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 Trump defends Kanye West in the wake of his own scorning of American Jews
The former president said West likes him very much and is often misinterpreted
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Opinion I listened to Kanye West slander Jews for three hours so that you don’t have to
In a recent interview, the rapper blamed all of his problems on the Jews.
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Opinion The real Kanye West scandal everyone is missing
Unless antisemitic rhetoric is painfully obvious, it gets ignored
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Fast Forward Candace Owens says no ‘honest person’ thought Kanye’s tweet was antisemitic
On her show, Owens seemed to suggest that anything short of calls for genocide may not qualify as antisemitism
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Culture Tucker Carlson applauded Kanye West’s ‘bold’ beliefs — but he edited out a lot of antisemitism
The rapper rambled about his hate for woke culture and love of Trump on the Fox show. His harmful beliefs about Jews, however, didn't air.
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Culture Why are we afraid to call Kanye West’s posts antisemitic?
The rapper tweeted that he wanted to go "death con 3 on Jewish people," yet numerous major outlets called this "purported" antisemitism
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Music Is Drake off to get some Jesus in his life?
In his newly-released EP, Drake is once more considering God’s plan for him. Judging by one song’s contemplation of Jesus, he may be entering a 1980s Dylan phase. On the track “Wants and Needs,” the artist formerly known as Aubrey Graham reflects on his success, which his mother, Sandi (née Sher) suggests is “Godsent.” That…
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The Schmooze If Jared Kushner enlisted Kanye as a third-party spoiler, it didn’t work
In August, just a month after announcing he was “walking” for president, rapper Kanye West met with Trump family scion-in-law Kushner in Colorado. The purpose of the meeting was unknown: Kanye later tweeted that the two had discussed “Powernomics,” a book by Claud Anderson on Black economic empowerment, but provided no more substantive information. Combined…
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