NHe manages to pass a day without making himself talk about himself. Kanye Westafter having monopolized the attention to the Grammy with his wife Bianca Censori, the rapper returned to the center of the controversies for A choice to say the least shocking: go around the streets of Los Angeles wearing a shirt with a swastika. A gesture that immediately triggered indignation and lit the debate on his increasingly extreme behavior. It is not the first time that the artist lets himself go to controversial declarations and actions, but this time he seems to have pushed further, proposing a symbol of hatred in a public context.
From the Super Bowl to the street: the t-shirt with the swastika of Kanye West
The shirt in question is not new: Kanye West, who has now been chiave had already shown it on the occasion of the Super Bowl 2025, where she had transmitted a bizarre self -produced spot For advertise his Yeezy brand. The video, shot with an iPhone, seemed only the umpteenth strangeness of the artist. Yet, immediately after the airing, his website was completely modified for Sell only the t-shirt with the Nazi symbolat the price of 20 dollars.
The shock phrases on social media
Not happy, Kanye West – who now calls himself simply Ye – had also declared on X: “It was always a dream to go around with a shirt with the swastika”only to delete the post. His extreme positions were already known: only a few weeks ago he had filled his profile with delusional messages, declaring himself Nazi, praising Hitler and attacking the Jewish community. Among the most upsetting sentences: “I love Hitler”“Hitler was so cool” and “I am a Nazi “.
Kanye West increasingly out of control
After the apparition to the Grammy, Kanye West had tried to explain his behavior attributing it to a diagnosis of autism (In the past, however, he had told that he suffered from bipolar disorder), but his actions continue to speak for themselves. His account X was deactivated on February 10 and then reactivated shortly after. Meanwhile, a former employee of Yeezy has it sued for harassmenttelling that he was insulted and to have received disturbing messages As “welcome to the first day of work for Hitler”.
A brand that peaks
The controversies are not new for YE. In 2022 the his anti -Semitic declarations they had brought Companies like Adidas to cut bridges with himcausing the collapse of its fashion empire. And today the story seems to repeat: the shirt with the swastika was remained on sale for several hoursbefore the e-commerce platform that manages sales decides to block everything for violation of the terms. In the meantime, the world of entertainment and fashion takes the distances more and more from the artist Once celebrated as a creative genius.
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