Kanye West has been slammed by Jewish organizations who branded him ‘pathetic and sad’ over vile lyrics about a Jewish woman in his latest song.
The controversial rapper performed his latest track ‘Vultures’ at a Dubai nightclub at the weekend.
Vultures features the ‘offensive’ lyrics: ‘How am I anti-Semitic? I just f***ed a Jewish b****.’
The lyrics prompted a furious backlash among some fans at the time and has now prompted condemnation from the American Jewish Committee among others.
‘To fuel the flames of antisemitism and promote such bile to his millions of followers, especially at this fraught and dangerous time for the Jewish community, is unforgivable,’ spokesman Richard Hirschhaut told TMZ.
Jewish organizations slammed Kanye West over his new track ‘Vultures’ which features the lyrics, ‘How am I anti-Semitic? I just f***ed a Jewish b****.’
The American Jewish Committee branded West ‘particularly pathetic and sad’ and described his lyrics as ‘unforgivable’
He added that the West’s choice is unsurprising however, given his previous antisemitic remarks.
But he said this latest scandal, ‘seems particularly pathetic and sad.’
The Anti Defamation League also joined criticism, telling the outlet: ‘At a time of rising antisemitism worldwide, it’s disgusting to see Kanye once again use his platform to spew Jew hatred.’
West has a documented history of antisemitism and last year lost out on a number of partnership deals after going on an explosive anti-Semitic rant.
The ex-husband of Kim Kardashian vowed to go ‘death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE’ in a string of sick posts online.
Shortly after the tweet, the Praise God rapper told Piers Morgan he only meant to take aim at certain specific Jews, who he felt exploited him.
When the talk show host contended the comments were ‘as racist as anything you’ve been through,’ the Gold Digger rapper retorted, ‘that’s why I said it. I fought fire with fire.’
In an interview with right wing talk show host Alex Jones in early December, Kanye praised Hitler for his ‘redeeming qualities’.
The Anti Defamation League also joined criticism, telling the outlet: ‘At a time of rising antisemitism worldwide, it’s disgusting to see Kanye once again use his platform to spew Jew hatred’
West debuted the song at Blu nightclub in Dubai over the weekend alongside collaborators Ty Dolla $ign and Lil Durk
He also maintained that the ‘Holocaust is not what happened’ and promoted the conspiracy theory that Black people are the real Jews.
West’s rants saw him lose out on lucrative contracts with The Gap, Adidas and Balenciaga and more.
He was also dropped by his management team at Creative Artists Agency.
The 46-year-old has been in the Middle East recording new work with collaborators Ty Dolla $ign, Chris Brown, Bump J and others.
He performed ‘Vultures’ for the first time at Lil Durk’s show in Blu Dubai alongside the rapper and Ty Dolla $ign.
West was joined in Dubai by wife Bianca Censori, with the two reunited following her trip home to Australia to see family.
Other video showed the couple and West’s collaborators dancing to the track, which was released last Wednesday.
His decision to debut the song comes at a time when anti-Semitic attacks are on the rise amid the ongoing Israel Hamas conflict.
Racism against Jewish people and Muslims has soared in the wake of the October 7 attack.
The controversy is the latest development in West’s well-documented history of antisemitism that became public last year after he posted a series of vile tweets taking aim at Jewish people
According to the Anti-Defamation League the number of anti-Semitic incidents increased fourfold.
The watchdog counted 312 anti-Semitic incidents between October 7-23, ranging from harassment to vandalism and physical assaults.
Meanwhile college campuses ands schools have seen a notable spike, according to the American Jewish Committee.
A record number of incidents were reported, with nearly 100 incidents occurring at US universities between October 7 and 30.
The soaring number of incidents has prompted the White House to introduce a series of measures to tackle the ‘alarming’ rise in both anti-Semitic and Islamophobic attacks.
Source: Dailymail.com