Kanye West dropped from talent agency following antisemitic comments National |
'I'm no longer representing YE (F/K/A Kanye West) due to his harmful and hateful remarks,' West's music agent said.
Kanye West is no longer being represented by talent agency 33&West.
Daniel McCartney, who was the rapperâs music agent, announced that West had been removed from the agencyâs roster of clients as of Feb. 10.
In an Instagram Stories post, McCartney wrote: âEffective immediately, Iâm no longer representing YE (F/K/A Kanye West) due to his harmful and hateful remarks that myself nor 33 & West can stand for.â
âPeace and love to all,â McCartney added.
A screenshot of Daniel McCartneyâs Instagram Stories statement. Daniel McCartney/Instagram
West was dropped from the agency following his antisemitic rants on X, where he declared himself a âNaziâ and claimed to âlove Hitler.â On Sunday night, it appeared that West had deactivated his X account.
Milo Yiannopoulos, whose talent management firm Tarantula names Yeezy and his wife Bianca Censori as clients, posted on X to confirm that West had deactivated his own account.
âYe has deactivated his X account for the time being. Journalists with requests for comment about this or any other matter pertaining to Ye may direct them to my firm at my@trnt.la,â Yiannopoulos wrote.
On Tuesday, Westâs Yeezy.com had been removed from Shopify after it featured a single product: white T-shirts with a black swastika in the centre, under the product name HH-01.
Yeezy.com appeared to have gone offline Tuesday morning and displayed the message: âSomething went wrong. This store is unavailable.â
In a statement to Global News, a Shopify spokesperson said, âAll merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform. This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms so we removed them from Shopify.â
The Anti-Defamation League condemned Westâs actions in a post on X, writing, âAs if we needed further proof of Kanyeâs antisemitism, he chose to put a single item for sale on his website â a t-shirt emblazoned with a swastika.â
âThe swastika is the symbol adopted by Hitler as the primary emblem of the Nazis. It galvanized his followers in the 20th century and continues to threaten and instill fear in those targeted by antisemitism and white supremacy,â the post continued.
âIf that wasnât enough, the t-shirt is labeled on Kanyeâs website as âHH-01,â which is code for âHeil Hitler.â
âKanye was tweeting vile antisemitism nonstop since last week. Thereâs no excuse for this kind of behavior. Even worse, Kanye advertised his website during the Super Bowl, amplifying it beyond his already massive social media audience.â
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This isnât the first time that West has been dropped by a talent agency following his antisemitic comments. In 2022, West was dropped by Creative Artists Agency (CAA) after the head of his old agency, UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer, condemned the rapper in a company-wide memo denouncing antisemitism. The company also shelved a completed documentary titled Ye.
âThis morning, after discussion with our filmmakers and distribution partners, we made the decision not to proceed with any distribution for our recently completed documentary about Kanye West. We cannot support any content that amplifies his platform,â MRC studio executives Modi Wiczyk, Asif Satchu and Scott Tenley announced in a memo in October 2022.
Wiczyk and Satchu are co-founders and co-CEOs of MRC Entertainment. Tenley is the chief business officer.
In their lengthy memo, Wiczyk, Satchu and Tenley reach deep into the history of antisemitism.
âKanye is a producer and sampler of music. Last week he sampled and remixed a classic tune that has charted for over 3000 years â the lie that Jews are evil and conspire to control the world for their own gain. This song was performed acapella in the time of the Pharaohs, Babylon and Rome, went acoustic with The Spanish Inquisition and Russiaâs Pale of Settlement, and Hitler took the song electric. Kanye has now helped mainstream it in the modern era,â they wrote.
âThe silence from leaders and corporations when it comes to Kanye or antisemitism in general is dismaying but not surprising. What is new and sad is the fear Jews have about speaking out in their own defense,â the statement concluded.
âWith files from The Associated Press
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