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, 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.
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