Kanye West’s Website Shut Down After Selling Controversial T-Shirt, Shopify Takes Action

Kanye West in Milan, Italy in February 2024.
Kanye West in Milan, Italy in February 2024. (PHOTO: VIA PEOPLE, Arnold Jerocki/Getty)

Kanye West’s website, Yeezy.com, has been shut down after the rapper began selling a controversial T-shirt featuring a swastika, a symbol associated with the Nazis. Visitors to the site now encounter error messages such as “Something went wrong” or “This store is unavailable.”

The website, which operated on the Shopify platform, was removed by the company. Shopify stated, “It is the responsibility of all merchants to follow our platform’s rules. This merchant (Kanye West) violated our terms, so we removed them.”

Kanye West had recently promoted his website with a surprise commercial during the Super Bowl, a major U.S. sporting event. The ad, aired in Los Angeles, featured West sitting in a dentist’s chair and encouraging viewers to visit Yeezy.com. Shortly after the ad aired, the website was altered to sell only one item: the controversial swastika T-shirt, priced at $20.

This isn’t the first time Kanye West has faced consequences for his actions online. Earlier, his account on X (formerly Twitter) was deleted due to a series of antisemitic, misogynistic, and offensive posts. West had made inflammatory statements, including declaring, “I’m a Nazi,” and praising Adolf Hitler with remarks like, “Hitler was so fresh.”

West’s actions have drawn significant criticism from around the world. Jewish organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee have labeled his posts as hate speech. Celebrities, including actor David Schwimmer, have also spoken out against him, urging X owner Elon Musk to take action against West’s account.

As a result of his controversial behavior, Kanye West’s website has been taken down, and he has been banned from social media platforms. His Nazi-related views and inflammatory statements continue to face strong condemnation from the public and various organizations.

4 thoughts on “Kanye West’s Website Shut Down After Selling Controversial T-Shirt, Shopify Takes Action”

  1. So you are too afraid to come out and reveal the “controversial” shirts were Nazi tshirts that had a swastika on them?

    Zero guts or journalistic integrity.

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