Kanye West 'hiring homeless to model his new Yeezy x Skid Row Fashion Week collaboration'

Kanye West’s team has denied a report that he has hired a homeless models to walk in his upcoming fashion show. 

TMZ had reported that David Sebastian, who founded Skid Row Fashion Week, claimed they are creating a Yeezy x Skid Row Fashion Week range with plans to hire the homeless as models.

‘Ye has a deep and solution-oriented commitment to addressing issues surrounding homelessness,’ a Yeezy GAP spokesperson told The Post. 

‘But this reported event is not on our schedule at this time nor are we aware of any product collaboration in development.’

Skid Row Fashion Week already aims to help those experiencing homelessness with a portion of sales donated to assist those living on Skid Row. 

The company also has their clothing made through a factory which employs the homeless. 

However, Kanye will not be involved in the event.  

Sebastian had claimed that he and Kanye decided to collaborate on the project earlier this month, and plan on having 100% of proceeds from the new range assisting the Skid Row community.  

Proceeds from the line will also go towards hiring those experiencing homelessness to be employed at the Skid Row Fashion Week factory. 

Sebastian also said he wanted to hire the factory workers to serve as models in an   upcoming Yeezy X SRFW fashion show. 

Kanye has previously expressed interest in helping the homeless community.  

In November, Kanye met with charitable organizations and came up with strategies in an attempt to ease the rampant problem in the city, according to TMZ.

On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving last week, the artist famously dropped off 1,000 meals to the LA Mission and the publication reports that he had taken the time to meet with those in charge including CEO of the organization Reverend Troy Vaughn.

The publication reports that during the sit-down, the estranged husband of Kim Kardashian laid out four ways he believes he can help the homeless.

The first thing the rapper wants to do is create a plan to continue feeding the homeless by opening up a working relationship between the philanthropic organizations throughout the city.

Ye also wants to utilize his own companies as a way of helping to provide education, employment, and housing.

The Stronger rapper also believes that being able to use his platform including his religious Sunday Service could help inspire and uplift the LA community according to TMZ.

Lastly, he wants to create partnerships with other groups in taking on the crisis so they could unite in their efforts to eliminate the homeless situation with his vision in mind.

The housing crisis has been a huge issue for Los Angelenos and as of January 2020, there were more than 66,400 homeless people in Los Angeles County, with 41,000 within LA city limits, including thousands on Skid Row, according to the city’s most recent homeless count. The city’s estimated homeless population is second only to New York’s.

While the homeless population was once largely confined to the notorious Skid Row neighborhood in downtown, rows of tents, cardboard shelters, battered RVs and makeshift plywood structures are now familiar sights throughout the nation’s second-most populous city.