Singer Ye, formerly known as Kanye West (2nd R), laughs before presenting his Fall/Winter 2015 partnership with Adidas at New York Fashion Week February 12, 2015. Photo: Reuters

Rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, returned to the X social media platform on Monday night for another tirade during which he admitted wanting to release his controversial swastika shirt for almost a decade.

The musician, 47, also talked about having a hard time finding a production company for the swastika merchandise in a series of posts on X that have since been deleted, but not before screenshots were taken of the messages and shared online.

“No one seems to wanna produce me wittle t shirt,” he wrote. The rapper added that he has had the idea for the shirt “for over eight years” and that “it was so intriguing to me that a symbol had so much programming in it.”

“I remember going to Japan and gasping when I saw what is known as the swastika on clothing,” he said. “It felt illegal to even look at it. That’s how I had been programmed. I then found out that swastika had many different meanings and many different names.”

Earlier this month, Ye began selling on his website Yeezy.com only one product – a white t-shirt emblazoned with a large black swastika, the insignia of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party that is also used as a symbol by far-right extremists. He began selling the item two days after posting rabidly antisemitic comments on X.

The swastika shirt was listed on the Yeezy website with the description “HH-01,” which is a reference to “Heil Hitler,” according to the Anti-Defamation League. Shopify, the e-commerce platform that the Yeezy website used to sell the product, has since shut down the website.

Ye also said in his Monday night rant that his “rampage” on X on Feb. 7 was “90% Jew proof” and that “this time I pushed every cancelable idea possible. I pushed every [sic] botton [sic] I could.”

The rapper then talked about his infamous antisemitic tirade in October 2022 in which he threatened physical violence against Jews. He said on Monday night that in his tweet in 2022 was referring to “a few specific Jews. Not the entire race for crying out loud. But a few specific Jews came together and did everything they could to destroy me. Not playing victim just refreshing everyone’s [sic] memory.”

On Monday night he also referenced his commercial for Super Bowl LIX that aired on Feb. 9 and directed viewers to his Yeezy website to shop the swastika shirt. “I taunted CBS to see if they would take my Superbowl [sic] commercial down after they saw all my politically incorrect tweets,” Ye wrote.

In his longest post on Monday night, Ye railed against Shopify and said he is glad Yeezy “was dropped” by the e-commerce platform. He called it “a major victory because I hate Shopify and I always have.”

“Jew proof.”

Ye, formerly known as @kanyewest, has gone on yet another tirade on X.

His hatred for Jews is beyond refute at this point.

Whilst some have called out Ye for his repulsive behaviour, we need action, not just words.

The entertainment industry must stop working… pic.twitter.com/7puOVtwWoX

— Campaign Against Antisemitism (@antisemitism) February 18, 2025

After his antisemitic comments on X earlier this month and his decision to sell a swastika shirt, Ye was dropped by his talent agent and his chief of staff Eric Cui quit, according to Rolling Stone. The rapper’s actions have also been condemned by several celebrities, including singer Charlie Puth, actress Isla Fisher, and “Friends” star David Schwimmer. His “Vultures” collaborator Ty Dolla $ign declared in an Instagram Story last week, “I do not condone ANY form of hate speech toward ANYBODY.” Jewish American musician Matthew Koma responded to the controversy by selling shirts that say “F—k Ye” on front and is donating proceeds to an organization that aids Holocaust survivors. He has since helped raise roughly $18,000.

Ye has also since been sued for discrimination by a former female Jewish employee, who accused him of texting her “Hail Hitler.”