Kanye West doubles down on anti-Semitic rhetoric, slams 'Jewish underground media mafia'
On Cuomo Monday, rapper Kanye West doubled down on the anti-Semitic sentiment he’s espoused as of late. Ye’s Twitter account was locked in response to an anti-Semitic tweet he posted, and anti-Semitic comments were reportedly edited out of a recent interview he did with Fox News’s Tucker Carlson. On Monday, Ye offered the media uproar about him wearing a White LIves Matter t-shirt as a legitimate reason for his slander against the Jewish community.
“When I wore the White Lives Matter t-shirt, the Jewish underground media mafia already started attacking me,” Ye said, before referencing canceled concerts, and public tiffs with Pete Davidson and Trevor Noah. He added, “They just immediately disrespect me. They keep the crazy narrative going. They never call me a billionaire.”
Eventually, Chris Cuomo pushed back.
“You’re trying to say that there isn’t a collective. Over 50% of the executives in Hollywood, the CEOs, are Jewish,” Ye said. “And these guys know each other.” “That’s different than saying it’s a mafia,” Cuomo responded, “and that they act as Jews in some way as opposed to just being businessmen.”
Later, when the two were going back and forth and Cuomo attempted to explain to Ye what is wrong with what he’s saying, Ye broke into, “La la la la la la.”
Video Transcript
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KANYE WEST: Look at how your point was going to start. You have to understand. But the thing is the Jewish people that I'm talking about don't have to understand, and that is that privilege that I'm not going to allow.
KYLIE MAR: Kanye West appeared on CUOMO Monday, where he doubled down on the anti-Semitic sentiment the rapper expressed in a recent tweet. Ye offered the uproar over him wearing a White Lives Matter shirt as a legitimate reason for his slander against the Jewish community.
KANYE WEST: When I wore the White Lives Matter T-shirt, the Jewish underground media mafia already started attacking me. They just immediately disrespect me. They keep that crazy narrative going. They never call me a billionaire.
KYLIE MAR: It was reported that anti-Semitic comments by Ye were edited out of a recent interview with Fox News's Tucker Carlson. But that was not the case on CUOMO. And Cuomo pushed back on Ye's rhetoric.
KANYE WEST: You're trying to say that there isn't a collective. Over 50% of the executives in Hollywood, the CEOs, are Jewish. And these guys--
CHRIS CUOMO: That's different than saying it's a mafia, and that they act as Jews in some way, as opposed to just being businessmen.
KYLIE MAR: And when Cuomo, once again, cut in to correct Ye's slanderous language, Ye had no interest in listening.
KANYE WEST: We're not going to be owned by the Jewish media anymore. If you think about every celebrity, if you look at their contract, and I'm going to finish what I'm saying--
CHRIS CUOMO: I know, but you have to understand. This idea of the Jewish media, that's not how it works. You're talking to me right now.
KANYE WEST: La La la la.
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