This is the Forward’s coverage of Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, whose career collapsed in autumn 2022 after he went on an antisemitic tirade.
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Fast Forward Kanye says he wants to ‘make amends’ with Jews, meets with Orthodox celebrity rabbi
The meeting came months after Ye declared on X that he was 'done with antisemitism'
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Fast Forward Australia cancels Kanye West’s visa over controversial ‘Heil Hitler’ song: ‘We don’t need that in Australia’
“We have enough problems in this country already without deliberately importing bigotry,” an official said of the cancellation
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Fast Forward ‘I am done with antisemitism,’ Ye declares morning after Jewish museum shooting
Ye’s announcement came weeks after the artist released a single called 'Heil Hitler.'
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Culture How Hitler and Ye sent a wish for fortune and good health straight to ‘heil’
Thanks to Ye's latest 'song,' the word 'heil' is spreading like an epidemic
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Fast Forward Joe Rogan defends Ye’s ‘Heil Hitler’ song
'It kind of supports what he says, which is that there’s this concerted effort, if you talk about Jewish people, that they’re going to remove you from everything,' Rogan said.
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Culture Ye’s antisemitism is old news, but it’s time to pay attention again
The artist's newest song, 'Heil Hitler,' is doing numbers online, which is noteworthy
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Fast Forward Russell Brand defends Ye’s ‘Heil Hitler’ music video
“You have to celebrate voices like Ye’s, true artists that are willing to go into very, very difficult situations in order to tell the truth,” the actor and podcaster said
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Fast Forward Ye debuts ‘Heil Hitler’ music video that includes a sample of a Hitler speech
The song is the artist’s latest string of antisemitic provocations
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