Kanye “Ye” West discovered one other solution to fire up controversy. Just one week after he and his spouse, Bianca Censori, confirmed as much as the Grammys along with her in a nude outfit, the 47-year-old rapper marketed his trend model, Yeezy, on Sunday, February 9, 2025. But was it really a Super Bowl industrial? As rumors proceed to flow into over Yeezy.com, discover out what we find out about West’s commercial and the controversial shirts his firm was promoting.
Was There a Kanye West Super Bowl Commercial?
According to a number of shops, together with The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles residents noticed a industrial play after the Super Bowl of West directing them to his Yeezy web site. The advert didn’t seem nationwide; it seemed to be a neighborhood buy by West, because the spot indicated that it was “paid for by Yeezy LLC.” About two hours after the sport, the Yeezy industrial aired on Fox, in line with THR.
In the brief advert, West was seen mendacity down on the dentist, taking pictures the promo from his telephone. While displaying off his diamond-encrusted grill, Ye mentioned, “I spent like all the cash for the industrial on these new tooth. Once once more, I needed to shoot it on the iPhone. Um…Um…. Go to Yeezy.com.”
Yeezy.com sells quite a lot of merchandise, from clothes to vinyls and CDs. However, the day after the Super Bowl, the web site was up to date to solely promote one merchandise: a $20 white T-shirt with a picture of a black swastika — the image utilized by Nazis in Germany in the course of the early twentieth century.
Were we the one ones who bought this Kanye industrial? #SuperBowlLIX pic.twitter.com/drovmqIBGJ
— BENNETT🦕🦖 (@BennettMarlow) February 10, 2025
Why Is Yeezy Selling Swastika Shirts?
At the time of publication, the swastika shirts are nonetheless accessible on the Yeezy web site. The solely description of the T-shirts reads, “HH-01.”
In the previous, West has shared his obvious help for Nazi beliefs and Adolf Hitler. Additionally, he just lately made a number of anti-semitic feedback on X (previously often known as Twitter) earlier than seemingly deactivating his personal account after the Super Bowl. Per CNN, the “Jesus Walks” rapper tweeted, “I’m logging out of Twitter. I recognize Elon [Musk] for permitting me to vent, It has been very cathartic to make use of the world as a sounding board [sic].”
Did Kanye West’s Twitter Get Suspended?
It’s unclear if West really deactivated his X account himself or if it was suspended by the social media platform. According to his final tweet, although, West seemingly took it down himself. Musk by no means publicly responded to the rapper’s direct word to him.
In 2022, West was quickly banned from Twitter for nearly one yr till it was restored in 2023.