8. Kanye West Facts
You didn't think that product placement just stayed in the music videos, did you? Allow me to quote a few lyrics from the recent Kanye West song Facts, released at the close of 2015. Tell Adidas that we need a million in production / I done told y'all, all I needed was the infrastructure Kanye West is literally rapping about the infrastructure of his shoe partnership with Adidas, specifically his Ultra Boost sneakers (I think so, anyway these things tend to be in season for approximately as long as it takes you to save up half the money to actually buy them). That's not all, though. Not content with mere product placement, West attempts to slander the name of his shoe-based rivals over at Nike. Nike, Nike treat employees just like slaves Now hold on there, Kanye. Those are some serious accusations. Maybe you should look into the business integrity of Adidas before you go accusing other companies of mistreatment? Oh, and he promotes his wife's new emoji app, too. Plus Kimoji just shut down the app store, ah! All right. I think we've heard enough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJae2OpoHeE
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