A former G.O.O.D music affiliate successfully booked a promised performance during the highly anticipated New York Fashion Week claiming to be Ye’s team.
Social media can be toxic due to certain lifestyles people portray on either Instagram or in 280 characters or less. But finessing on the gram is easy. Much harder to do? Get the world’s largest fashion event to throw you a cool $900,000 for claiming to be the rep for Kanye West himself.
German fashion designer and business owner Phillip Plein was “secretly” contacted by someone claiming to be Kanye’s rep and who was looking to have Ye pull up and perform at the one place where both fashion and culture collide most significantly. This was obviously a dream booking for Plein, who carelessly went straight into negotiations for the performance to take place. The deal was quick and the money was wired to an account that has since been cleared and gone ghost.
Sometimes all you need in life is one finesse.