{"id":27090,"date":"2020-03-02T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=27090"},"modified":"2020-02-26T13:43:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T18:43:15","slug":"a-look-back-at-the-bewildering-kanye-west-jesus-is-king-merch-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2020\/03\/02\/a-look-back-at-the-bewildering-kanye-west-jesus-is-king-merch-store\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Back at the Bewildering Kanye West ‘Jesus is King’ Merch Store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“The IRS want they fifty-plus our tithe \/ Man, that’s over half of the pie \/ I felt dry, that’s on God \/ That’s why I charge the prices that I charge \/ I can’t be out here dancin’ with the stars \/ No, I cannot let my family starve \/ I go hard, that’s on God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To support the release of \u201cJesus is King,\u201d Kanye West\u2019s ninth consecutive number 1 album, the rapper conjured up some mind-boggling merch<\/a> on sale for his trademark ridiculous prices. Its quality, as you\u2019re about to see, is indicative of its parent album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of it makes no sense and leaves me utterly speechless, some of it looks so haphazardly put together it would look like my first attempt to do something in a graphic design class and some of it is just downright blasphemous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A brief glimpse of what’s to come. (YouTube\/videogamedunkey)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Besides West himself, I have no idea who to blame for this merch\u2019s existence. I\u2019ve seen reports that say it was designed by AWGE<\/a>, A$AP Rocky’s mysterious creative agency. It\u2019s two rules are \u201c#1 NEVER REVEAL WHAT AWGE MEANS\u201d and \u201c#2 WHEN IN DOUBT ALWAYS REFER TO RULE ONE.\u201d That\u2019s verbatim from their about page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s what first reports stated, but now the merch adorns the name of CPFM<\/a> (Cactus Plant Flea Market), a less mysterious fashion brand that lives up to its name with how they designed this merch. Some public figures associated with it include Pharell Williams, Cara Delevingne, Travis Scott, Big Sean and Tyler, the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like West, they also specialize in selling ugly clothes with limited sizes for far too high of a price, so it could be seen as a match made in heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The merch you\u2019re about to see was a flash sale, as it was only on the site for 24 hours and then marked as sold out. It\u2019s a common practice from West, and is why he\u2019s able to get away with some of the insanely high prices. So let\u2019s take a trip back through time, and look at these monstrosities that people actually bought as part of the beginning of Kanye\u2019s cult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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