Ye, the musician formerly known as Kanye West, gained notoriety on Monday after storming out of an interview when asked about his antisemitism.
The troubled musician has been under criticism in recent weeks for his remarks towards Jews, including a tweet in which he threatened to “go death con 3” on the sect.
Ye reemerged in the news last week when he invited Nick Fuentes, a well-known antisemite and White nationalist, to a meeting with former President Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Trump has come under heavy fire for dining with two such controversial figures, especially since he declared his candidacy for president in 2024.
Earlier in the conversation, Ye made it known that his meeting with Trump had been planned before to the latter’s “death con 3” tweet, but that it had been postponed and that he “had no idea” who Fuentes was.
Ye swiftly transitioned into antisemitic invective by mentioning influential staff members from both the Obama and Trump administrations’ White Houses.
“I just gotta go right to the heart of this anti-Semite claim that’s happening. This is something- if you read the definition, it says you can’t claim that there’s multiple people inside of banks, or in media that are all Jewish, or you’re antisemitic. And that’s the truth. Like, it’s the truth,” Ye stated.
