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Kanye West's Yeezy online shopping platform taken down over swastika T-shirts
The T-shirts were accompanied by the label "HH-01", understood to be code for "Heil Hitler". On Monday the rapper deactivated his account on X after coming under pressure for posting antisemitic messages.
The decision to sell the T-shirt triggered widespread criticism, including from the ADF which posted a statement on X on Monday, describing the shirt sales as "further proof" of West's antisemitism. The organisation, formed to combat anti-Jewish bigotry and discrimination, explained that the swastika was adopted by Hitler and "continues to threaten and instil fear in those targeted by antisemitism and white supremacy". One of the most successful figures in hop-hip, West built up a fashion brand called Yeezy which began as a collaboration with Adidas.
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