Kanye West, the antisemitic rapper also known as Ye, posted on social media on Thursday a music video for a new song titled “Heil Hitler,” marking the once-celebrated artist’s latest regression toward Nazism

“All my n****s Nazis, n***a, heil Hitler,” Ye sings on the song’s synth-heavy chorus, over video of three rows of Black men wearing animal skins and repeating the lyrics

The track ends with a lengthy sample from a Hitler speech, which Ye also quoted on his X account: ‘Whether you think my work is right, whether you believe that I have been diligent. That I have worked, that I have stood up for you during these years, that I have used my time decently in the service of my people. You cast your vote now, if yes, then stand up for me as I stood up for you’“[…]
Ye aired some of those grievances on the track, which opens with the lines, “Man these people took my kids from me, then they froze my bank account. I got so much anger in me, got no way to take it out. Think I’m stuck in the matrix”

He soon segues into the line, “So I became a Nazi, yeah, bitch, I’m the villain”

As of Thursday afternoon, the music video was still playable on Ye’s X account, though not on his YouTube account. Multiple versions of the song uploaded to SoundCloud also appear to have been removed; on X, Ye claimed it had been “banned by all digital streaming platforms”

Ye’s team says the song will be featured on his upcoming album “Cuck” (Internet slang for “cuckold,” a term for a husband whose wife is unfaithful), which also includes tracks titled “Gas Chambers,” “WW3,” and “Hitler Ye and Jesus.” The album art depicts two figures wearing hooded Ku Klux Klan-like robes in different colors, while the art for the “Heil Hitler” song shows a swastika-like doodle