Kanye West's Australian visa revoked over 'Heil Hitler' song, official says

Ye, formerly known arsenic Kanye West, volition nary longer beryllium capable to participate Australia aft releasing a opus that praises Nazi person Adolf Hitler.

Tony Burke, Australia’s location affairs minister, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. connected Wednesday that the state had canceled his visa successful aboriginal May, astir the clip “Heil Hitler” was released.

Ye has visited the state often since marrying Bianca Censori, who is from Melbourne.

“If idiosyncratic argued that antisemitism was rational, I would not fto them travel here,” Burke said. “[Ye] has been coming to Australia for a agelong clip … and he’s made a batch of violative comments.”

The opus proved to beryllium the last onslaught for Ye. First shared successful a societal media station connected X, “Heil Hitler” arsenic been wide denounced for its radical epithets and antisemitism. It was besides subsequently banned connected astir streaming platforms.

In the song, Ye sampled an infamous code made by Hitler successful 1935 astatine Krupp Factory, 2 years aft helium was appointed chancellor of the Nazi party.

Its euphony video, released May 8, shows a radical of individuals dressed successful carnal skins reciting the song’s lyrics.

Ye’s behaviour has agelong been controversial, but his antisemitism successful caller years has enactment erstwhile colleagues successful an awkward position.

John Legend, whose 2013 effort “Love successful the Future” was enforcement produced by Ye, had a wide effect successful a caller interview.

“It ne'er affects maine personally, but conscionable the full communicative is sad. Like, seeing this feline praise Hitler, seeing this feline beryllium this unit of hatred and conscionable vitriol and nastiness,” Legend said during an quality connected New York’s Hot 97 vigor show. “All the things he’s done to marque the satellite much beauteous and interesting, for him to beryllium this now, it’s sad. It’s conscionable sad.”

He clarified that during his clip connected Ye’s G.O.O.D. Music statement betwixt 2004 and 2016, helium ne'er saw grounds that the rapper was “obsessed with Hitler.”

Legend added that contempt Ye’s caller behavior, helium has nary regrets implicit their past collaborations: “I’m truthful gladsome we did what we did together.”