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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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 Kanye embarks on a new antisemitic spree on X, saying, ‘I’m never apologizing for my Jewish comments’
“ELON THEY KICKED ME OFF OF INSTAGRAM SO HAPPY YOU BOUGHT X,” Ye tweeted early in his spree
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Politics Trump said Hitler did ‘good things’ — he’s not the only one who thinks that
Admirers of the Führer abound, and not always from the fringe
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Fast Forward Trump says Kanye West ‘has a good heart’ in interview with Jewish streaming star Adin Ross
Ross, a South Florida native and a nexus of the growing young, online right, said previously that he wouldn’t allow Ye to denigrate Jews on his show
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Fast Forward Kanye West apologizes to Jewish community for ‘outburst’ — in Hebrew
In an Instagram post, the rapper vowed to work on himself and ‘promote unity’
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Fast Forward Kanye West’s album with antisemitic lyric and long list of famous collaborators on track to debut Friday
The album seems headed for a large audience on most major streaming platforms, despite his months in the spotlight over antisemitic comments
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Culture In a new track, Kanye explains why he can’t be antisemitic
In his first new music since his antisemitism scandal, the rapper musters a less-than-compelling defense
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