Kanye West has said that he doesn’t believe in the term “anti-Semitism”, claiming that it’s “not factual” and in turn has denied accusations of racism against him.The rapper’s comments come after a tumultuous few weeks which began when he wore a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt at a Paris fashion week show.Since then he’s sparked multiple controversies including claiming that George Floyd died by taking Fentanyl.Before that Ye said that he would go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE”, whom he claims have a link with Black people (“I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because Black people are actually Jew also,” he wrote).
An ex-staffer at TMZ has also claimed that the rapper once praised “Hitler and the Nazis” during an interview with the site..@ChrisCuomo counters Ye's antisemitc comments: "I know you are intelligent and understand that when you target people because of their faith, other people may do so the same… We don't want to tolerate that.#CUOMO pic.twitter.com/mdTem0TXau— NewsNation (@NewsNation) October 18, 2022Over the weekend West hit out at Pete Davidson on the Drink Champs podcast in which he alleged that the former boyfriend of his ex-wife Kim Kardashian was a heroin addict.
Ye’s unverified claims were made without evidence. Davidson has not yet publicly responded to Ye’s allegations.The billionaire rapper and entrepreneur’s controversial interview with the podcast has since been removed from YouTube and Revolt after co-host N.O.R.E admitted “regret” for airing Ye’s comments.Now, in Ye’s latest interview he has told NewsNation host Chris Cuomo that he can’t be labelled an anti-Semite because he doesn’t think anti-Semitism exists.In the interview broadcasted yesterday (October 17) in which Cuomo and Ye also addressed.
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