A recently released profile published by the New York Times zeroed in on the lack of diversity at adidas' headquarters in Portland, Oregon, and Kanye's YEEZY earnings were also revealed. 

The article revealed that Kanye earns 5% royalties on the collaboration, and he's expected to make $65 million in 2019. YEEZY is expected to top $1.3 billion this year, proving the popularity of Kanye's creations is still going strong. Other details of the deal weren't made available. 

Elsewhere in the article, it was revealed that 4.5 percent of the nearly 1,700 adidas employees identify as black, proving that diversity is an issue at the sportswear giant's headquarters. Aside from Kanye, adidas has also collaborated with artists like Pharrell and Beyonce, but black employees feel "marginalized and sometimes discriminated against." 

adidas responded to the reports, telling Highsnobiety, "We are committed to fostering a respectful, equitable, and inclusive environment for all adidas employees around the world. It’s crucial that we have and support a diverse workforce that represents a variety of ideas, strengths, interests and backgrounds and that we promote an open culture where all of our people can fully contribute. We value all of our employees, are stronger because of their unique perspectives and are dedicated to achieving greater diversity at every level of the company.

We actively evaluate and seek to strengthen our programs and policies to ensure we are recruiting, retaining, and advancing a diverse team. Recently, we have expanded our Diversity and Inclusion team in North America to focus on underrepresented communities in our workforce across the talent lifecycle; and we conduct ongoing workplace inclusion education and training for employees across North America. Our North American diversity strategy also includes programs to help bring new employees from diverse backgrounds to positions at the company’s corporate headquarters. While we have made progress in these areas, we recognize there is much more to be done, and we are committed to doing it."

Source: Highsnobiety