Kanye West has thanked Tyler, The Creator for still showing him love despite his recent controversial statements about Nazism, Hitler and violence against women.
After both Kanye and Tyler celebrated A$AP Rocky‘s acquittal in his shooting trial, the Chicago rap legend hopped on Instagram to shout out his “Smuckers” collaborator.
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Alongside a screenshot that showed Tyler liking his post about Rocky, Ye wrote: “My daughter’s second favorite artist still loves me. As rappers We all like one big family. And I’m that n-gga that still shows out even when there’s white people around.”
Tyler has yet to respond.
Despite Tyler’s apparent continued support, Kanye West has alienated a number of other close collaborators including Travis Scott and Ty Dolla $ign with his controversial views.
In his lengthy and explosive rant, Ye called himself a “racist” and a “Nazi” who loves Hitler, said that he didn’t “like or trust any Jewish person,” defended Diddy and his brutal 2016 assault on Cassie, and disrespected the late Virgil Abloh.
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Soon after, La Flame — who had been aligned with the G.O.O.D. Music founder since the start of his career over a decade ago — unfollowed Kanye on social media.
Ty Dolla, West’s Vultures collaborator, also appeared to disagree as he wrote on his Instagram Stories: “I do not condone ANY form of hate speech towards ANYBODY” along with fist emojis of all shades.
Though he didn’t directly criticize Kanye, the singer did remove any reference to their ¥$ duo from his Instagram bio.
Yeezy has since U-turned on his Nazi statement, saying on Wednesday (February 19) that “after further reflection” he has “come to the realization that I’m not a Nazi.”
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His change of heart appears to have been thanks to Adam Sandler, who is Jewish, aiming a light jab at him during SNL‘s recent 50th anniversary special.
“50 years of finding out your favorite musician is antisemitic,” the actor and comedian joked while performing a song about the show’s history.
Kanye responded on X, writing: “Adam Sandler Thank you for the love.”
