ALBAWABA - The rapper Kanye West backed out of his 2023 apology for his previous antisemitic comments and praised Hitler.
In an hours-long tirade on social media, the rapper and designer, formerly known as Kanye West, retracted his 2023 apologies for his previous antisemitic remarks, claimed to be a Nazi, and reaffirmed his love for Adolf Hitler.
In a post filled with foul language on X, the website that was once known as Twitter, he declared, "I'm never apologizing for my Jewish comments." The outburst started late Thursday night and continued into Friday morning.
His 2023 apologies, following a slew of antisemitic and pro-Nazi utterances that led companies like Adidas to sever their relationship with him, contrasted sharply with the taunting remarks. Ye begged for forgiveness and stated that it "was not my intention to offend or demean, and I deeply regret any pain I may have caused" in his 2023 apology, which was written in Hebrew.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 02: (L-R) Kanye West and Bianca Censori(Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images via AFP)
In a statement released Friday morning, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said the group had denounced Ye's "dangerous behavior" and referred to the rapper's latest tweets on X as "a flagrant and unequivocal display of hate."
Greenblatt remarked, "We know this game all too well." "Let's call Ye's hateful public tirade what it is: a depressing attention-seeking tactic that makes Jews the blame. But regrettably, it does garner attention since Kanye has a large following on which to disseminate his hatred and antisemitism. Word count. Furthermore, hate speech can have real-world repercussions, as we have seen far too often.
A Ye spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.
Elon Musk, President Trump's inauguration, and the transparent gown his wife, Bianca Censori, wore on the Grammy Awards red carpet last Sunday were among the subjects covered in Ye's other posts. He declared, "I have dominion over my wife."
In a podcast interview this week, Ye claimed that he was misdiagnosed and that he actually had autism, despite having repeatedly referenced a bipolar disorder diagnosis over the years.
