Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, praised Adolf Hitler on his latest interview with , despite the Nazi dictator’s hatred of Black people.
As if we really thought he could not do anything more horrendous. Some sources suspect it’s a distraction from Kim K’s comments this week on Balenciaga’s campaign that allegedly sexualized children.
Kim said that she was “disgusted and outraged,” and “shaken by the disturbing images,” and added that “any attempts to normalize child abuse of any kind should have no place in our society—period.”
Balenciaga apologized for the campaign and wiped the images “from all platforms.”
“We sincerely apologize for any offense our holiday campaign may have caused,” the company said in a statement. “Our plush bear bags should not have been featured with children. … We apologize for displaying unsettling documents in our campaign.
“We take this matter very seriously and are taking legal action against the parties responsible for creating the set and including unapproved items for our Spring 23 campaign photoshoot. We strongly condemn abuse of children in any form. We stand for children safety and well-being.”
There was that fiasco this week but then Ye was given an hours long interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones where he showed up with a black ski mask and black mittens covering over his face and hands, no skin showing at all. During which he not only gave praise to Hitler but made more antisemitic jokes.
“The Jewish media has made us feel like the Nazis and Hitler have never offered anything of value to the world,” Ye said at one point during the interview. “I see good things about Hitler, also.”
“…I’m done with the classification. Every human being has something of value that they’ve brought to the table, especially Hitler,” Ye also said.
Later after the interview the rapper tweeted an image appearing to show a swastika inside a Star of David, which was then blocked by Twitter as a violation of its rules.
New Twitter platform owner Elon Musk signaled his disapproval of Ye’s post. Musk wrote “That is fine” in response to one tweet in which Ye posted a photo of Musk and suggested the tweet would be his last. In a reply to the Star of David tweet, Musk wrote: “This is not.”
Ye’s account was later suspended. In a reply to another user, Musk said Ye “again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.”
On November 20th Ye announced he plans to run for president for the 2024 election, and will have white nationalist Nick Fuentes and far-right figure Milo Yiannopoulos on his campaign.
To be continued…