Kanye West has been linked to what authorities in New York are calling an antisemitic attack on an elderly Jewish man in Central Park earlier this week.
According to the New York Post, the 63-year-old man was attacked while strolling through the park on Wednesday (December 14). Authorities say the assailant made several antisemitic statements before yelling out “Kanye 2024” and walking off.
The victim was taken to an area hospital, where he was treated for a chipped tooth and a broken hand.
The attacker was apparently referencing Ye’s November announcement that he would be running for president in the upcoming election. After kickstarting his campaign with a new $20 clothing line, West asked former president Donald Trump, who had also announced his own bid for the presidency days earlier, to be his running mate.
This is not the first time Kanye West’s name has been used by others to support their antisemitic beliefs. In October, a group called the Goyim Defense League staged a protest in Los Angeles by hanging multiple signs from a freeway overpass. One sign read, “Kanye is right about the Jews.”
The following week, the same message was displayed on an electronic video board at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida following a game between the University of Florida and the University of Georgia.
Despite apologizing for previous antisemitic statements back in October, Kanye West has been criticized for weeks over a fresh spate of antisemitic remarks. The embattled rapper most recently doubled down on his love of Adolf Hitler during an interview with Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes in Los Angeles.
“So, you love Jews, but you’re canceled for antisemitism because you also love Hitler, but you love everyone equally,” McInnes said.
“Yeah, Jewish people can’t tell me who I can love and who I can’t love,” Ye replied. “You can’t force your pain on everyone else. Jewish people, forgive Hitler today. Let it go, let it go, and stop trying to force it on other people. Goodnight.”
The comments came shortly after Ye praised Hitler and Nazis in a separate interview with far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
Earlier this month Kanye West was named “Antisemite Of The Year” by the American non-profit watchdog group StopAntisemitism.org.
The group made the announcement in a video congratulating Ye for “propagating the most Jew hatred in 2022.” The clip cited examples of Kanye West’s offences including the infamous “death con 3” tweet that led to his first Twitter suspension, and highlighted interviews as examples of Ye “referencing antisemitic tropes of Jewish greed and obsessions of money.”
“Kanye uses his celebrity platform to push dangerous antisemitic tropes about Jews and power and he refuses to stop,” he group’s Executive Director Liora Rez told TMZ. “His continuous onslaught of bigoted statements has resulted in horrific antisemitic acts perpetrated by white supremacists, Black Hebrew Israelites, and other fringe groups looking to cause Jews harm.
“This is MAGA country”
same playbook. There’s going to come a time where the masses won’t fall for this.
You all already do!
I hate to say I told y’all… But I told y’all.
I hate to say I told y’all… But I told y’all.
no one knows or cares my g ur in a comment section with like 2 people ain’t money paying attention to ur message u sent 🤣
Ye is a garbage human being, followed and respected by other garbage human beings.
XD
You mean black people are garbage human beings? If you can say that what’s wrong with black people returning the favour?
Omg i love GDL
fuck hip hop dx. not only that. if that old Jewish man had any of my rap royalties fuck him too. they rip off black folks then run to their religion acting holy when THERE IS NO GOD. AGE CANT SAVE YOU fuck you too trying to spread hate against black folks aganist any black man not under a jew’s thumb fuck all you cock suckers
Neither defensiveness, bitterness, nor white supremacy will save you, my friend. Look within. Find love and empathy. Find the truth!
they won’t print the real comments lol – jew hatred out of control what a fucking joke
what they don’t tell you is the only laws of the jewish “religion” in America – rip off black folks in slums with bad business then claim “holocaust survivor” when folks demand justice. THEIR ONLY TRUE RELIGION IS RIPPING OFF BLACK FOLK
What religion has ripping off black people as a component? I’ll wait.
White people rip off black people too but I don’t see anyone beating up old ass white dudes in the park. How the fuck does that help anyone. How the fuck is embracing Hitler helping anyone?
You’re an anti-semite. Cry about it.
Funny that some of y’all are Christians, which has been used to oppress black people for centuries. You know Christ is Jewish, right? Truth my ass. Fuck yourself.
You don’t see old white dudes getting beat up in NYC? What about last week when the old dude was randomly hit in the back of the head with a baseball bat for NO REASON? It’s a daily occurrence in NYC lol. And talking about ripping people off, everyone rips other people off. It’s called business, not “I’ll give you the best deal ever where I make the deal happen and I don’t make good money!” Haha. Black people rip off black people too lol. There is one solution though, to young artists not getting ripped off. It’s called not singing contracts that you don’t believe give you enough of the bread, or, don’t sign at all and be independent. With the internet the way it is today, anyone can reach the masses independently. Tom macdonald, while I find to be corny and not enjoyable, gets hundreds of millions of views, many thousands of physical album sales, hits the billboard charts, and has a networth above $10 million… and best part? He has nobody to answer to. He makes his own beats. His girlfriend produces and edits the music videos. If you ask me, that independence is worth more than another $50 million. I’d rather do things my own way, my own pace, with my own ideas, and STILL be rich.
Ok, let me break shit down for you. You don’t see white dudes getting the shit beat out of them while someone yells “CRACKER!” at them, like what happened to old dude here.
And as far as the bad business thing, exploitation is a very real thing, but bad business has no racial boundaries. Not even in question here. I’m just saying, as far as the dominant society goes, the business world is majority white people and the Jewish people in the business that do bad business are doing the same shit the white people that do bad business do. So the anti-semitism is uncalled for and beating up innocent old Jewish dudes is not helping anyone. And people cucking for Koonye West is certainly not helping anyone but Koonye West.
Christians oppress black people?
A better way would be to unite as rappers bands singers form a union and apply a squeeze on your shit doesn’t matter if they are or are not ”jews” you don’t want a raw deal
True. Sure Knight was ripping off all his artists. Pac made tiny fractions of what they brought into death row records. I know they were distributed through larger labels, but the contracts signed with Death Row were terrible for the artists. But did make them into household names. But yea, there was a fellow black man ripping of other black men.
So this type of shit is Kanye’s….“vision”?? Smfh
that what’s they want to report. it’s their choice. they could report on other things but this was their choice.
I guess you’re going to say it was their choice that Kanye is an antisemite too?
I TOLD YOU UNCULTURED DEGENERATES MONTHS AGO THE DAMAGE THIS CLOWN HAD DONE, BUT YOU LIVE IN SMALL WORLDS WITH SMALL MINDS.
I STILL WILL LICK YE’S BALENCIAGA BOOTS ALL DAY EVERY DAY!
Kanye is right. They need to forgive Hitler. We forgave them for slavery And why are Jewish ppl on here reading ratchet hip hop news. We don’t give a shit if you’re Jewish or not nor do we care about being anti-Semitic or not. Stop being so sensitive Bc no one cares about you guys but you guys.
Kanye is right. They need to forgive Hitler. We forgave them for slavery And why are Jewish ppl on here reading ratchet hip hop news. We don’t give a shit if you’re Jewish or not nor do we care about being anti-Semitic or not. Stop being so sensitive Bc no one cares about you guys but you guys.