Since his anti-Semitic remarks made in early October, many personalities and companies have called for a boycott of the rapper, whose fortune has fallen by 1.5 billion dollars in one day. Kanye West explains. The American rapper, at the heart of a controversy after making anti-Semitic remarks on his social networks in early October, reacted on Instagram to the wave of protests and calls for a boycott to which he is subject. artist shared a screenshot of a note in which he speaks to Ari Emmanuel, an American celebrity agent and founder of Endeavor Talent Agency who had called all companies connected with Kanye West on Tuesday – such as Apple , Spotify or even Adidas, to break their collaborations with the artist. “Ari Emmanuel, I lost 2 billion dollars in one day and I’m still alive. This is a speech of love. I still love you. God still loves you. Money is not who I am. People are who I am,” reads his Instagram post. Instagram screenshots of a conversation with rapper Diddy, who criticized the “White Lives Matter” t-shirt, worn by the artist during Paris Fashion Week. In the caption of his now deleted post, Kanye West wrote: “I will use you as an example to show Jewish people who told you to call me that no one can threaten me or influence me.” The rapper later said on Twitter that he was going to attack Jews. A post that has since been deleted by the social network for violating the rules of the platform. Since then, Kanye West’s comments have been condemned by many public figures and several brands that collaborated with the rapper (Gap, Adidas, Balenciaga. ..) have announced that they want to end their partnerships with him. A major loss for the interpreter of Bound 2, who notably saw his fortune drop to 400 million dollars, thus losing his billionaire status, according to the ranking of Forbes magazine.