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KANYE West has been accused of firing a former Donda Academy employee over the color of his skin in a new lawsuit. Benjamin Deshon Provo, who was previously hired as a security guard by the rapper in 2021, claimed he suffered emotional distress while working under Kanye. Kanye West has been accused of firing a […]
Scott Dudelson/Getty Images; MEGA/GC Images Ozzy Osbourne blasted Kanye West on social media on Friday, claiming the rapper used a recording of a Black Sabbath song without Osbourne . . .
But it has always seemed to me that West is aching to be considered a modern Mozart: the tortured genius. Of course, Mozart was a genius beyond dispute, but the idea that he was a tortured one may be a myth. As Jan Swafford wrote in his book “Mozart: The Reign of Love”: While Mozart […]
Over the last month, rapper Kanye West, now also known as Ye, has posted antisemitic tropes on his social media accounts, shared antisemitic conspiracy theories with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, and later, on social media, threatened violence against Jews. Since launching a presidential bid during the week of Thanksgiving, he has gone on a […]
Members of Israel United in Christ, a Black Hebrew Israelite group, march in formation at the U.S. Capitol, Jun. 19, 2022. (Photo: Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via Reuters) If you live in a major city of America, then you have probably been well aware of the Black Hebrew Israelites for a few decades. But for many other […]
When he was confronted with the film’s ugly untruths, Irving claimed he was no bigot and that he sought “to learn from all walks of life and religions.” After he was challenged by a reporter, he said he wasn’t promoting the film, but he concluded, “I can post whatever I want.” Irving’s stubborn refusal to […]
James West co-invented a microphone that 90% of all microphones used today are based on. His parents were part of the Black emancipation movement, and he attended Black Panther meetings in college. Kanye West inflamed further controversy on Thursday when he spoke about Adolf Hitler during an interview with Alex Jones. West, who was re-suspended […]
Former President Donald Trump deemed Ye, the hip hop artist formerly known as Kanye West, a “seriously troubled man” after receiving blowback over a meeting with him at Mar-a-Lago. “So I help a seriously troubled man, who just happens to be black, Ye (Kanye West), who has been decimated in his business and virtually everything […]
(JTA) — In 1892, an Oklahoma preacher born into slavery received a series of divine revelations that compelled him to launch a new church and, with it, a new religious movement in the United States: Black Israelism, better known as the Black Hebrew Israelite movement. More than a century later, the movement’s central tenet — […]
‘Black people are actually Jew[s]’: The historical origins of Kanye West’s inflammatory comments
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December 19, 2022
(JTA) — In 1892, an Oklahoma preacher born into slavery received a series of divine revelations that compelled him to launch a new church and, with it, a new religious movement in the United States: Black Israelism, better known as the Black Hebrew Israelite movement. More than a century later, the movement’s central tenet — […]