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Daily Mirror
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Louise Lavigueur

Furious Kanye West fan burns £12k stash of Yeezy shoes after rapper's vile racist tweets

Kanye West may have burned his bridges with sports giant Adidas and other designers but one Yeezy trainer owner has taken a pricey protest and let 'a stash' of his own Yeezy sneakers go up in flames — taking a stand against the rappers anti-Semitic rants.

The American sneaker owner tossed several pairs of his once beloved Yeezy's, costing an eye-watering £12,961, in to a fire pit but considered it a price worth paying as a powerful message.

The man, known only as Danny Shiff, told 7 News Miami: “I’m very much actually for free speech, and everyone is entitled to their opinion, but what got me going on this one is someone like Kanye West, people like him cannot use the massive platform to spread this kind of hate."

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