Kanye West’s latest outburst has seen him take aim at Taylor Swift.
West has recently been in the spotlight for a spate of controversial comments, and he’s stirring things up yet again. Now, he’s made a swipe at Taylor, who faced a ban on Philadelphia radio stations in the run-up to the NFL Super Bowl. In a move that sent the internet into overdrive, Kanye bafflingly hit the follow button on Swift’s Instagram just before the Grammys and even name-dropped a Swift tune in a post about his spouse Bianca Censori.
With the 2025 Super Bowl in full buzz mode, Kanye didn’t hold back during Kendrick Lamar’s halftime gig, blasting out on his now deleted X account: “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.”
But Kanye he didn’t stop there, as he unleashed another series of inflammatory comments on X, this time dragging both Lamar and the entire entertainment sphere into it with, “KENDRICK IS BEING USED BY THESE WHITE PEOPLE AND JEWS AND SO AM I.” He has now deactivated his account. In a statement prior to deleting, he said: “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. It was like an Ayahuasca trip. Love all of you who gave me your energy and attention. To we connect again. Good afternoon and good night.”
The rapper has sparked controversy yet again with a series of incendiary comments, this time hinting at cryptic communication and desperate measures to maintain his social media presence: “AS I TWEET IN CODE WORDS AD KISS ELONS A** AND BEG HIM TO NOT CANCEL MY ACCOUNT,” he ranted.
This outburst follows closely behind another contentious tirade laden with antisemitic remarks, where he expressed a desire to desensitize the public to conversations about Hitler: “I’m going to normalize talking about Hitler they way talking about killing n****s has been normalized.”, reports the Mirror US. Not one to shy away from bold statements, he also said, “Hitler was sooooo fresh,” and made the audacious claim, “CALL ME YAYDOLF YITLER AND YOUR B**** STILL WANTS TO F***.”
In a defiant stance against any backlash, West declared, “IM NEVER APOLOGIZING FOR MY JEWISH COMMENTS I CAN WHATEVER THE F** I WANNA SAY FOREVER WHERES MY F**ING APOLOGY FOR FREEZING MY ACCOUNTS SUCK MY D**** HOWS THAT FOR AN APOLOGY,” broadcasting his unapologetic attitude on platform X. There had also been calls for his X account to be deleted, with X owner and apparent friend, Elon Musk unfollowing West on the platform.
West later tweeted: “Elon unfollowed me so I’m not sure how much longer I’ll be on twitter / X, If I’m taken off go to…” His post then trailed off with an invite to his fashion label’s site, Yeezy.com. Kanye had his X account suspended at least twice in recent years after posting similar racist comments. In December of 2022, his account was blocked after he made antisemitic comments and praised Hitler. At the time, Elon said the account would be suspended “for incitement to violence” after Ye posted a picture that appeared to show a swastika inside a Star of David.
In July 2023, his account was unsuspended. Following his recent antisemitic tirade, Friends actor David Schwimmer to his page to request Elon stop Kanye. David wrote: “This is so 2022. We can’t stop a deranged bigot from spewing hate filled, ignorant bile… but we CAN stop giving him a megaphone, Mr. Musk. Kanye West has 32.7 million followers on your platform, X.”
“That’s twice as many people than the number of Jews in existence. His sick hate speech results in REAL LIFE violence against Jews.” He continued: “I don’t know what’s worse, the fact that he identifies as a Nazi (which implies he wants to exterminate ALL marginalized communities including his own) or the fact that there is not sufficient OUTRAGE to remove and ban him from all social media at this point. Silence is complicity.”