Kanye West registers trademarks tied to NFTs and cryptocurrencies

The firm Mascotte Holdings, linked to the famous rapper Kanye West, filed 17 trademark applications under the YEEZUS brand. Among the contemplated uses — NFTs and metaverses.

Kanye West has filed 17 new trademark applications around his YEEZUS name.

The filings indicate an intent to launch YEEZUS-branded amusement parks, NFT’s, toys and more. 👇#KanyeWest pic.twitter.com/bI7RkA1Pk3

— Josh Gerben (@JoshGerben) June 1, 2022

In one of documents it states the potential of \”providing an online marketplace for buyers of crypto- and/or digital collectibles, currencies, tokens and assets\”.

Mascotte Holdings intends to cover a broad range of potential products outside the crypto space, including clothing, video games, retail stores, amusement parks, cosmetics.

The YEEZUS brand is linked to the artist’s sixth solo album of the same name, released in 2013.

On January 31, West posted a photo of a note on his Instagram. In it he wrote: \”Don’t ask me to do the damn NFT… ask me later.\” The post has since been deleted.

Don’t expect an NFT from Kanye any time soon. He shared this along with the note: «STOP ASKING ME TO DO NFT’s I’M NOT FINNA CO-SIGN … FOR NOW I’M NOT ON THAT WAVE I MAKE MUSIC AND PRODUCTS IN THE REAL WORLD» pictwitter.com/Ct8m665nlv

— Pigeons & Planes (@PigsAndPlans) February 1, 2022

Earlier, in February, rapper Snoop Dogg announced the transformation of Death Row Records into the first NFT label.

Later the musician announced plans to create digital cannabis farms in the MOBLAND project’s metaverse.

Earlier, Snoop Dogg disclosed that he is Cozomo de’ Medici, the collector of hundreds of non-fungible tokens.

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