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 carrying 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 carrying a particularly controversial t-shirt. It’s the shirt of a Norwegian black metallic band from the ’90s known as Burzum — a band really 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 demise a bandmate and rival named Euronymous from the band Mayhem. They made a film about it a pair years again known as Lords of Chaos. It starred a Culkin.
The opposite factor that’s essential to learn about Varg? He was an out-and-proud, unabashed Nazi.
Sure, throughout his time in jail he really launched a complete neo-Nazi motion in Scandinavia known as the Norwegian Heathen Entrance. He was one of many few individuals to obtain a duplicate of the manifesto by that far-right terrorist who killed 77 individuals 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 a few of 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 recognize 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 carrying a band t-shirt from a recognized Neo-n*zi.”
“Burzum’s music and views are trash in order that is smart for YE.”
“Large fan of you bro however that is disappointing.”
Has that final individual not been listening to the rest Ye has been saying for the previous couple years??
Liora Rez, the exec director of StopAntisemitism, stated in a press release 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 one more disgusting instance of the disgraced rapper publicly associating with white supremacists — selling the legacy of a person who has prompted immense hurt and poses a risk to marginalized communities in every single place. 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 probably the most egregiously antisemitic factor Kanye has finished, however it’s a reasonably 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 struggle it, try https://www.adl.org/.
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