Kanye West Takes Credit for Making Antisemitism 'Popular'

Kanye West said on Thursday while appearing on Alex Jones' InfoWars show that he was the individual who made antisemitism popular.

West, who now goes by Ye, appeared on the show to speak about his recent remarks and said, "people in high school didn't know what antisemitism meant until I made it popular."

Will Sommer of the Daily Beast also shared a series of tweets of the conversation West and Jones had on Thursday's show, which also featured far-right commenter Nick Fuentes. The Southern Poverty Law Center has described Fuentes as "a white nationalist livestreamer who advocates pulling the Republican Party further to the extreme far-right end of the political spectrum."

"This InfoWars appearance has already gone off the rails. Alex Jones: You're not Hitler, you're not a Nazi. Kanye: Well, I see good things about Hitler, also...Every human being has value that they brought to the tabled, especially Hitler," Sommer wrote in a tweet.

The remarks by West on Thursday come as the rapper faces an array of controversy for numerous recent comments about Jewish individuals.

"I'm a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I'm going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE," West wrote in a tweet in October. West's Twitter account was locked shortly after the tweet but has since been reinstated.

There were also recent reports that West and Fuentes traveled to Florida to meet with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence.

"This past week, Kanye West called me to have dinner at Mar-a-Lago," Trump said in a post on his TruthSocial account. "Shortly thereafter, he unexpectedly showed up with three of his friends, whom I knew nothing about. We had dinner on Tuesday evening with many members present on the back patio. The dinner was quick and uneventful. They then left for the airport."

West also recently appeared on Tim Pool's podcast, Timcast, and made an abrupt exit when Pool appeared to dispute some of his claims on Jewish individuals.

During his appearance on InfoWars, West further spoke about the Jewish community and antisemitism.

"I see good things about Hitler also," West said at one point. "Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler."

"We've got to stop dissing the Nazis all the time," West added.

In response to West's remarks, Jones said, "You've got a bit of a Hitler fetish going on."

Newsweek reached out to reps for West for comment.

Update 12/1/22 2:15 p.m. ET: This article was updated with more information.