Kanye West (Ye) is back – with new antisemitic posts on his X account

Rapper Ye has returned to social media platform X a mere week after quitting, doubling down on antisemitic rhetoric and defending his controversial Super Bowl advertisement that promoted t-shirts bearing swastika symbols.

"I am not under Jewish control anymore," wrote Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, in a series of posts on Monday. "In war you take a couple loses [sic]." The posts were later deleted by Tuesday morning.

The return to X follows closely on the heels of his Super Bowl commercial that advertised swastika-branded t-shirts on his website, and just two days after an antisemitic rant on the platform. Despite a brief announcement that he was quitting the platform, Ye resumed posting about Jewish people within a week.

In his latest string of all-caps posts, Ye attempted to justify the sale of white shirts featuring black swastikas on his website. He claimed he had been considering selling these shirts for eight years, well before his public antisemitic statements began in late 2022. "I remember going to Japan and gasping when I saw what is known as the swastika on clothing," he wrote. "It felt illegal to even look at it thats how I had been programmed."

The rapper defended the symbol by referring to its historical use in Indian and other Asian religions, writing, "I then found out that swastika had many different meanings and many different names."

After e-commerce platform Shopify ceased working with his site to sell the swastika shirt, Ye noted that no other companies would agree to sell it. He specifically mentioned Shopify CEO Harvey Finkelstein, who comes from a family of Holocaust survivors.

While attempting to moderate his stance with statements like "There's [a] lot of Jewish people I know and love and still work with," Ye simultaneously accused "a few specific Jews not the entire race for crying out loud but a few specific Jews came together and did everything they could to destroy me." He added that he was "not playing victim just refreshing everyones memory."

The incident marks the latest chapter in Ye's history of antisemitic behavior, which began gaining widespread attention in October 2022. Less than two weeks ago, he publicly identified himself as a Nazi. Reports indicate that he and his wife, Bianca Censori, are reportedly facing marital difficulties.

Currently, his online store displays only a handwritten message saying it's "coming soon," followed by a heart symbol.

Arutz Sheva contributed to this article.