Kanye West buys Super Bowl ad for website with only swastika shirt – Washington Examiner
Kanye West buys Super Bowl ad for website with only swastika shirt
Kanye West bought a 30-second local television spot on Sunday night that played only in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Atlanta during the Super Bowl to promote his Yeezy fashion brand, bringing more scrutiny about his erratic and antisemitic behavior.
The ad surprised fans to see the Grammy winner shooting video for it on an iPhone while sitting at the dentist office. But it was a T-shirt with a swastika symbol that stirred online critics.
“So what’s up, guys, I spent, like, all the money for the commercial on these new teeth,” he said while wearing sunglasses and new grills. “So once again, I had to shoot it on the iPhone. Um … um … go to yeezy.com.”
The website Yeezy.com was wiped of all of his products but one: a $20 white T-shirt with a black swastika symbol. The shirt is labeled “HH-01,” which represents “Heil Hitler.”
It was not the first episode of hate speech that West delved into over the weekend.
In social media posts shared days prior to the ad, the rapper wrote “I love Hitler” and “I’m a Nazi.”
West also stated, “Im never apologizing for my Jewish comments” and referenced Hitler as “sooooo fresh.”
“I’m racist stereotypes exist for a reason and they all be true,” he said in now-deleted posts. “Some of my best friends are Jewish and I don’t trust any of them.”
Jewish groups, including Friends actor David Schwimmer, called on X executive Elon Musk to ban the rapper.
“His sick hate speech results in REAL LIFE violence against Jews,” the actor said.
West doubled down on his controversial behavior over the weekend with repeated posts of nudity and pornographic videos. X users called on Musk to stop the inappropriate material.
“Given what he has posted, his account is now classified as NSFW. You should not be seeing that anymore,” Musk responded on Sunday.
The performer made his exit from the social media platform notable as he slammed singer Taylor Swift, who he famously upstaged at an award show, while she was at the Super Bowl to support her boyfriend Travis Kelce playing for the Kansas City Chiefs.
“IF ITS ABOUT THE CULTURE … WHY ARE WE LETTING TAYLOR SWIFT BE SEEN ON TV SINGING A SONG ABOUT TAKING A BLACK MAN DOWN AND ACCUSING OF THINGS THAT CAN TAKE A BLACK MAN DOWN FOR LIFE,” he ripped Swift on X, adding, “KENDRICK IS BEING USED BY THESE WHITE PEOPLE AND JEWS AND SO AM I.”
“AS I TWEET IN CODE WORDS AD KISS ELONS A** AND BEG HIM TO NOT CANCEL MY ACCOUNT,” he said.
West appeared to sign off from X by writing, “I’m logging out of Twitter. I appreciate Elon for allowing me to vent. It has been very cathartic to use the world as a sounding board.”
The current account for @kanyewest now shows no posts and has been deactivated.
West recently shocked viewers when he attended the 67th annual Grammy Awards in early February with his wife Bianca Censori, where she stripped down to no clothing on the red carpet.
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