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Monday, February 10, 2025
Kanye West’s account on X goes dark after antisemitic rant, while his bizarre Super Bowl ad promotes swastika tshirt
Kanye West’s account on X has been deactivated after a days-long rant on the platform that included vitriolic, antisemitic outbursts.
It is not immediately clear whether the artist and entrepreneur, who legally changed his name to Ye, deactivated the account himself or X took it down.
“I’m logging out of Twitter. I appreciate Elon for allowing me to vent. It has been very cathartic to use the world as a sounding board,” he writes in his final post, referring to the owner of X, Elon Musk.
It is a familiar pattern for Ye, 47, who is now in the headlines as often for his provocative, often hate-filled rants as he is for his music.
The rapper has been locked out of social media platforms in the past, notably when he was banned from X for nearly eight months after violating rules barring incitement to violence.
Ye’s most recent missives included comments in support of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is imprisoned on sex trafficking charges. He repeatedly referred to himself as a “Nazi.”
X does not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The account was taken down as the rapper aired a bizarre Super Bowl ad promoting his clothing brand, Yeezy, though the only product available on the website is a white t-shirt with a black swastika.
https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1888992400887947563
“As if we needed further proof of Kanye’s antisemitism, he chose to put a single item for sale on his website – a t-shirt emblazoned with a swastika,” the ADL says in a statement.
“The swastika is the symbol adopted by Hitler as the primary emblem of the Nazis. It galvanized his followers in the 20th century and continues to threaten and instill fear in those targeted by antisemitism and white supremacy.”
“There’s no excuse for this kind of behavior. Even worse, Kanye advertised his website during the Super Bowl, amplifying it beyond his already massive social media audience,” the ADL statement ads.
