Ye is promoting T-shirts bearing a swastika on his web site after putting native TV advert through the Tremendous Bowl
Ye, the artist previously referred to as Kanye West, is promoting T-shirts on his web site bearing a swastika, the image of the Nazi Occasion adopted by Adolf Hitler in 1920.
“Since 1945, the swastika has served as essentially the most important and infamous of hate symbols,” says the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on its web site. Ye has a historical past of antisemitic feedback, together with praising Hitler and the Nazis.
The shirts value $20, and Shopify is processing orders. It’s the solely merchandise on the market on yeezy.com. Shopify didn’t instantly reply to CBS MoneyWatch’s request for remark about its involvement with the service provider.
Ye used a neighborhood advert on Sunday through the Tremendous Bowl to ship buyers to his web site, with out mentioning the T-shirts. Ye stated he recorded the advert himself, which exhibits him addressing the digicam whereas sitting in a dentist’s chair. The advert was not aired nationally, however was considered within the Los Angeles market, based on Selection.
“I spent, like, all the cash for the industrial on these new tooth,” Ye stated within the industrial, exhibiting off a set of jewel-encrusted tooth. “As soon as once more I needed to shoot it on the iPhone. Um…Um…. Go to Yeezy.com.”
Ye is promoting the shirts shortly after antisemitic remarks had been posted on his social media. In consequence, his X account is not lively.
The ADL, an anti-hate group that fights discrimination towards Jewish individuals, condemned the sale of the T-shirts.
“As if we wanted additional proof of Kanye’s antisemitism, he selected to place a single merchandise on the market on his web site — a T-shirt emblazoned with a swastika,” the group stated in a publish on X. “The swastika is the image adopted by Hitler as the first emblem of the Nazis. It galvanized his followers within the twentieth century and continues to threaten and instill concern in these focused by antisemitism and white supremacy.”
The ADL additionally famous that the product is labelled HH-01, which it stated is code for “Heil Hitler.”
“Kanye was tweeting vile antisemitism nonstop since final week. There is not any excuse for this sort of conduct. Even worse, Kanye marketed his web site through the Tremendous Bowl, amplifying it past his already huge social media viewers,” the ADL added.
Representatives for Ye informed CBS MoneyWatch, “We now have no remark right now.”
