Peter Rosenberg Slams Kanye West Outside Cannes' Louis Vuitton
While on vacation in Cannes, Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg dissed Kanye West for his past comments against the Jewish community.
On Tuesday (July 15), the media personality shared a clip speaking on Ye’s early aspirations to run Louie via X, formerly Twitter, with the tweet, “Lolll Kanye is such a failure.” Walking out of the Louis Vuitton storefront in France, Rosenberg proceeds to diss Ye while bringing up Louis Vuitton’s creative directors, Pharrell Williams and the late Virgil Abloh.
“Just strolling in Cannes, walking past the Louis Vuitton,” began Rosenberg, walking around in France. “I was just inside looking at some stuff, and it dawned on me… Yo, do you realize how sick, Kanye has to be in the core of his stomach? Kanye has to live with the fact that he called himself the Louis Vuitton Don. And Pharrell is literally now the Louis Vuitton Don. Like, when you shop at Louis Vuitton, Shop. Look, you know, maybe buy a bag for your wife, whatever the thing is, you’re walking around, you’re checking things out.
And Pharrell is the actual. Louis Vuitton G. Virgil (Abloh) made it. Pharrell made it, Kanye is disappointing people everywhere.
Oh, couldn’t happen to a better guy. Low life Jew hating piece of shit.”
Rosenberg — who is Jewish — remark reflects broader outrage following West’s repeated antisemitic comments in 2022 and 2023, which led to widespread backlash, severed partnerships, and loss of public trust. Beyond antisemitism, Rosenberg has criticized West for his narcissism, erratic public behavior, and what he views as the artist’s fall from cultural grace.
Ye’s longtime friend and the late designer Virgil Abloh was named Louis Vuitton’s menswear creative director in 2018. Pharrell would be named creative director in 2023 following the passing of Abloh. While Kanye had collaborated with Louis Vuitton in 2009, he was denied a meeting with the then-Vice President following the brand and mogul’s relationship soured.
Kanye West has addressed his feelings about the situation with Louis Vuitton in various interviews over the years. The tension intensified in 2023 when Pharrell was appointed to a prominent position at the brand. For Kanye, this appointment likely represented both a personal and professional setback: the brand that once rejected him chose to embrace another artist from his circle instead of him.
Kanye West has not responded to Rosenberg’s remarks at the time of this writing, while fans of the mogul have voiced their opinions on social media.
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