Kanye West can’t sell ‘White Lives Matter’ shirts because two Black men own the trademark

Kanye West can’t sell his “White Lives Matter” T-shirts legally in the US, as the trademark for the controversial phrase is owned by Ramses Ja and Quinton Ward, two Black activists who host the nationally syndicated radio show Civic Cipher

Kanye sparked outrage last month when he debuted the “White Lives Matter” designs during the YZY Season 9 fashion show. The phrase has been widely criticized as a flippant response to Black Lives Matter, a global social movement that aims to combat police brutality and racially motivated violence.