Adidas agreed to give him royalties, and West described the CEO of Adidas as "someone who allowed to build something". This ultimately led West to reach out to Adidas for a deal. Although West described this break as "heartbreaking", he claimed that Nike would not pay him royalties for his shoe designs, instead offering to pay some of the proceeds to a charity of West's choice. In 2013, after the release of the "Red October" Air Yeezy 2s, Kanye West officially left Nike. His collaboration with Nike lasted for five years and led to the release of a total of three (two silhouettes, the Air Yeezy 1 and the Air Yeezy 2) sneaker styles. He has also designed shoes for Louis Vuitton and Giuseppe Zanotti, and (most notably) Nike. Together, West and Bape released a pair of Bapesta "College Dropout" shoes, which are now quite rare and garner high resell prices. The first brand to officially collaborate with Kanye West was Bape. Kanye West originally designed a shoe for Adidas in 2006, but it was never released. American rapper Kanye West had collaborated with Nike before his partnership with Adidas
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