Chance The Rapper and his fiancee Kirsten Corley are fast approaching wedded bliss but before their big day, the Chicago superstar joined his lady on an exclusive experience. Barneys in Chicago shut down early on Monday (Feb. 11) to allow Corley to shop to her heart’s delight. PageSix reports: Ahead of the holiday on Thursday, […]
Trayon Christian was awarded $45,000 from the company this week. The incident happened in April 2013, when the then 19-year-old went to the Manhattan location to purchase a $348 Ferragamo belt. Barneys employees allegedly believed he bought the belt with a fraudulent credit card.
Beyonce Cops A Ski Mask From Jay’s SCC Barneys Collection Barneys may have cancelled Jay Z’s big kick-off party for their SCC holiday collaboration, for…
*A party that was supposed to celebrate the launch of Jay Z’s fashion collaboration with Barneys has been cancelled amid the store’s racial profiling scandal. The mogul was urged to pull plans for his curated designer collection following allegations two young black shoppers were detained by cops after making expensive purchases at a New […]
Courtesy of SOHH Dot Com Despite the controversy surrounding the Barney’s department store in NYC that racially profiled against a customer that brought a designer…
*Kanye West brought up the Barneys racism mess during a concert Friday in Las Vegas. Two African Americans have accused the store of racial profiling after they were detained by cops after making expensive purchases at their New York City store. The scandal has put pressure on rapper Jay Z to pull his curated […]
*Rev. Al Sharpton and community leaders in NYC are set to meet with Mark Lee. Lee is the CEO of Barneys New York. According to Sharpton’s spokesperson, Rachel Noerdlinger, the meet up will be the National Action Network HQ in Harlem. Of course the subject of discussion will be allegations of racial profiling at […]
*Throwing stones at hip-hop mogul Jay-Z isn’t the answer, says the good Rev. Al Sharpton in regard to allegations of racial profiling made by two shoppers who were detained after purchasing expensive merchandise at Barneys dept. store in Manhattan, New York, reports show. The enterprising rapper joined forces with the high-end clothing chain some […]
*It’s not what he would have preferred, but Jay Z, under relentless pressure to end his association with luxury retailer Barneys New York, which is accused of racial profiling, has finally spoken out. Basically Jay Z says he was waiting to respond after he got the full understanding of what went down. Saturday, in […]
After Barneys received a flood of negative press for stories about being racially profiled while shopping for designer items, they’ve released an apology on their…
*Less than 24 hours after the news that Barneys and the New York Police Department are being sued for discrimination by 19-year-old college student Trayon Christian, a second African American shopper has come forward with the same allegations. Kayla Phillips, a 21-year-old nursing student from Brooklyn, told the New York Daily News that she […]