Kanye's unsold Yeezys raise $563 million for Adidas

Ye is seen, outside Kenzo, during Paris Fashion Week - Menswear F/W 2022-2023, on January 23, 2022 in Paris, France. (Credit: Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)

Demand for Yeezy sneakers is still so high that Adidas was able to recover more than half a billion dollars by selling some of the stock it was keeping in storage.  

Adidas cut ties with Kanye West, the rapper now known as Ye, in October after he publicly made a series of antisemitic remarks.