'Unforgivable and bile': Kanye West faces backlash over his new controversial 'Vultures' song lyrics
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Kanye West can’t stay away from controversy for long. The rapper recently launched his new song ‘Vultures’ and is now being slammed for his ‘unforgivable’ lyrics demeaning Jewish women.
At a weekend surprise performance, West for the first time did it at Lil Durk's show in Blu Dubai alongside Ty Dolla $ign. rapped, 'How am I anti-semitic? I just f****d a Jewish b***h.'
Kanye West, Chris Brown, Ty Dolla Sign, Bump J, Vory, Cyhi The Prynce and more listening to Ye’s song "Vultures" at his party in Dubai. pic.twitter.com/Itl7wF0Uxt
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American-Jewish Committee slams Kanye West for his 'pathetic, 'sad' lyrics
Now, the American Jewish Committee has strongly reacted to the artist’s song joined by several other fans.
“To fuel the flames of antisemitism and promote such bile to his millions of followers, especially at this fraught and dangerous time for the Jewish community, is unforgivable,” said spokesperson Richard Hirschhaut.
He further told TMZ, “Seems particularly pathetic and sad,” though he wasn’t surprised by West's choice of words, especially after his previous antisemitic rants reports Daily Mail.
“At a time of rising antisemitism worldwide, it’s disgusting to see Kanye once again use his platform to spew Jew hatred," he added.
West earlier performed on stage with Travis Scott in August. The artist joined him during a tour stop in Rome. The duo performed 'Praise God' and 'Can’t Tell Me Nothing.'
Scott introduced Kanye, “There is no ‘Utopia’ without Kanye West. There is no Travis Scott without Kanye West,” Scott said, referring to his latest album. “There is no Rome without Kanye West. Make some noise for Ye," he added.
Kanye West antisemitic jokes on Alex Jones' show
West was also called for his statement during Alex Jones 'Infowars' talk show where he praised Hitler and also got into a few antisemitic jokes. The 46-year-old went on to lose major partnerships including Adidas. CAA, too, dropped him as a client before he was banned from Twitter briefly, reports MEAWW.
He also maintained that the 'Holocaust is not what happened' and floated the conspiracy theory that Black people are the real Jews.
The rapper also shared that he lost $2 billion in one day over his hate speech in an Instagram post. This all comes amid an ongoing war between Israel and Hamas over the October 7 attack by the latter.
As per the American-Jewish Committee, an unprecedented number of incidents were recorded with around 100 incidents occurring at US universities between October 7 and 30.
The watchdog also counted 312 anti-Semitic incidents between October 7-23, documented from harassment to vandalism and physical assaults.
