Kanye West’s X account shut down after 12-hour antisemitic rant

  • Ye called himself a 'Nazi' in one of the posts
  • He is selling Nazi swastika T-shirts on his website
  • X account was deactivated

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(NewsNation) — An X account for musician Kanye West has been deactivated following a multiday antisemitic tirade on the social media platform that ended in the rapper selling Nazi swastika T-shirts on his website. 

The account went offline Sunday night, though it’s unclear if it was deleted by X or by West, who in 2021 legally changed his name to “Ye.”

His X profile page now reads, “This account doesn’t exist.”

West’s antisemitic posts were condemned by several Jewish organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League, who called his rant an “egregious display of antisemitism, racism and misogyny.”

“We know this game all too well. Let’s call Ye’s hate-filled public rant for what it really is: a sad attempt for attention that uses Jews as a scapegoat. But unfortunately, it does get attention because Kanye has a far-reaching platform on which to spread his antisemitism and hate. Words matter. And as we’ve seen too many times before, hateful rhetoric can prompt real-world consequences,” the group said in a statement. 

Antisemitic tirade on X

Over the course of 12 hours starting Saturday evening, West started posting hateful comments.

Some of the most egregious stated, “I AM A NAZI” and “’I LOVE HITLER.” 

He also posted, “Some of my best friends are Jewish, and I don’t trust any of them,” and added that he is “never” apologizing for his antisemitic comments. 

“I’m racist stereo types (sic) exist for a reason and they all be true,” he wrote in another post.

“I don’t even know what the f— anti Semitic means. It’s just some bull—- Jewish people made up to protect their bull—-,” the rapper said in a separate post.

At the end of his tirade, West posted,  “I won…I tweeted pretty much everything I felt like for 12 hours and I still have my Twitter. And most importantly my billions.” 

“Thank you everyone for participating in this social experiment.”

The comments sparked condemnation from several celebrities, including actor David Schwimmer, who called on X owner Elon Musk to shut down West’s tirade. 

“We can’t stop a deranged bigot from spewing hate filled, ignorant bile… but we CAN stop giving him a megaphone, Mr. Musk,” Schwimmer posted on Instagram. 

“Kanye West has 32.7 million followers on your platform, X. That’s twice as many people than the number of Jews in existence. His sick hate speech results in REAL LIFE violence against Jews,” he wrote. 

Piers Morgan also called out West, saying, “So disappointed that Kanye West has deleted his X account… said nobody. From genius rap superstar to demented, vile, racist, anti-Semitic, misogynist, violence-inducing troll. What a sad, pathetic downfall.”

In a statement, the American Jewish Committee said West “continues to purposefully use his platform to spew anti-Jewish hatred. While some may dismiss his hateful rants, we cannot overlook the dangerous influence they can have on his millions of followers, particularly on social media, where a significant portion of today’s antisemitism thrives. Hate, left unchecked, only multiplies.” 

West sells swastika T-shirts 

Shortly after unleashing the hateful comments on X, West appeared in a Super Bowl commercial Sunday night directing to his website, which was selling T-shirts with Nazi swastikas. 

The white T-shirts with a black swastika on the front were the only items for sale on the front page of yeezy.com as of Monday afternoon.

He also posted about the shirts on X, saying he’s wanted to make the T-shirt “for years” and calling them his “greatest performance art piece thus far.”

West’s history of antisemitic and hateful comments 

West has had a history of offensive and antisemitic comments, including repeated praise of Hitler and the Nazis.

His X and Instagram accounts were briefly suspended in 2022 after he posted that he was going to go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” an apparent reference to the U.S. defense readiness condition scale, aka “DEFCON.”

West doubled down on the controversial comments during an interview with NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo at the time, saying he doesn’t “believe in” the term “antisemitic” and that the music industry today is “modern-day slavery.”

Cuomo questioned West if it was possible that his words violated the app’s guidelines. West responded, “I don’t believe in that term … I classify as Jew also, so I actually can’t be an anti-Semite.”

West has also suggested slavery was a choice and called the coronavirus vaccine “the mark of the beast.” 

In October 2022, he was criticized for wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt at his Paris Fashion Week show.

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