Kanye West's Website Taken Down After Backlash Over Swastika T-Shirt

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Kanye West's Website Taken Down After Backlash Over Swastika T-Shirt
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Kanye West's website was taken offline by Shopify after he sold a swastika T-shirt labeled 'HH-01' and posted antisemitic and praising Hitler remarks on X. The move followed a Super Bowl ad that promoted his store, which was later updated to display the controversial merchandise.

Four days of Kanye West controversy came to a head on Tuesday when the artist's website was taken offline after facing backlash.The website was removed by the vendor powering it, Shopify, less than 48 hours after West's Super Bowl ad directed viewers to a storefront selling a single item: a swastika T-shirt labeled 'HH-01.'A Shopify spokesperson confirmed to BI on Tuesday morning the company had removed the store.

He has deactivated his X account for the time being,' spokesperson Milo Yiannopoulos said in a statement to NBC News. Representatives for Ye did not immediately respond to a request for further comment from Business Insider.Ye was previously banned from X, then known as Twitter, in 2022 after he tweeted an image containing a swastika and the Star of David. His account was later reinstated.In the hours following the Super Bowl ad airing, many called for the Yeezy site to be taken down.

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