Kanye “Ye” West Claims His Art Allows Antisemitic Speech in Legal Case Weeks After Issuing Mea Culpa

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment The public apology published in the Wall Street Journal for his years of antisemetic comments issued in January by Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West , and his explanation that it was the result of a brain injury and subsequent bipolar disorder are now being scrutinized after his attorneys repeated in a legal filing this week that similar references he made in the workplace were part of his creative process and therefore protected as artistic expression. The rapper’s attorney, Andrew and Katie Cherkasky, filed in the California Court of Appeals seeking to halt a workplace harassment lawsuit filed by a former Yeezy marketing staffer from moving forward after it cleared an initial hurdle in a lower court. In the suit, the ex-staffer claims that while she worked at his lifestyle company promoting his Vultures 1 album in 2024, Ye compared himself to Hitler, sent her pornographic material and texted calling her a “bitch.” An attorney for the former Yeezy marketing staffer, who is Jewish, said when the suit was filed last year that the rap mogul “waged a relentless and deliberate campaign of antisemitism and misogyny against my client.” Related Stories Lifestyle Bianca Censori Discusses Her Art and Husband and Reclaims Her Image in Candid Vanity Fair Interview Guest Column Ye's Apology Is Not Nearly Enough Such antisemitic and misogynistic language from the rapper and star producer has burst into public view several times over the past few years, most notably on his X feed, where last year he wrote missives like, “I LOVE HITLER NOW WHAT BITCHES,” “IM A NAZI” and “Hitler was sooooo fresh.” But in late January, the mercurial rapper placed a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal , taking back some of his antisemitic statements and attribu...