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Kanye West Reveals His Interest in Nazism and Like for Hitler

Music Observer Staff on December 19, 2022

In another controversial instance, Kanye West took things a notch. After his anti-Semitic comments, West praised Adolf Hitler – a dictator.

In a lengthy interview on Thursday, the rapper shared his sentiments with scandalous conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Jones recently received a court order to pay $965 million in damages for spreading false statements about the Sandy Hook mass shooting in 2012.

Kanye’s statements started following Jones, offering him an opportunity to step away from his anti-Semitic remarks on social media.

“You’re not Hitler; you’re not a Nazi, you don’t deserve to be called that and demonized,” he said.

“I see good things about Hitler also,” he added.

“This guy that invented highways invented the very microphone that I use every day as a musician. You can’t say out loud that this person ever did anything good, and I’m done with that. I’m done with the classifications. Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler.”

But Hitler didn’t develop highways or the microphone. So perhaps the statement about highways is a mazed reference to the Autobahn – a road project in Germany that started ahead of the Nazis’ rise to power.

We can’t decipher where the microphone statement came from. But, as many know, Emile Berliner invented that technology while working with Thomas Edison in the 19th century.

At one point in the interview, Jones stated that he doesn’t like Nazis. Kanye then replied, “I like Hitler.”

“I don’t like the word ‘evil’ next to Nazis,” he stated. It came after Jones said, “CNN says white people are evil Nazis,” stirring up laughter from the host.

“I love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis,” Kanye added.

Kanye and Nazism

Throughout the interview, Kanye sported a black hood on his face. Furthermore, he mostly talked about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, mocking the newly re-elected politician. Netanyahu is a long-time ally of former President Donald Trump.

However, in recent times, the prime minister slammed Trump for meeting with Kanye and his white supremacist ally Nick Fuentes.

Kanye carried a net and a Yoo-Hoo chocolate milk can to try and ridicule Netanyahu.

“I just heard about this guy two weeks ago, and I thought he had a funny name,” he stated.

Although Kanye’s remarks sent a bombshell to the crowd and made Jones uncomfortable, it’s not the first time the mogul’s name has been linked to Hitler. In October, CNN reported that the Fuhrer fascinated the rapper. He even contemplated naming an album after him.

“He would praise Hitler by saying how incredible it was that he was able to accumulate so much power and would talk about all the great things he and the Nazi Party achieved for the German people,” an anonymous business exec who partnered with the mogul said.

According to the exec, Kanye didn’t hide his reading of Hitler’s 1925 manifesto Mein Kampf. Moreover, he openly talked about his “admiration” for the Nazis’ propaganda use.

Additionally, the source said Kanye’s closest friends know his fascination with Nazism. Another four unidentified sources stated that he intended to name his 2018 album Hitler ahead of changing it to Ye.

Anti-Semitic Remarks

The trio said many “lies” supported anti-Semitic rhetoric.

“If you support Israel’s right to exist, you are racist. If you are [a] Jew, you support Israel’s right to exist. Therefore, if you are Jewish, you are racist.”

The execs said: And, “as leaders of this company (a Jew, a Muslim, and a Christian), we feel duty bound to say to all of you this is a pernicious, terrible use of false logic.”

“If you hear or encounter the perpetuation of these intolerances and falsehoods, please let us know,” Wiczyk and the two ended. “It is totally unacceptable. And to those who are afraid to use their voice, hopefully this encourages you to do so.”

But the studio did not provide a statement about West’s involvement in the project.

Netflix Will Not Take Down

Recently, a Netflix documentary titled jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy featured the rapper. Despite MRC’s decision, a Netflix source said jeen-yuhs would remain on the streaming platform.

The source stressed the difference between the subject and the project’s creator, noting there is no anti-Semitism in the doc. It added that the streaming company has had other docs featuring personalities who became controversial. But they had never pulled the titles for it.

Early this month, West sent shockwaves over multiple comments about Jewish people on social media. The controversial remarks included a screenshot conversation with Sean “Diddy” Combs that seemed to say Jewish people are manipulating Combs. As a result, he was ultimately restricted from Instagram and Twitter.

Furthermore, during an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, the rapper made another controversial statement. He implied that Donald Trump’s previous senior advisor Jared Kushner – a Jewish – represented peace agreements in Israel “to make money.”

Balenciaga and West have a good relationship as they collaborated on the Yeezy Gap line for many years. However, the fashion powerhouse has cut ties with the rapper. Moreover, his talent agency, CAA, has also left him in the air.