks, utilizing the app to assault Kardashian, Adidas and Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey chief Bernard Arnault.
The rapper and designer additionally stoked controversy by sending models down the runway wearing “WHITE LIVES MATTER” shirts throughout a shock Paris trend week present.
