Kanye West's Yeezy online shopping platform taken down over swastika T-shirts
- Kanye West's Yeezy online shopping platform displayed swastika-emblazoned t-shirts after an antisemitic Super Bowl ad aired, which was later scrubbed.
- USIM, the advertising agency that placed the ad, stated it had reviewed the content and alerted stations to pull the ad upon discovering the offensive merchandise.
- Shopify shut down the Yeezy website after finding it violated its policies on authentic commerce practices.
- West faced condemnation from organizations like the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee for his antisemitic remarks, and his account on social media platform X was deleted.
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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…
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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 …
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