US EditionKanye West's Yeezy online shopping platform taken down over swastika T-shirts
- Kanye West's Yeezy online shopping platform was taken down for selling a t-shirt with a large swastika, as confirmed by a Shopify spokesperson who stated it violated their terms.
- A former Yeezy staffer filed a lawsuit against West, alleging discrimination and harassment, claiming he referred to himself as Hitler.
- West's account on X was deactivated after he posted antisemitic content, with Elon Musk classifying it as NSFW and unfollowing him.
- The American Jewish Committee condemned West for using his platform to spread anti-Jewish hatred, stating it endangers the Jewish community.
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Kanye West parades his swastika T-shirt in LA
Weeks after global outrage erupted over his previous antisemitic scandal, Kanye West was spotted in Los Angeles last Thursday wearing the only item currently for sale in his Yeezy brand collection – a T-shirt featuring a swastika. The item, titled "HH-01," presumably a euphemism for "Heil Hitler," was briefly made available for shipping to Israel before the website was shut down, which has particularly intensified the widespread condemnation. Ac…
Fox TV Condemns ‘Appalling’ Kanye West Super Bowl Ad for Swastika Tees: ‘We Regret These Commercials Aired’
Fox Television Stations CEO Jack Abernethy condemned Kanye West’s Super Bowl LIX ad that directed viewers to swastika T-shirts in a note to staff on Wednesday. The ad ran in three markets (Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Atlanta) during Super Bowl LIX and encouraged viewers to go to his website, Yeezy.com. However, the site only sold one item — a T-shirt with a swastika on it, called “HH-01,” which West was selling for $20. “The ad, which was pres…
Ye's Clothing Website Shut Down For Selling Swastika T-Shirts After Bizarre Super Bowl Ad
The website for Ye's clothing brand Yeezy was shut down after his Super Bowl ad promoting his business led visitors to the site to see only a swastika t-shirt for sale. Before Shopify, which hosted Yeezy, shut down the website, Ye had gone on an internet tirade making antisemitic statements that prompted celebrities like Friends star David Schwimmer to plead with Elon Musk to again ban the rapper from X (formerly Twitter). Ye's X account was …
The website on which Kanye West sold t-shirts with a swastika as print is no longer online; rapper's strategy sparked outrage
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