Kanye West Attempts To Defend Swastika T-Shirt: 'I've Had The Idea For Over 8 Years'

Kanye West has attempted to explain why he designed and sold a T-shirt with a swastika emblem on it.

Returning to X after his explosive tweet storm during Super Bowl weekend, the rap legend addressed the controversy over his lengthy rant, which saw him attack Jewish people, praise Hitler and Nazism, and defend violence and sexual abuse against women.

Ye began by claiming that his “TWITTER RAMPAGE WAS 90% JEW PROOF” before explaining his comment: “WELL 2 YEARS AGO I TWEETED DEATHCON 3 ON THE JEWS IM SURE NO ONE REMEMBERS THAT [grinning face with sweat emoji].”

He added: “AND A FEW SPECIFIC JEWS NOT THE ENTIRE RACE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD BUT A FEW SPECIFIC JEWS CAME TOGETHER AND DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO DESTROY ME NOT PLAYING VICTIM JUST REFRESHING EVERYONES MEMORY. THIS TIME I PUSHED EVERY CANCELABLE IDEA POSSIBLE I PUSHED EVEY [sic] BOTTON I COULD.”

Kanye then turned his attention to his swastika T-shirt, saying: “IVE HAD MY SWASTIKA T SHIRT IDEA FOR OVER 8 YEARS IT WAS SO INTRIGUING TO ME THAT A SYMBOL HAD SO MUCH PROGRAMING IN IT.

“I REMEMBER GOING TO JAPAN AND GASPING WHEN I SAW WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE SWASTIKA ON CLOTHING IT FELT ILLEGAL TO EVEN LOOK AT IT THATS HOW I HAD BEEN PROGRAMMED I THEN FOUND OUT THAT SWASTIKA HAD MANY DIFFERENT MEANINGS AND MANY DIFFERENT NAMES.”

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The Yeezy boss also revealed that his antisemitic rant had led to the departure of two employees and teased a feature on The Game‘s upcoming album The Documentary 3.

“I WILL WRITE THIS MORE POETICALLY IN A BIT CAUSE RIGHT NOW IM FINISHING MY VERSE FOR GAME’S ALBUM,” he continued. “THE IDEA OF BEING JEW PROOF IS I SAID ALL THESE POLITICALLY INCORRECT THINGS AND NOBODY WAS ABLE TO STOP ME EXTORT ME THREATEN ME TO CHANGE ANYTHING AND I MADE 40 MILLION THE NEXT DAY BETWEEN MY DIFFERENT BUSINESS.

“THERE’S I LOT OF JEWISH PEOPLE I KNOW AND LOVE AND STILL WORK WITH. THE POINT I MADE AND SHOWED IS THAT I AM NOT UNDER JEWISH CONTROL ANYMORE IN WAR YOU TAKE A COUPLE LOSES [sic] I LOST ONE OF MY FAVORITE YEEZY DESIGNERS NAMED SIMON HE TAILORED THE GRAMMY DRESS.

“THIS WAS A MAJOR LOSS WE LOST MALCOM WHO WAS OUR LEAD STYLIST AND SHOPPER WHO ALSO FOUND SIMON MAYBE ONE DAY THEY WILL UNDERSTAND WHY I HAD TO DO WHAT I DID AND ONE DAY THEY WILL FORGIVE MY METHOD.”

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Kanye also addressed his Shopify account being terminated due to the controversial garment: “YEEZY WAS ALSO DROPPED BY SHOPIFY THIS WAS A MAJOR VICTORY BECAUSE I HATE SHOPIFY AND I ALWAYS HAVE I NEW THEY WOULD DO SOME PUSSY SHIT LIKE THIS.

“ANYONE WHO’S ON SHOPIFY JUST KNOW THEY CONTROL YOUR MARKET AND THEY HAVE ALL OF YOUR DATA WHICH RAISES THE VALUE OF SHOPIFY WHILE EXCLUDING THE BRANDS FROM THAT UPSIDE HARLEY FINKELSTEIN PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I BASICALLY HAVE THAT RIGHT I KNOW I DIDN’T GRAJATATE.”

Like the rest of his recent content, Ye’s posts have since been deleted.

The swastika T-shirt isn’t the only item of Yeezy clothing that has caused a stir of late. After calling for Diddy to be freed from jail, Kanye began selling the same hoodie that was worn by Cassie when she was brutally attacked by the disgraced mogul in 2016.

The Chicago native later boasted that he had made over $30,000 in revenue from sales of the hoodie and even attempted to justify the horrific assault, calling it an act of “true love.”