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Every antisemitic thing Kanye

West has said (so far)
It’s been going on for almost a decade and we’re
doing our best to try to keep up

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By Mira Fox
November 1, 2022

The news cycle cannot get o! of Kanye West.

The rapper, who legally changed his name to
Ye, made antisemitic posts on Instagram and
Twitter in early October, setting o! a landslide
of revelations.

Since then, it feels like each new day has

brought a new story about West’s antisemitic
statements. Podcast and talk show hosts
invited him onto their shows to talk about the
initial incident on social media, and ended up
platforming the musician’s ranting, which has
reiterated his antisemitism as well as racist
statements and condemnations of figures such
as George Floyd.

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Some have blamed West’s antisemitic rants on

his bipolar diagnosis. But his antisemitic
beliefs are nothing new even as West has
repeatedly defended himself against criticism
by attempting to position himself as a brave
teller of truth.

It’s all hard to keep up with, so we’ve made a

timeline to help you keep track of the ongoing
chaos.

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Jewish connections (2013)

During an interview on New York City’s Hip

Hop and R&B radio station Power 105.1 FM,
West made a remark about Jewish connections.

“Man, let me tell you about George Bush and

oil money and Obama and no money. People
want to say Obama can’t make these moves or
he’s not executing,” West said on air. “That’s
because he ain’t got those connections. Black
people don’t have the same level of
connections as Jewish people. Black people
don’t have the same connection as oil people.”

The ADL denounced the statement as “classic

antisemitism.”

In Camera interview (October 2015)

In an interview on YouTube, West said that he

loves Jews, while also expressing his belief in
antisemitic conspiracy theories about Jewish
a#nity for money. Though the interview was,
on its surface, philosemitic, the rapper’s
statements employed dangerous stereotypes.

“It’s always that secret thing. I’ll find out

somebody, like a Black dude will be super good
with money,” Kanye said, near the end of the
interview. “He’ll be like well, ‘Don’t tell
anyone but I’m actually half Jewish.’”

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“That’s a compliment, that is not antisemitic!”

he said. “I love Jews.”

He went on to reference beliefs about Jewish

control and secrets.

“I look at, as a culture, the way that they

communicate and share information,” West
said. “It’s about information, it’s about
sharing information.”

‘Hitler’ album (2018)

West’s former employees and collaborators

recently said that West wanted to give his 2018
album, which was released with the title “Ye,”
the title “Hitler” instead.

A business executive who worked with West

said the rapper had read “Mein Kampf” and
was an outspoken admirer of Hitler
particularly for his skill in propaganda. The
executive also said that West frequently had
employees and associates sign NDAs so they
would not reveal his antisemitic and pro-Nazi
rants.

TMZ interview (2018)

In a now-infamous interview with tabloid site

TMZ in 2018, West declared that slavery was “a
choice,” a comment for which he was widely
criticized.

A former TMZ employee, Van Lathan Jr.,

recently revealed that West had made positive
comments about Hitler during the interview,
which were edited out and did not air.

“He said something like, ‘I love Hitler, I love

Nazis.’ Something to that e!ect when he was
there. And they took it out of the interview for
whatever reason,” Lathan said.

‘White Lives Matter’ shirt (Oct. 3,

2022)

West wore a shirt that read “White Lives

Matter” to Paris fashion week. The
catchphrase, which gained particularly
widespread attention during the Black Lives
Matters protests of 2020, has long been
associated with white supremacist ideology,
which promotes hatred and fear of Jews as well
as people of color.

Diddy texts (Oct. 7)

West posted screenshots from a text

conversation with the rapper Sean Combs, also
known as Diddy. In the exchange, Combs
criticized West for the “White Lives Matter”
shirt; West responded by accusing Combs of
being controlled by Jews.

“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,” West wrote in the
screenshot of the conversation, which he
posted to Instagram. He captioned the post
“Jesus is Jew.”

‘Death con 3’ (Oct. 8)

Instagram removed West’s posts of the text

conversation with Combs and his account was
locked, so the rapper took to Twitter. West
tweeted that he wanted to go “death con 3” on
“THE JEWISH PEOPLE,” adding that “you guys
have toyed with me and tried to black ball
anyone who opposes your agenda.”

“The funny thing is I actually can’t be anti-

Semitic because black people are actually Jew
also,“ he wrote in the same tweet.

The phrase “death con” seems to be a

reference to U.S. defense protocol, DEFCON;
it’s unclear whether the misspelling was
meaningful or a typo. Twitter removed the post
and briefly locked West’s account.

It was, however, soon unlocked and West

posted another quote implying the Jews
invented cancel culture.

Tucker Carlson (Oct. 11)

Vice published leaked clips from the outtakes

of an Oct. 7 Tucker Carlson interview in which
West endorsed numerous overtly antisemitic
beliefs, said he believes Black people are the
real Jews, and, as a bonus, sprinkled in some
frankly odd statements about Jews dancing.

West’s many edited comments included

remarks about wanting his children to learn
about Hanukkah in school so they would learn
“financial engineering,” a reference to
stereotypes and conspiracies about Jewish
greed and financial control. (He also said he
believed fake children had been planted in his
home.)

The leaked video also made it clear that some

of West’s statements that did air on the show
were veiled antisemitic accusations, including
one about Jared Kushner negotiating the
Abraham Accords “to make money” for
himself.

“I think that’s what they’re about. I don’t

think that they have the ability to make
anything on their own. I think they were born
into money,” West said. The reference to
“they” seemed to reference the wealthy Trump
family and its generational wealth at the time
the video aired, but with the additional context
of the leaked clips, it’s clear that this referred
to an antisemitic conspiracy about Jewish
control.

‘Uninterrupted The Shop’ (Oct. 11)

YouTube talk show “Uninterrupted The Shop,”

produced by LeBron James and Maverick
Carter, interviewed West after his outbursts.
Carter told The Hollywood Reporter that the
rapper used the show to “reiterate more hate
speech and extremely dangerous stereotypes.”

The producers decided not to air the show so as

not to give Ye’s rhetoric a platform. “Hate
speech should never have an audience,” Carter
said.

‘Drink Champs’ podcast (Oct. 15)

West appeared on the “Drink Champs”

podcast, hosted by rapper N.O.R.E. and D.J.
EFN. On the podcast, West repeatedly blamed
“Jewish Zionists” for his problems, which
included his issues with ex-wife Kim
Kardashian and the bad press coverage he
received over his antisemitic tweets and other
statements. (He also repeated a claim that he
cannot be antisemitic because, as the “blood of
Christ,” he is, himself, Jewish.)

West was particularly focused on the idea that

Jews control and take advantage of Black
people, and called out executive Dov Charney
of Los Angeles apparel for refusing to sell his
“White Lives Matter” T-shirt. He also
criticized famous Jews including Ralph Lauren
and Jared Kushner.

He also rejected an invitation to tour the

Holocaust Museum Los Angeles, saying “I
want you to visit Planned Parenthood, that’s
our Holocaust Museum.”

The podcast was removed from YouTube and

most other platforms after it was widely
criticized for platforming hate speech.

Chris Cuomo (Oct. 18)

In a 20-minute segment on Chris Cuomo’s

NewsNation show, West doubled down on his
antisemitic statements, and reiterated his
belief that all Black people are Jews, in part to
deny any antisemitism on his own part.

“You’re saying it’s antisemitic, but I don’t

believe in that term,” he said. “One thing is,
Black people are also Jew. I classify as Jew also,
so I actually can’t be an antisemite. So the term
is actually, uh, it’s not factual.”

West also blamed his bad publicity on the

“Jewish underground media mafia.”

“Jewish people own Black voice,” West said.

“I’m coming from a place of love and a place of
we’re not going to be owned by the Jewish
media anymore.”

As Cuomo attempted to cut o! the antisemitic

ranting, West spoke over him, saying “la la la
la” to drown out the news host. “Some of my
best friends are Jewish and I’m also Jew,” he
said.

Piers Morgan (Oct. 19)

West went on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,”

where Morgan, like all the podcast and TV
hosts before him, attempted to elicit an
apology from West.

West did say he regretted the “death con” post,

but said that he was “absolutely not sorry.” He
then made continued antisemitic statements,
and implied that Jewish people stole
Jewishness from Black people.

“I am a person that is classified as Black, I

classify myself as Jew. I want to prove that first
of all I am Jew also,” West said. “Do your
research on it. We have got our culture ripped
from us.”

He also blamed his separation from his ex-wife

Kim Kardashian in part of “Zionist media
handlers surrounding her.”

Lex Friedman podcast (Oct. 24)

In an attempt to elicit remorse from Kanye,

Jewish podcaster Lex Friedman, an M.I.T.
professor who is best known for interviewing
controversial figures including Joe Rogan and
Jordan Peterson had West on his podcast.

Unsurprisingly, he failed where everyone else

had. West used the time to blame Jews for a
“Holocaust” against Black people and said that
the phrase “Jewish media” was redundant. He
also blamed a Jewish doctor and a Jewish
personal trainer for revealing his medical
issues to the media.

Friedman attempted to point out the danger in

making broad statements against Jews, but
West refused to rescind or apologize, asking
instead, “Where’s our apology?”

Paparazzi conspiracy (Oct. 28)

West told paparazzi that a Jewish doctor

“misdiagnosed” his mental illness, and
suggested that the doctor was trying to either
control and confuse him, or kill him, with the
medication he prescribed. (West told the
paparazzi that he could not specify the doctor’s
race, before immediately specifying the doctor
was Jewish.)

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“If I was on medication right now, then one pill
could’ve been swapped out and it would be
Michael Jackson and Prince all over again,”
West said. “Because I didn’t take the
medication, I am able to speak to you guys
clear of thought and transparently.” His
reference to the other Black pop artists was
presumably due to their death from overdosing
on prescription medication.

Then, West showed a spreadsheet on his phone

that he claimed to be a list of media executives
that demonstrated near-total Jewish media
control.

When West was asked or his thoughts on

recent antisemitic incidents around the
country that referenced his statements,
including antisemitic hate group the Goyim
Defense League posting a sign reading “Kanye
is right about the Jews,” on the 405 freeway in
LA, West denied responsibility.

“I have no association to any hate group,”

West said as he closed his remarks in prayer.
“If any hate happens upon any Jewish person,
it is not associated,” he said as he gestured to
himself, “because I am demanding that
everyone walk in love.”

‘Hidden powers’ (Oct. 29)

After West regained access to his Instagram

account, he deleted copious previous posts,
until there were only three, one of which called
out Ari Emanuel, CEO of media agency
Endeavor, presumably because Emanuel had
made an earlier statement encouraging
businesses to cut ties with West.

Then West made another post, with white text

against a black background. “While I’m still on
Mark Zuckerberg’s platform,” he began, “let’s
see the contracts.” This seemeds to be a
reference to his previous allegations that
Jewish executives are taking advantage of
Black people.

“The ‘unknown powers’ are trying to destroy

my life o! of a tweet,” West wrote in the
caption, apparently referencing his allegations
that Jews control the media and business
worlds. “So does this prove that my so-called
suspicion was true?”

‘Business’ people (Oct. 30)

Screenshot from Kanye’s Instagram showing part of a very

lengthy post. Courtesy of Instagram

In a thinly veiled post on Instagram, West

complained about the closure of his private,
non-accredited, Christian school, Donda
Academy.

In a graphic post featuring a picture of Emmett

Till’s lynched body, paired with a picture of Ari
Emanuel, West called out both Ari and his
brother Rahm Emanuel, the former mayor of
Chicago. In a lengthy caption, the rapper
outlined numerous conspiracies about the
control that “‘business’ people” have over the
world, including that they caused George
Floyd’s mother to sue him.

He repeatedly put the word “business” in

quotes, implying that it was code for
something else: Jews.

“You tried to destroy my life after all the

money I’ve made for ‘business’ people,” he
wrote. “And now eeeeveryone knows how
much power you ‘Business’ people actually
have.”

Parler (Oct. 31)

West posted a since-deleted screengrab of a

text conversation with someone named Russell
with the initials “RS,” since identified as
Russell Simmons, to his Instagram; the post
caused Instagram to lock West’s account for 30
days. West then reposted the conversation to
alternative social media site Parler, which the
rapper has announced he intends to buy.

In the posted conversation, Russell encouraged

the rapper to calm down and “fight white
supremacy while getting out the frustrations
that blacks have with their Jewish brothers in a
digestible way.”

West declined the advice, saying “I gotta get

the Jewish business people to make their
contracts fair. Or die trying.”

After moving the post to Parler, West

continued to make several more antisemitic
posts, including two posts about custody
lawyer Bob Cohen and a post complaining
about feeling betrayed by other Black rappers
posting Jessica Seinfeld’s statement of support
for Jews.

Compliments to Kyrie Irving, rage for

Scooter Braun, others (Nov. 3)

West returned to Twitter with a flurry of

tweets, first expressing his support for
basketball player Kyrie Irving, who recently
came under fire for endorsing an antisemitic
conspiracy theory — and refusing to apologize.
Then West repeated his assertions that he
cannot be antisemitic because he believes Black
people are Jews, and went after his personal
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