World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder has called for Kanye West’s music to be removed from all streaming services, citing the disgraced rapper’s “Nazism.”
The move, while an attempt to counteract West’s antisemitic messages, risks providing undue confirmation to his conspiracy theories about Jews, and helps his effort to portray himself as a victim of cancel culture.
The following letter was written to Tim Cook, CEO of Apple and Daniel Ek CEO at Spotify. It was obtained from the New York PostLauder called it “it” “unacceptable that neither Apple Music, nor Spotify have removed Mr. West’s music.”
“Kanye West’s antisemitic tirades go beyond trafficking in conspiracy theories. He is espousing Nazism in its purest, most hateful form, and is perhaps the singular embodiment of the alarming rise of Jew hatred in America,”He was a billionaire philanthropist.
“As long as his hateful voice is carried on Apple and Spotify’s music streaming platforms, they are in league with those who wish harm to Jews the world over,”He stated.
Apple and Spotify both available “profiting off of Jewish hate,”Lauder was retained.
It’s hard to keep up with the antisemitic bile spewed by West,Who legally changed his name to Ye, because there has been so much of it.
Most recently, he claimed on Gavin McInnes’ Censored.TV that Adolf Hitler’s bad reputation was “made by Jewish people” who “control the majority of the media,” and urged Jewish people to “forgive” Hitler.
Prior to that, he told Alex Jones on his InfoWars show that there were “a lot of things”He loved the fascist leader.
Ye called for his help shortly after his antiJewish tirades had begun “death con 3 on the Jewish people”A huge banner with the words “The Word” was displayed on a large wall a few weeks ago. “Kanye was right about the jews”He was hanging over an important Los Angeles freeway.
Kanye West’s music, however, while provocative in other ways, is not considered antisemitic. Many of his songs were already deleted by many people who had stopped listening to them after the anti-Jewish campaign.
Lauder stated in his letter that although he is “relieved”Ye felt that Adidas has ended its relationship with Adidas. “their delay in making what should have been a clear-cut decision to rid their halls of such a dangerous voice is unacceptable.”
Although Jewish Americans only make up about 2 percent of U.S. population, their suffering is more severe than that. 60 percent of all religious Hate crimes. New York saw a 12.55% increase in crime last month. Comparing the month of 2021 with this one, anti-Semitic hate crime incidents were lower Post noted.
Joel B. Pollak contributed the article.
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