The Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency has officially cut ties with Kanye West over the billionaire rapper and fashion mogul’s recent anti-semitic rants, according to multiple reports.
CAA — which ranks among the most powerful talent agencies in Hollywood, representing numerous A-list celebrities and filmmakers — has had an on-again, off-again relationship with West over the years. West quit the agency in 2015, moving to rival firm United Talent Agency. But West returned to CAA just a year later.
It remains unclear what West’s relationship was with CAA just prior to Monday’s decision. CAA’s top executives are major Democrat supporters, lavishing donations on left-wing candidates, including Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Hollywood’s big three talent agencies have all signaled their desire to boycott West after he made anti-semitic comments in a series of interviews. As Breitbart News“Those who continue to do business with West are giving his misguided hate an audience. There should be no tolerance anywhere for West’s anti-Semitism,” Emanuel wrote in aop-ed. “This is a moment in history where the stakes are high and being open about our values, and living them, is essential.