Kanye West Vents About Recent Antisemitic Controversies in New Song as Petition to Ban Him From Streaming Platforms Reaches Over 71,000 Signatures
Kanye West released a new song titled "Someday We'll All Be Free" on Wednesday night, in which he addressed his recent controversies over his offensive and antisemitic remarks.
The rapper uploaded the two-minute song, which uses a heavy sample of Donny Hathaway's 1973 song "Someday We'll All Be Free," on his Instagram but later deleted it.
Kanye released the new track following a seemingly endless string of scandals, including an odd appearance on Alex Jones' show in which he praised Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
Towards the end of the song, the conspiracy theorist tried to diffuse Kanye's pro-Nazi statements saying, "Can we just kind of say, like, you like the uniforms but that's about it?"
The rapper responded to Jones with, "No, there's a lot of things that I love." The song repeats the phrase "that I love" as the music fades out, The New York Post reported.
In the second verse, the Donda rapper also repeats the lyrics "Tweeted deathcon / Now we past three" in the song, referencing the tweet that got him banned from Twitter last October when he wrote that he would go "death con 3" on Jewish people.
According to Genius, the song's original lyrics were written by songwriter Ed Howard for Hathaway, who committed suicide in New York City in 1979 after he struggled with depression and schizophrenia.
Aside from the backlash to his antisemitic remarks, the song also made reference to the rapper's recent divorce from Kim Kardashian: "Everyone's a Karen / Claimin' that they care and / Wasn't given a fair hand."
Petition to Remove Kanye West's Songs From Streaming Services
A change.org petition calling for Kanye West's songs to be removed from streaming services has already garnered more than 70,000 signatures. It was reportedly launched in response to the rapper's recent string of antisemitic remarks and social media posts.
The Independent reported that the petition has already gathered more than 71,000 signatures. The petition's creator wrote: "Kanye West has recently made statements praising Hitler and denying the Holocaust, after over a month of making harmful antisemitic statements," wrote the petition's creator.
"Our society has no place for people who spread that kind of hate to be making millions off of their work," the creator added.
The petition is calling on "Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, and other streaming platforms" to immediately remove all of Kanye's solo albums and singles from their platforms.
"By doing this, I hope that we can limit Kanye's influence on society by eliminating his ability to make money off of people streaming his music," the creator noted.
The creator added: "His statements are virtually irredeemable, and the time has finally come for him to receive a major punishment. We cannot let him continue to influence our youth and our society as a whole."
Several companies, including Adidas and Balenciaga, had already cut ties with Kanye over his antisemitic comments.
Kanye West and Brazilian Girlfriend Juliana Nalu Split
After Kanye West's antisemitic remarks and praise of Adolf Hitler, Brazilian model Juliana Nalu has reportedly distanced herself from the rapper.
According to Page Six, an Instagram follower commented on one of her photos Monday in Portuguese and asked her how she could associate with someone "fond of Nazism," Nalu replied, "I'm single. Thanks for caring."
Kanye and Nalu have sparked dating rumors after they were seen making out in a parking lot last October. His outings with Nalu happened simultaneously with being banned from Instagram and Twitter because of the antisemitic posts he made.
Sources told Page Six at the time that West was dating Nalu to "drown out [the headlines about antisemitism] with other content," and was an attempt "to try and make people forget."
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Written by: Bert Hoover
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