Welcome to 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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Culture Why this was the worst week in antisemitism — until maybe next week
Joe Rogan hosting a Holocaust revisionist, Musk retweeting Holocaust denial, Kanye West selling KKK uniforms — all at once
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Fast Forward Adidas just sold off its final Yeezy shoe. Some of the proceeds are going to fight antisemitism.
The German sportswear giant that broke ties with Ye over his antisemitism is donating 250 billion euros it made from liquidating the rapper’s sneaker line
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Fast Forward Kanye West, back on X again, says he is ‘not under Jewish control anymore’
Ye also defended selling swastika shirts on his website
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Fast Forward Kanye’s swastika shirt inspires a flurry of defiant Jewish spinoffs
Now for sale: mugs with the logo from the anti-Kanye celebrity deepfake
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Fast Forward In AI video, Jewish celebrities from Scarlett Johansson to Adam Sandler give Kanye the middle finger
The video, made by an Israeli entrepreneur, shows the celebrities wearing a shirt that echoes the swastika one Kanye West sold this week
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Culture Every antisemitic thing Kanye West has said (so far)
It's been going on for more than a decade and we're trying to keep up
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Culture On Super Bowl Sunday, Kendrick Lamar took on fascism, Kanye and Donald Trump
The big game in America saw two hip-hop artists going very different directions, with Ye selling swastika shirts while Lamar parodied patriotism
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Fast Forward Thanking Elon Musk for ‘allowing me to vent,’ Kanye West quits X after antisemitic rant
“It has been very cathartic to use the world as a sounding board,” Ye posted
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Fast Forward The invitation said, ‘No Jews.’ The response from campus officials, at least, was real.
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