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Kanye West Dropped by Talent Agency and Swastika T-Shirt Site Removed Amid Backlash

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Over the past weekend, Kanye West found himself parting ways with his talent agency, 33 & West based in Los Angeles, following a string of controversial tweets expressing antisemitic views and offensive statements.

On a Monday, Daniel McCartney, an agent for 33&West, shared on his Instagram Stories that he was no longer able to represent Kanye West. This update reached approximately 7,000 of his followers.

Starting right now, I’ve chosen to step away from my association with Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), given the offensive and divisive comments he’s been making lately. As a firm believer in promoting harmony and affection, 33 & I can’t condone such behavior. Sending warmth and positivity to everyone out there.

It wasn’t initially evident when the agency started collaborating with Hurricane, as they hadn’t disclosed this partnership until after they stopped working together.

Over the past weekend, the 24-time Grammy winner shared a series of surprising tweets. Among them was an acknowledgment that he had physically harmed women in the past and a defense of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs for his violent actions towards Cassie Ventura in 2016, which Combs himself has called ‘unforgivable.’

We have attempted to contact representatives for McCartney, their agency, as well as Milo Yiannopoulos, who serves as a spokesperson for West, to gather more information about this developing story.

As a devoted follower, I found myself discussing the choice made by 33&West, the agency that parted ways with the artist known for his Black Skinhead persona, who subsequently deactivated his X/Twitter account, on the vibrant Reddit community r/fauxmoi.

It seemed that most people felt the agency should’ve been aware of who they were interacting with when they collaborated with West in 2025.

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It appeared that everyone thought it was obvious that the agency should have recognized who their counterpart was when dealing with West in 2025.

The decision was made over two years after West, known for hits like 2024’s Carnival, 2007’s Stronger, and 2005’s Gold Digger, started facing a series of high-profile business breakups following his controversial outbursts against semitic groups in the fall of 2022.

1 User commented that the action happened “half a decade past due” (at least), and another user questioned, “Didn’t he ever express anything questionable before this moment?

Previously contentious statements attributed to West have been brought up, with one individual referencing an instance where he seemingly identified himself as a Nazi.

A different user observed that West once stated, “Slavery is a choice,” yet many individuals continued to stand by him.

One user stated, ‘The graffiti saying “Kanye was correct about the Jews,” which I saw several years ago, is deeply ingrained in my memory. It still disturbed me when I first saw it, and it continues to disturb me today.’

On Tuesday, West continued to be at the center of debate as the store on his Yeezy website, which had been promoted through an expensive advertisement during Sunday’s Super Bowl, was temporarily shut down by Shopify due to selling a white shirt featuring a black swastika symbol at its center.

On Monday, the Anti-Defamation League expressed their concerns on Twitter, stating: “Kanye’s alleged antisemitism seems more evident than ever, as he recently offered for sale a t-shirt bearing a swastika symbol on his website.

Beyond just mentioning it, the t-shirt found on Kanye’s website has been identified as “HH-01,” a label that allegedly represents “Heil Hitler.” Over the past week, Kanye has been relentlessly posting offensive antisemitic content. There is simply no justification for such unacceptable behavior.

The organization noted that what made things even more problematic was Kanye promoting his website during the Super Bowl, which reached far beyond his substantial following on social media.

Tal-Or Cohen Montemayor, the founder and leader of CyberWell – a digital organization monitoring anti-Semitic activities – shared with Dailymail.com on Tuesday that they attempted to bypass Kanye West and get his controversial page taken down.

As a dedicated lifestyle advisor, I’ve taken it upon myself to ensure the integrity and safety of online shopping platforms. In this case, I’ve reached out to Shopify’s compliance and security teams to bring their attention to the apparent misuse of their services by yeezy.com. This action was taken due to the blatant violation of Shopify’s terms of use as stated by Cohen Montemayor.

According to Montemayor, the Shopify team took prompt and decisive action in shutting down the “shop” on yeezy.com due to its dissemination of offensive content against Jewish people.

Cohen Montemayor commended Shopify, expressing his belief that such leadership and accountability are precisely the standards all CEOs of social media platforms and digital services should aspire to meet.

As a lifestyle expert, I firmly believe that when an individual misuses our platform or services to spread hatred without consequences, it’s essential to take immediate action and prevent such behavior.

According to Cohen Montemayor, GoDaddy manages the domain services for yeezy.com, yet the Swastika T-Shirt store operates against their terms of service. It would be advisable for them to take similar action and relinquish control over the domain.

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2025-02-12 08:00

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