UPDATE (03/15):
Hours after the Los Angeles Police Department shut down the SRGN Studios and Urban Necessities YZY GAP pop-up over alleged theft, SRGN Studios and Urban Necessities issued a joint statement in which both companies stated that the LAPD has “exonerated” them “from any allegations of misconduct.”
Urban Necessities and SRGN Studios have shared a joint statement responding to Yeezy CEO Dov Charney’s claims that their YZY GAP pop-up sale featured stolen items from Kanye West.
The companies state that the LAPD has “exonerated” them “from any allegations of misconduct.”… https://t.co/6io5eOGVes pic.twitter.com/qBVkv0ZLly
— Nice Kicks (@nicekicks) March 15, 2024
Urban Necessities posted on their Instagram Story that the pop-up would resume at 5 p.m. local time.
Stay tuned to Nice Kicks as the story develops.
The original story can be found below.
On March 15, SRGN Studios and Urban Necessities announced a YZY GAP “last supply” pop-up on their Instagram with 60,000+ items of merch selling for $20 on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The event was shut down not long after as the Los Angeles Police Department was at the scene along with Dov Charney, founder of American Apparel and current Yeezy CEO.
The line at Urban Necessities’ $20 Yeezy GAP sale at SRGN Studios in Los Angeles ? Over 60k products of unreleased YZY GAP ? pic.twitter.com/FJiVTUvcX3
— Nice Kicks (@nicekicks) March 15, 2024
Charney is seen exclaiming that the merchandise was stolen from Ye (formerly known as Kanye West). In the video, an LAPD officer tells Charney to leave as the scene is part of an ongoing investigation.
LAPD shut down the Urban Necessities x SRGN Studios YZY GAP pop-up sale that had over $60k worth of unreleased merch ?
Dov Charney, founder American Apparel + CEO of Yeezy, arrived to SRGN Studios claiming the merchandise was stolen ?
"This merchandise has been stolen from… https://t.co/wL6FiznXTf pic.twitter.com/ntik4iggbr
— Nice Kicks (@nicekicks) March 15, 2024
Ye reposted the video of Charney on his Instagram story where the Yeezy CEO states that the YZY GAP merch was stolen.
Ye FKA Kanye West has shared the video of Dov Charney claiming the YZY GAP pieces were stolen to his Instagram Story https://t.co/6io5eOGVes pic.twitter.com/JuSj0tHtdb
— Nice Kicks (@nicekicks) March 15, 2024
SRGN Studios and Urban Necessities’ acquisition of the YZY GAP merch is unclear after the fallout between the Yeezy and GAP partnership, resulting in unsold inventory.
