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Los Angeles (AFP) - Controversial rapper Kanye West repeatedly yelled at Black employees and praised Adolf Hitler as an "innovator" according to a new lawsuit filed in California on Tuesday. The creative brains behind the Yeezy designer brand, whose music and fashion ventures have made him fabulously wealthy, has repeatedly courted controversy in recent years with racist or antisemitic language and some odd historical revisionism. Now a former employee is claiming the author of the hit "Stronger" told schoolchildren he was being persecuted by Jewish people. Trevor Phillips, who like West is Bl...
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New York (AFP) - US rapper Kanye West apologized to the Jewish community Tuesday, after a series of anti-Semitic comments that sparked outrage and led to the star being dropped from lucrative commercial deals and banned from social media. The reason for the timing of the mea culpa was unclear -- West's most high profile outbursts came more than a year ago -- although his next album, "Vultures," is due out in two weeks. "I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for any unintended outburst caused by my words or actions. It was not my intention to hurt or disrespect, and I deeply regret any ...
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Drake has sampled Kim Kardashian on a new song in an apparent diss at Kanye West. The 'Rich Flex' rapper has shared a clip of his upcoming track 'Rescue Me', which includes a clip of the SKIMS founder discussing her plans to divorce Kanye with her mom Kris Jenner on the final episode her family's E! show 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' in 2021. Kim says: “I didn’t come this far just to come this far and not be happy." The song premiered on 'The Fry Yiy Show' on SiriusXM Radio on March 31. Kanye - who legally changed his name to Ye - previously accused Drake, 36, of making out that Kim had ch...
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Washington (AFP) - Kanye West said he was renouncing anti-Semitism in a new Instagram post Saturday in which he wrote that watching actor Jonah Hill in the film "21 Jump Street" made him "like Jewish people again." The rapper -- known formally as Ye -- has shocked and alarmed former supporters in recent months with a series of threats against Jewish people that drove sportswear giant Adidas and other fashion houses to dump him, and saw him locked out of most social media platforms. His latest Instagram post Saturday appeared to be an attempt to reverse his earlier declarations of "love" for Na...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Elon Musk kicked Kanye West off Twitter on Friday "for incitement to violence," after the rapper posted a picture that appeared to show a swastika interlaced with a Star of David. The post came hours after an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, in which West sparked outrage by declaring his "love" of Nazis and admiration for Adolf Hitler. West had also shared a picture of a shirtless Musk getting sprayed with water, captioned: "Let's always remember this as my final tweet." In response, Musk said: "Just clarifying that his account is being suspended for incitem...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Kanye West sparked outrage on Thursday by declaring his "love" of Nazis and admiration for Adolf Hitler himself during a rambling, hours-long livestream with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. In the extraordinary appearance on Jones' Infowars, West -- now known as Ye -- wore a black mask completely covering his face, as he ranted about sin, pornography and the devil. "I like Hitler," West said at one point. Even though West hid his face -- the mask had neither eye nor mouth slits -- there seemed no doubt it was him. Jones addressed him as West as they spoke, Infowars billed t...
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Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Adidas said Thursday it was investigating claims against Kanye West after a report detailed alleged inappropriate behaviour, just weeks after the German sportswear giant ended its partnership with the rapper. US magazine Rolling Stone reported claims that the rapper played pornography to Adidas staff in meetings, and discussed porn and showed an intimate photo of ex-wife Kim Kardashian in job interviews. It said former members of the team involved in "Yeezy" -- the product line designed with the rapper -- had released a letter alleging Adidas executives were aware o...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Kanye West lost $2 billion in a single day, he said Thursday, as business partners rushed to dump the rapper in the wake of a series of anti-Semitic outbursts. The music and fashion mogul has seen lucrative commercial tie-ups shelved as companies including Adidas and Gap took fright at comments dubbed hate speech by activists. "I lost 2 billion dollars in one day. And I’m still alive. This is love speech," West, who is also known as Ye, wrote on Instagram in a post that had been liked over a million times. "I still love you. God still loves you. The money is not who I am. T...
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Berlin (AFP) - German sportswear giant Adidas said Tuesday it was ending its partnership with Kanye West after a series of anti-Semitic outbursts by the controversial rapper. Recent comments by West -- now known formally as Ye -- were "unacceptable, hateful and dangerous", Adidas said in a statement. "After a thorough review, the company has taken the decision to terminate the partnership with Ye immediately". Adidas said it would "end production" of the highly successful "Yeezy" line designed together with West and "stop all payments to Ye and his companies". The abrupt end to the collaborat...
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New York (AFP) - Social network Parler announced Monday a deal for Kanye West to buy the platform popular with US conservatives, just over a week after the rapper's Twitter and Instagram accounts were restricted over anti-Semitic posts. West -- now known as Ye -- has recently alienated fans and business partners with anti-Semitic comments, interest in racist conspiracy theories and wearing a provocative "White Lives Matter" T-shirt at Paris fashion week. "In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves...
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