Kanye West continues to trigger controversy along with his newest storm of offensive tweets.
West, who modified his title to Ye in 2021, has an extended historical past of espousing antisemitic views, although he has tried to walk them back at varied factors. The rapper ignited controversy once more in February 2025 by writing by way of social media that he “loves Hitler” and requested for jewelers to make him “swastika chain designs.”
The “Energy” musician has additionally been broadly condemned for his protection of Sean “Diddy” Combs in mild of the latter’s federal intercourse trafficking and associated fees (for which Diddy has pleaded not guilty).
As if West wasn’t going through sufficient scrutiny, he has alarmed many along with his feedback about his “dominion” over spouse Bianca Censori. (Censori, for her half, denied writing a viral “plea” about West and has been by his aspect at occasions.)
Maintain scrolling for a take a look at some well-known faces who’ve responded to West’s most up-to-date firestorm:
Playboi Carti
The discharge of Playboi Carti’s third studio album, Music, has been considerably overshadowed by West’s criticism of the document. West is credited as a producer on the observe “Backd00r” however later condemned Carti for together with Kendrick Lamar on three of Music’s tracks.
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“I don’t like Kendrick Lamar’s music,” West complained by way of X. “He raps excellent, however I didn’t want to listen to him on Carti[‘s] album.”
He took issue with Carti messaging his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, to playfully ask for a future musical collaboration along with her and West’s daughter North West. Kardashian later shared the message on her Instagram Story, sparking an outburst from West.
“Hey North your dad gave me my greatest tune and co signal and I left him off of my album due to his tweets oh however North you my niece I gotta use your vocals,” West tweeted. “I held my tongue about mot[sic] being on Carti album him going to my ex to ask my daughter to be on a tune 2 days later was too far no person finna play with me.”
Carti’s response by way of social media was swift and blunt, telling West: “Ye STFU.”
West later insisted: “I made a decision North gained’t be doing any songs with Carti. The way it search for me to get left off the album after which he ask Kim to have vocals from my daughter? I don’t give a f— about none of this trade s—.”
Iggy Azalea
West continued his vendetta in opposition to Playboi Carti by focusing on his ex-girlfriend Azalea, with whom he has a 5-year-old son named Onyx. The couple cut up across the time Azaela gave delivery in June 2020.
In a collection of tweets, West warned that except Azalea let her younger son contribute vocals to one in every of his tracks, he would “rap about one in every of [her] companies.” Azalea responded by asking West to maintain her 5-year-old son out of his beef with Carti.
“Ye, I perceive the purpose you wish to make. I say this with kindness & as a mom: Please, go away my little one out of this,” she wrote by way of X.
She argued that bringing Onyx into the state of affairs “creates a digital legacy & an odd (s*****) state of affairs for him to at some point uncover & endure in perpetuity from strangers on-line.”
West responded with a crude tweet saying he “deliberately by no means smashed” Azalea due to her rumored courting historical past.
Cassie
West has been a staunch supporter of Diddy because the latter was charged with racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking and transportation to interact in prostitution in September 2024. In March 2025, West introduced the discharge of a brand new tune, “Lonely Roads Nonetheless Go to Sunshine,” that includes his daughter North and Diddy.
West took intention at Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Cassie, who filed suit in opposition to the producer in 2023 over alleged abuse allegations. Diddy denied Cassie’s accusations however ultimately settled the suit.
“HOW EVERY N—- YOU KNOW HIT A GIRL BEFORE BUT EVERYBODY SO MAD AT PUFF,” Ye wrote on Tuesday, March 18 (by way of Vibe). “SO CASSIE AINT EXTORT PUFF?”
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He continued, “CASSIE CAME TO PUFF AND SAID GIMME 30 MILLION OR IMA RELEASE A TELL ALL BOOK THATS LOOK LIKE EXTORTION TO ME.”
Cassie responded on her Instagram Story by sharing Playboi Carti’s tweet: “YE STFU.”
Punch
Terrence “Punch” Henderson Jr. weighed in on the criticism of Lamar’s featured slots on Playboi Carti’s Music mere moments after West tweeted.
“Aye… What’s up with this Kanye West n—-,” Punch tweeted simply 20 minutes after West slammed Lamar on his X account.
Punch has an extended skilled relationship with Lamar, as he’s the president of the hip-hop icon’s former document label Prime Dawg Leisure (TDE). He additionally government produced Lamar’s debut solo album Part.80 in 2011.
David Schwimmer
The previous Mates star has been massively vocal in his opposition to West during the last a number of years. He wrote by way of Instagram in February that whereas it was not possible to “cease a deranged bigot from spewing hate stuffed, ignorant bile,” social media firms ought to step in to deplatform him.
Schwimmer particularly referenced West calling himself “a Nazi” and perpetuating the dangerous stereotype that Jewish folks “steal” cash from their coworkers.
Victor Boyko/Getty Pictures Kanye West has discovered himself on the heart of controversy — once more — after sharing a collection of antisemitic posts throughout a days-long social media rant. West turned heads on Friday, February 7, when he shared a collection of X posts that included antisemitic remarks, the rapper praising Hitler and him declaring […]
“Kanye West has 32.7 million followers in your platform, X. That’s twice as many individuals than the variety of Jews in existence. His sick hate speech leads to REAL LIFE violence in opposition to Jews,” Schwimmer argued.
The actor went on, “I don’t know what’s worse, the truth that he identifies as a Nazi (which means he needs to exterminate ALL marginalized communities together with his personal) or the truth that there may be not adequate OUTRAGE to take away and ban him from all social media at this level. Silence is complicity.”
Amber Rose
The model spoke out after Kanye defended his spouse, Censori, for wearing a see-through dress on the 2025 Grammy Awards in February.
“My spouse’s first pink carpet opened a complete new world,” he tweeted on February 6. “I maintain observing this photograph like I used to be staring in admiration that evening Considering wow I’m so fortunate to have a spouse that’s so sensible gifted courageous and scorching.”
West’s tweets took a decidedly darkish flip the next day as he wrote, “I’ve dominion over my spouse. This ain’t no woke as feminist s—.”
Rose, who dated West from 2008 to 2010, advised the “Club Shay Shay” podcast on March 5 that the rapper was “for certain dressing [Censori] like that.”
“He did the identical factor to me and Kim [Kardashian]. That’s who he’s. He needs different males to need his girl. That’s what he’s into. He likes that,” she insisted.
“He likes that males are drooling over his girl,” Rose added. “That’s what he’s into.”
X
Twitter / X proprietor Elon Musk suspended West’s account in December 2022 for violating the social media firm’s “rule in opposition to incitement to violence” along with his tweets in opposition to the Jewish neighborhood. Nonetheless, Musk reversed course in 2023 by reactivating West’s account, together with numerous different controversial figures.
Quite a few activists and X customers have as soon as once more referred to as on Musk to ban West from the platform following his newest string of offensive tweets. Whereas no motion has but been taken in that route, X customers are actually warned of “doubtlessly delicate content material” once they navigate to West’s account.
Tina Knowles
Knowles shared a message by way of Instagram on March 19 after grandchildren Sir and Rumi Carter have been talked about in West’s social media posts. In her video, Knowles shared a joke along with her followers, “What occurs when a snowman throws a tantrum? He has a meltdown. Y’all know that’s humorous!”
Knowles captioned the submit, “Corny joke, time! ❤️ it’s arduous to stay constructive and stylish within the face of ignorance and evil. However I do know that no weapon shaped in opposition to me or my household shall prosper.🙏🏽❤️ This battle will not be mine, however the Lords, I do know that God has acquired this.”
