Kanye West‘s former co-designer, greatest identified for his hand in crafting the bear mascot seen on three of Yeezy’s albums has obtained a giant thanks from Kim Kardashian.
On Friday (December 8) the truth tv star took to her Instagram Tales the place she thanked Bobby Naugle, who helped design the Faculty Dropout character, sometimes called the Dropout Bear.
“Bobby Naugle, who designed the school dropout bear in 2003 and labored on the excursions within the early years dealing with the merch — reached out to me in 2022 as a result of he needed to present North a number of the unique merch that he helped produce,” she wrote, accompanied by a photograph of herself and Naugle. “He requested for nothing in return.”
“We stayed in contact since then,” she continued. “And after being approached by just a few collectors and public sale homes concerning different collectables he owned from 2003-2005, which included first-hand sketches and Kanye’s unique private pink RL polo, Bobby felt it [would] be most applicable to provide them to our children, once more, asking for nothing in return.”
Kanye West Dropout Bear designer will get thanks from Kim Kardashian for gifting uncommon merch https://t.co/3Yh0bOWXIApic.twitter.com/9zl3TZazoQ
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) December 10, 2023
The SKIMS founder concluded: “I wish to publicly thank Bobby for his kindness and generosity (it’s very uncommon on this trade), when he may have simply made some huge cash from promoting off this stuff as an alternative.”
Kardashian additionally shared a narrative that included a black graphic T-shirt, that includes a Chicago skyline with an overlay studying “KanyeWest.”
Again in October, Ye’s eldest daughter, North West, 10, paid tribute to her father’s early profession when she rocked the bear mascot in celebration of Halloween.
In a video that just lately surfaced on TikTok, North is seen rocking a rendition of the mascot that appeared on the duvet of Ye’s debut album, The Faculty Dropout (2004) and as soon as extra on West’s sophomore LP Late Registration. Within the clip, she will be seen flexing her strikes with a model of Estelle’s Ye-featuring “American Boy” — a Commencement-period hit — taking part in within the background.
In music information, West and Ty Dolla $ign just lately made waves once they introduced they had been combining forces for a joint album.
On Friday (December 8), Ty took to Instagram the place he posted a handwritten word that includes the mission’s purported 16-song tracklist. Included on the listing had been the already launched “Vultures” that includes Bump J in addition to the shelved fan favourite “New Physique.”
Subsequent to the listing is a doodle of the double-headed eagle emblem that Ye has been donning of late. Many have interpreted the brand as an alteration of the German coat of arms, which, it’s price noting, was utilized by Nazi Germany till 1935 — a tough-to-ignore element given the mogul’s latest fall from grace for his overtly anti-Semitic remarks.


