Kanye West is producing more swastika apparel after claiming he’s “not a Nazi”

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Kanye West has begun producing more apparel featuring swastikas, after recently saying he’s “not a Nazi”.Earlier this month the rapper came under fire for selling a white T-shirt with a large swastika emblem on the chest, listed as “HH-01” on his website – possibly a reference to the “Heil Hitler” chant.The site was later taken down by Shopify, though the online retailer later stated that the artist’s website was taken down due to the potential for fraud – not because it was selling a swastika t-shirt.West then took to X (formerly Twitter) to say he’s had the idea for the t-shirt for “over eight years”.

It came alongside a string of highly controversial posts which saw him rescind his apology to the Jewish community for his past anti-Semitic remarks, and go on to declare himself “a Nazi” and write: “I love Hitler”, as well as praise billionaire and X owner Elon Musk as “the most lit person that [has] ever been on Twitter”, following the latter’s accusations of Nazism at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration.On Wednesday night (February 19), the controversial rapper then seemed to backtrack on his earlier comments, taking to X to share that “after further reflection”, he’s “come to the realisation that I’m not a Nazi”.Now though, West has shared even more merchandise featuring the swastika symbol.

In a now-deleted post on X, he shared an image of five different t-shirts with the emblem. “Product coming in crispy,” he wrote in the caption last night (February 22).The aforementioned posting spree saw his X account taken down and deactivated, and it was later confirmed that the rapper had been dropped by his talent agency, and his former Chief Of Staff had quit the Yeezy company.Kanye West’s X account was later.