So heartless.
Kanye West has sparked fury as soon as once more, this time over a casting name he launched that includes disturbing necessities that echo his latest antisemitic habits.
The “Gold Digger” rapper, 47, shared the casting name on Saturday in a put up on X. Hinting that the job is unpaid, the discover was described as an “open casting call for volunteers.”
“Ye is putting together a hooligan choir” meant “to give the sound of” (aka cowl) the track “Carnival” off his latest album, “Vultures,” in accordance with the put up.
The Yeezy founder added that the choir could be “all males” and that “NO FAT PEOPLE” ought to apply.
Among the many different parameters, “volunteers” will need to have the “skin complexion of Sean Combs and darker” and “shaved heads OR must be willing to shave head if approved.”
Maybe much more ominously, the casting name emphasised that each one potential choir members “MUST BE COMFORTABLE WEARING SWASTIKAS.”
The rapper just lately started promoting swastika T-shirts on his web site till Shopify shut it down. The swastika merch additionally led his expertise agent to drop him.
“We are accepting members from all over the globe but the base will be in Los Angeles,” the discover continued.
Kanye’s put up on X additionally included an LA tackle for the casting, which started on Saturday and concludes Tuesday.
The discover concluded, “F—K AN EMAIL ADDRESS.”
A consultant for Ye didn’t instantly reply to The Submit’s request for remark.
Backlash to the casting name rose quick and livid.
“This is straight-up clown behavior. If you’re begging for attention this hard, you’ve already lost. Swastikas? Fat-shaming? Obsessing over skin color? You sound like a joke trying way too hard to be edgy. Nobody with self-respect would waste their time on this garbage,” one particular person replied to West’s put up on X. contended one commenter.
One other consumer wrote, “You’re really digging deep into the depths of societal toxicity aren’t you? I mean, excluding fat people and demanding specific skin complexion is quite something.”
Some turned their consideration to X proprietor Elon Musk, expressing outrage that Ye has not been banned from the platform. One commenter tagged the Tesla co-founder, writing, “@elonmusk, you’re allowing this? This is going too far.”
West was suspended from X (previously generally known as Twitter) in October 2022 after he spewed antisemitic rhetoric. Nonetheless, his account was reinstated after Musk billion purchased the social media community that very same month.
Although the rapper apologized to the Jewish group for his “unintended outburst” in December 2023, final month he went on antisemitic tirade by which he declared, “I love Hitler,” and “I’m a Nazi.”
“Im never apologizing for my Jewish comments,” he wrote in since-deleted tirade on X. “I can say whatever the f—k I wanna say forever.”
He continued, “Suck my d—k how’s that for an apology.”
