ALBAWABA - Kanye West sparks controversy again as his new song “Heil Hitler” gets removed from major streaming platforms.
Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) tried to release his new song, "Heil Hitler," but he says streaming services removed it and DSPs have prohibited it.
West had been hinting about the single for a while, and on Thursday, May 8, he posted his new song to SoundCloud. However, it has since been taken down.
Ye posted on X, "All digital streaming platforms have banned Heil Hitler by Ye," before highlighting the unfairness of streaming restrictions in his opinion. "They're literally keeping the n—-s down, even though Randy Newman's Rednecks is still streamable."
In the song, Ye talks about his custody battles with Kim Kardashian, his ex-wife, over their four children. He also claims that banks are freezing his accounts and rapping about his usage of nitrous. He raps, "I still can't see my kids, even with all this fame and money, and I still can't get my kids back."
West asserts that he "became a Nazi, yet, b—h, I'm the villain" and repeats the song's title in the refrain. Adolf Hitler's German address is used in part of the horn-tinged outro.
Billboard has reached out to reps for Ye as well as SoundCloud and Spotify.
Ye had been teasing the song for weeks now, with several snippets appearing on Sneako's stream during the song's development. This came after his antisemitic X tirades in which he praised Hitler.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 02: Kanye West (Roy Rochlin / Getty Images via AFP)
West has had a rough week. On Tuesday, May 6, he rushed off the set of a confrontational interview with Piers Morgan only minutes after it started, after the host of Uncensored miscounted Ye's followers on X.
Before leaving the interview, the Chicago native stated, "You're not going to take inches off my di–, bro." "Dude, I'm a gift. Why do all of you in the media pretend that you haven't performed my music at your weddings, graduations, funerals, or childbirths?
He continued, “You take someone like that’s living, like a [John] Lennon or a Michael Jackson. That particular detail is ridiculous. It only demonstrates the hatred you have for those who express affection. My artwork exudes a great deal of affection. You get this for the time being; once you can count, we can go back.
