An image is value a thousand phrases… or extra highly effective than a 40-minute apology video, we guess?
Kanye West launched an apology for his antisemitic feedback final month, and was on the cusp of dropping one other one, a rambling video stated to be nonsensical however prolonged. However what good are these phrases when he’s sporting an image of what he actually helps?
The Energy rapper was noticed in a pic on the social media of fellow rapper JPEGMafia on Friday morning, and in it he’s sporting a particularly controversial t-shirt. It’s the shirt of a Norwegian black metallic band from the ’90s referred to as Burzum — a band truly made up of only one man, Varg Vilkernes (above, inset — from jail), whose face is proven prominently on the tee.
vultures ???? pic.twitter.com/KHruRPalmF
— JPEGMAFIA (@jpegmafia) January 19, 2024
If any of those names are sounding acquainted it’s much less seemingly you’ve heard his music on Spotify — and extra seemingly you’ve heard about him on a real crime podcast.
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Vilkernes is a convicted arsonist and assassin who spent 15 years in jail for burning down church buildings and stabbing to loss of life a bandmate and rival named Euronymous from the band Mayhem. They made a film about it a pair years again referred to as Lords of Chaos. It starred a Culkin.
The opposite factor that’s essential to find out about Varg? He was an out-and-proud, unabashed Nazi.
Sure, throughout his time in jail he truly launched a complete neo-Nazi motion in Scandinavia referred to as the Norwegian Heathen Entrance. He was one of many few folks to obtain a duplicate of the manifesto by that far-right terrorist who killed 77 folks in Norway in 2011. He was arrested a pair years in a while suspicion of planning acts of terrorism, however it couldn’t be confirmed. After that he dropped among the extra overtly antisemitic, explicitly Nazi rhetoric. However he nonetheless preaches the identical crap: racism and white supremacy, sufficient that YouTube deplatformed him in 2019.
We are saying all this so you understand this isn’t hyperbole — this man is a contemporary neo-Nazi thought chief. And people within the know spoke out, with followers on social media writing:
“Bro sporting a band t-shirt from a identified Neo-n*zi.”
“Burzum’s music and views are trash in order that is sensible for YE.”
“Large fan of you bro however that is disappointing.”
Has that final particular person not been being attentive to the rest Ye has been saying for the previous couple years??
Liora Rez, the exec director of StopAntisemitism, stated in an announcement to DailyMail.com:
“StopAntisemitism strongly condemns Kanye’s resolution to put on a t-shirt depicting Kristian ‘Varg’ Vikernes, a neo-Nazi killer with a infamous historical past of violence and hate. That is yet one more disgusting instance of the disgraced rapper publicly associating with white supremacists — selling the legacy of a person who has induced immense hurt and poses a risk to marginalized communities in all places. There’ll by no means be a redemption arc for Kanye West, interval. What’s going to he attempt subsequent? One other apology in Hebrew?”
Honest.
Clearly this isn’t essentially the most egregiously antisemitic factor Kanye has carried out, however it’s a fairly large purple flag — or black flag on this case — that he’s on no account remorseful for his views.
To study extra about antisemitism and how one can assist battle it, take a look at https://www.adl.org/.
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