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Apple Music drops Kanye West playlist over antisemitism — report
Apple Music has dropped Kanye West’s Essentials Playlist amid the ongoing fallout over the rapper’s antisemitic tirades, the UK’s Daily Mail reports.
The move would be the first by a major streaming service to drop his music after he lost a series of endorsements and partnerships in recent days.
For weeks, the musician now known as Ye has made antisemitic comments in interviews and social media, including a Twitter post earlier this month inwhich he said he would soon go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” an apparent reference to the US defense readiness condition scale known as DEFCON. His posts led to his suspension from the platform.