Final yr, Kanye West returned to the general public eye after antisemitic remarks he made in 2022 led to a short exile and numerous professional consequences for the rapper and businessman. His return included the discharge of two albums—Vultures 1 and Vultures 2—and the restoration of his X account, which had been suspended on account of his antisemitic posts. And, this previous Sunday, West and his spouse, Bianca Censori, made a headline-grabbing appearance on the crimson carpet at the 2025 Grammy Awards.
Now, in a sequence of posts on X that started final evening and are ongoing, West is expressing the identical form of antisemitic, racist, and hateful rhetoric that obtained him banned years in the past. Right here is one post that West made: “IM RACIST STEREO TYPES EXIST FOR A REASON AND THEY ALL BE TRUE.”
In one other submit, West wrote (in capital letters) that he doesn’t “like or belief any Jewish individual.” Further posts embody nice reward for Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Celebration—fascinations that West has reportedly held for years. In a single occasion, West plainly called himself a Nazi. He additionally said he would by no means apologize for his antisemitism. Additional posts are homophobic, racist against Black people, misogynistic, and ableist.
West additionally used his platform to defend and reward Sean “Diddy” Combs, the disgraced rapper and mogul who remains incarcerated as he awaits federal trial on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. West claims that “they” are “attempting to make an instance out of” Diddy, who can also be facing countless lawsuits from men and women who declare that the musician abused them. He asks, too, for one in all his allies, President Donald J. Trump, to pardon Diddy, who has largely denied the allegations of wrongdoing.
One other controversial music determine West defends and praises is Chris Brown, the singer who was convicted, in 2009, of assaulting Rihanna. West says that “all of us watched them attempt to cancel Chris Brown,” a musician who additionally has confronted quite a few lawsuits for alleged physical and sexual assaults.
In a post this morning, West primarily defined the motivation behind his posts: “Has anybody ever wished to get all of it off they chest Every thing you felt Every thing they instructed you to not say suppose or really feel.”
