Kanye West allegedly praised “Hitler and the Nazis” in past interview
Kanye West once praised “Hitler and the Nazis” during an interview with TMZ, an ex-staffer at the site has claimed. Van Lathan, who’s now the host of the Higher Learning podcast, said he wasn’t surprised by West’s recent antisemitic comments while recalling the time TMZ sat down with the rapper in 2018. READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return? It was in that same conversation that Ye expressed controversial views on slavery, which resulted in a backlash. Advertisement “I’ve already heard him say that [antisemitic] stuff before,” Lathan explained (via the Independent). “I mean, I was taken aback because that type of antisemitic talk is disgusting. But as far as him, I knew that that was in him because when came to TMZ, he said that stuff and they took it out of the interview.” The ‘DONDA’ artist allegedly said that he “loved Hitler and the Nazis”, per Hip Hop DX. Lathan claimed that he challenged Ye on his comment, as did a Jewish TMZ producer. “If you look at what I said at TMZ, it goes from me saying like, ‘Hey Kanye, there’s real-life, real-world implication to everything that… Read More →
