Kanye West dropped by talent agency following antisemitic online posts
Kanye West has resurfaced. Following his appearance at the Grammys, which sparked much controversy, he decided to go on an X (Twitter) rant, shocking his followers. During his series of X posts, West made several comments about Jewish people, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and more, which prompted a lot of backlash.
Although it was not surprising to many in hip-hop, as he has done similar things before, the LA-based talent agency 33&West, which previously represented that emcee, has decided to cut ties with the musician.
On February 10th, 33&West representative Daniel McCartney took to social media to inform the public that the company had severed ties with West “effective immediately… due to his harmful and hateful remarks that myself nor 33&West can stand for.”
Kanye’s recent appearance at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards was unexpected. For the last year, he has been seen in various places around the world, including Italy, the Maldives, Switzerland, and most notably, Tokyo, where he was reportedly working on his album, Bully.
When he emerged for the Grammys, people were intrigued. However, many quickly turned on him after his wife decided to remove her fur coat and pose in an invisible dress that left very little to the imagination on the red carpet.
That said, following the event, West took to X to post various racist remarks, writing that “he loves when Jewish people come to me and say they can’t work with me.” He also asserted that he would never retract his 2022 antisemitic posts and professed that he is “never apologizing for my Jewish comments.” The College Dropout creator then referred to himself as a Nazi and described Hitler as “so fresh.”
After directing his loyal fans to Yeezy.com, many noticed that one of the only products he was selling was a T-shirt with a swastika emblazoned across it. The site has since been taken down by the e-commerce platform Shopify.
A former employee recently sued the rapper for antisemitic behaviour in the workplace, and the lawsuit alleged that the Vultures producer fired a female, called her ugly and then sent a text reading “Hail Hitler.” The lawsuit reportedly includes text messages from West to employees in which he wrote, “I Am A Nazi” and “Welcome to the first day of working for Hitler.”
Still, this is not the first time West has burnt bridges, severed ties and faced the courts. In 2022, during what many perceived as a mental breakdown, he appeared on several right-wing shows and, on one occasion, made the alt-right white supremacist podcaster Nick Fuentes, his wingman.