Apple Music drops Kanye West playlist over antisemitism — report

27 October 2022, 3:36 pm

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FILE - Kanye West watches the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles, on March 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

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.