Kanye West, also known as Ye, has generated much controversy over his antisemitic remarks (among other things). As far back as 2013 he stated that Jews are more well-connected than Black people, giving them an unfair advantage. He also criticized Jared Kushner for his efforts to improve relations between Israel and Arab nations, saying that Kushner was driven by greed. And he stated that “I prefer my kids knew Hanukkah than Kwanzaa. At least it will come with some financial engineering.” He has frequently referenced Jewish control of the media, including his recent response to rapper Sean Combs, who had asked Kanye not to continue wearing a White Lives Matter shirt. Kanye said, “Ima use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me.” And last week, Kanye went to Mar-a-Lago to have lunch with Donald Trump, bringing with him Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist Holocaust denier. When Kanye recently tweeted that “I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE” his Twitter account was restricted and the tweet was deleted. Following Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, Kanye returned to that platform with a tweet that read “Testing Testing Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked.” He followed that with what tweet?

Kanye West at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival (cropped) by David Shankbone is in the public domain via Wikimedia Commons