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Kanye West sued, dropped by talent agency and retail platform over antisemitic slurs (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Kanye West has been sued and dropped by his talent agency after he posted a stream of antisemitic abuse, put T-shirts with a swastika on sale in his online shop, and was alleged to have described himself as Hitler to a Jewish employee.

Last week West, also known as Ye, wrote a barrage of antisemitic posts on X including, “I’m a Nazi … I love Hitler”.

The swastika T-shirt was placed for sale on the website of his fashion brand Yeezy, with the product line “HH-01”, assumed to be code for “Heil Hitler”.

Shopify, the company that provided the online platform for Yeezy, has now taken the store offline, stating: “All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform. This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms.”

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

"... assumed to be code for heil hitler."

The news really has got to stop with this "assumed to be" bullshit. It's as clear as day that it is code for heil hitler, as HH/88 has been a long fucking time. It's the whole "Elon made what looked to be a nazi salute" thing all over again. No it didn't look like a nazi salute, it was, and this HH is not maybe code for something, it is.

Get some fucking courage and call it like it is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 49 minutes ago

“… assumed to be… looks like… could be construed as… according to a source…”are all weasel words and phrases to avoid litigation, to give a little leeway if it got to court.

Reporting - with a nod and a wink; and a little protection.

My favourite euphemism for “drunk/drugged and aggressive” celebrities in newspaper stories is “tired and emotional”.

Sometimes it’s best to say something without actually saying it if you want to stay in business. Granted, it’s not ideal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 50 minutes ago

Libel lawsuits can be expensive, and you can bet your ass that without that ambiguity Ye's lawyers would be all over them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Not taking your prescription drugs is a hell of a drug.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 minutes ago

I'm bipolar and I'm fucking tired of hearing that excuse for him. Even if I'm off my meds I'm not a fucking Nazi

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Mental illness doesn't make you a Nazi. Saying Ye is acting like this because he's off his meds is saying that those with diagnosed with bipolar or narcissism are just one step away from being a bigot. That's not true and it only furthers the stigma of those with mental health issues.

Ye is the one choosing to be racist, that choice is on him alone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 52 minutes ago

Exactly. I have autism and an anxiety disorder, and I don't go around seig heiling and doing Nazi shit, and it isn't JUST because the Nazis would have me killed.

[–] Revan343 -1 points 58 minutes ago

It's entirely possible that being off his meds is why he's acting like this...but it's not the reason he's a bigot, just a reason he isn't hiding it.

I think it's just as likely that he's being loud about it because bigotry is back in fashion, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Oh he's not taking any drugs except for nitrous

[–] ehpolitical 21 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

He's really and truly lost it. Was bad before, but this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 minutes ago (1 children)

I mean who knows whats really going on in his head. I think he is trying to be shocking.

[–] ehpolitical 1 points 8 minutes ago

I get the whole shock value thing, but this is more like shooting yourself in both feet, on purpose. I mean, he might as well just amputate them at this point. Like, that's some seriously messed up stuff he's doing now, he's gotta know a lot of people are gonna hate him for it. Unless, like I said elsewhere, he manages to still remain popular... and then anyone left who's sane might as well pack up and move to the mountains.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

The last outfall was so bad that even Alex Jones had to argue that Hitler wasnt a good guy. I'm just wondering how he was able to get back into the spotlight to repeat this shit. I mean, I have an idea what convinced him now is the time to shine again.

[–] ILikeBoobies 9 points 2 hours ago

He said he was jealous of Elon and that it should have been him to do the salute

I don’t think you have to wonder

[–] ehpolitical 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If he somehow manages to maintain any popularity even now, that'll tell us a lot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 25 minutes ago (1 children)

Don't worry, he will.

[–] ehpolitical 1 points 13 minutes ago

You really think he will, even after all this? Cause that would truly be insane... and scary.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

May his future be lit by the bridges he's burned.

[–] ehpolitical 8 points 10 hours ago

Never heard that before... it's very dark, but good.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 hours ago

Give him a one way ticket to birkenau and see if he can feel more at home

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That guy had a talent agent? Any port in the storm I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

And he'll probably have another one shortly. Plenty of assholes out there who will make money off of him until it becomes untenable... then someone on a lower tier will pick him up

[–] [email protected] 9 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Why is this guy still a thing? He dropped relevance in 2009

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

He dropped relevance in 2009

He might be a Nazi asshole now, but he very much is still a thing. He has never released an album that didn't reach the number 1 or 2 position in the Billboard 200 rankings in the US, with same or similar success on ranking charts around the world, and that includes 10 albums released after 2009. The most recent was a collab in August 2024, and the most recent solo album was in 2021. Both were extremely successful and well received.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I suppose this is exactly why..

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago

Yup, he's craving attention

[–] [email protected] 86 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Shopify when this happened: No comment.

Shopify after blowback: This is an abhorrent abuse of our policies! We are all adither!

In conclusion: Fuck Shopify. And obligatory fuck ICE.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 49 minutes ago

Nothing to add except I've never seen "adither" written out. I've been saying "A tizzy" all my life. 🫣

[–] LostWon 29 points 15 hours ago

Actually they fully allow the sale of explicit Nazi merch at Shopify. They just came up with a vaguely plausible excuse to get rid of Kanye's store specifically. The execs at Shopify are outspoken extreme right wingers. These are guys get along well with the Proud Boys (which is considered a terrorist group in Canada).

[–] [email protected] 19 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Yeah, I'm sure theyre all just absolutely shocked Kanye doubled down on the Nazi shit yet again.

[–] [email protected] 117 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Shopify only dropped him because they didn't think he'd actually ship the swastika shirts, not because he was selling the swastika shirts.

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[–] [email protected] 135 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I have some bad news for Yeezy. Nazis ~~weren't~~ aren't very fond of brown people either.