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Kanye West Leaves X After Antisemitic Posts and Swastika T-Shirt Ad

The rapper, now known as Ye, deactivated his account following widespread backlash for Nazi rhetoric and a Super Bowl ad promoting swastika merchandise.

Kanye West attends the Grammy Awards in February 2025.
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In this photo illustration, the Twitter account of Kanye West is displayed on a mobile phone with a photo of him shown in the background on October 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. - Rapper Kanye West's Twitter account, which was temporarily locked out after posting anti-Semitic remarks, appeared to be back up on the platform, on October 28 after billionaire Elon Musk took ownership of the social media company. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Overview

  • Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, deactivated his X account after posting antisemitic statements, including declaring himself a Nazi and expressing admiration for Adolf Hitler.
  • During the Super Bowl, Ye aired a local ad directing viewers to his Yeezy website, which featured a $20 t-shirt with a black swastika as its only product.
  • Civil rights groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, condemned the ad and Ye's recent comments, calling them dangerous and hateful.
  • Ye's posts also included attacks on Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar, as well as a defense of his wife Bianca Censori's controversial Grammys outfit, which he claimed demonstrated his 'dominion' over her.
  • Elon Musk, owner of X, flagged Ye's account as NSFW before its deactivation, stating that the rapper had been posting explicit and inflammatory content.