New Documentary Reveals More Antisemitic Remarks By Kanye West

Kanye West is being accused of more antisemitic remarks in a new BBC documentary. 

The Trouble with KanYe, by British journalist Mobeen Azhar features Alex Klein, a former Daily Beast writer, who says West made disturbing antisemitic remarks when he worked with the troubled rapper. 

Klein worked with West when his album, Donda 2, was released exclusively on Klein’s platform, Stem Player, in February 2022. 

Stem Player is a music streaming platform that was released in 2021 under Klein’s company, Kano. In November last year, Klein, who is half-Jewish, announced the end of their partnership with Ye following the antisemitic comments he posted on Twitter. 

“Kanye was very angry, you know, he was saying, ‘I feel like I wanna smack you’ and ‘you’re exactly like the other Jews’ – almost relishing and reveling in how offensive he could be, using these phrases hoping to hurt me,” Klein says in the documentary.

Klein shared that he asked West if he really thought Jews were working together to hold the rapper back.

“Yes, yes I do but it’s not even a statement that I need to take back because look at all the energy around me right now,” West allegedly replied. “Without that statement, I wouldn’t become president.” 

West is known to have made a slew of antisemitic remarks, even proclaiming himself a Nazi and glorifying Adolf Hitler.

Following these rants, West lost partnerships with Adidas and JP Morgan Chase and was temporarily banned from major social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram. 

The Trouble with Kanye premieres on BBC2 and BBC iPlayer.