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Spotify, SoundCloud and other platforms have pulled the song, but its spread underscores the challenges tech platforms face in removing content that violate their policies.

Spotify, SoundCloud and other tech platforms have worked to remove a new song from Ye that praises Adolf Hitler, but the song and its video have continued to proliferate online including across X, where it has racked up millions of views.

On various mainstream and alternative tech platforms this week, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has been able to share his latest song, titled “Heil Hitler,” along with its companion title, “WW3,” which similarly glorifies Hitler, the architect of the Holocaust.

While some platforms have taken steps to attempt to pull down the song, others have seemingly let it spread freely.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

"Nazi Song Big Hit On Nazi Platform"

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Stop calling him Ye, it’s so cringe and stupid. His name is Kanye West and he’s a black white supremacist

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Clayton Bigsby did it better.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kanye West is his slave name that he abandoned.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That’s bullshit. If that were true he would do like Malcolm x and Muhammad Ali and change his name legally. Besides that, why would he wanna be rid of his slave name when he’s a racist Nazi?

[–] 17jGuFCOn89iY@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Not defending him here or anything but he did legally change his name 3 or 4 years ago to “ye”

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

He is mentally ill and untreated.

To understand and rationalize madness only nurtures a madness within yourself.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Black white supremacy is such a mental gymnastics mind breaker. It's like you're really on the edge in one, but which one is it?

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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This might be nitpicking, but NBC should be more precise.

which similarly glorifies Hitler, the architect of the Holocaust

Adolf Hitler wanted and ordered the extermination of the Jews and other "undesirables", no doubt about that or his culpability. But the role of "architect", the person who designed the logistics for mass killing, is normally ascribed to other people. Adolf Eichmann, the guy the Mossad captured in Argentinia in 1960, is usually called the "Architect of the Holocaust". Sometimes together with Reinhard Heydrich and Heinrich Himmler.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Hitler was (or rather - wanted to be) an arts major, not a STEM major. He couldn't architect anything.

[–] Naevermix@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The song doesn't really glorify Hitler. And the title "architect of the Holocaust" is usually attributed to Adolf Eichmann.

That being said, the song is antisemitic and tasteless. West appears to blame all his personal issues on the Jews, which is deeply pathetic.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The outro is literally a Hitler speech.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Have you read the translation or do you know German?

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago

He's been a total nutcase for years. From an outside perspective I can confirm that all of his problems are 100% of his own making.

[–] Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

why do y'all give him so much attention?? Tf ignore him the fame already got to his head...

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

It's not even a good song.

80% of it is him and a crowd of black guys (who may or may not have been AI generated or paid a tonne to get in on the white supremacist grift) chanting "N***a heil Hitler!" The other 20% comes across as some kind of incel or MRA manifesto, where he's whinging about being cancelled and denied access to his kids.

Kanye has well and truly lost the plot. He needs to be detained in a psych ward...

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago

What a load of fucking bullshit. They must think we are dumb.

OH no we can't find his music to delete it guess we'll just keep cashing in on the listens because it's viral right now then delete it in a week.

Fucking clowns

But let Disney copyright claim it and it wou vanish overnight.

I don't believe this bullshit

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 8 points 1 day ago

Just in case people actually believed Elon's whining that he's total not a Nazi you guys, cut it out wah.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm curious how can this guy release a song titled "heil hitler" and still in the news?

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[–] arakhis_@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

hope he will tour in germany soon

[–] arakhis_@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

to get him locked up for good, i cant stand this waste of attention

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 139 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (32 children)

In case you’d like the lyrics for this “masterpiece”:

[Verse 1: Ye] 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

Where the fuck is my nitrous

Yes, I am a cuck, I like when people fuck on my bitch

With shit that I'm postin' on Twitter they tellin' me, "Ye, don't say that"

How n*ggas can see me in public im drivin an all-chrome Maybach

With all of the money and fame I still can't get my kids back

With all of the money and fame I still don't get to see my children

N*ggas see my Twitter, but they don't see >how I be feeling

So I became a Nazi, yeah, bitch, I'm the villain

[Chorus: Ye] Ngga, Heil Hitler Ngga, Heil Hitler They don't understand the things I say on Twitter Ngga, Heil Hitler They don't understand the things I say on Twitter All my nggas Nazis, ngga, Heil Hitler Ngga, Heil Hitler Ngga, Heil Hitler All my nggas Nazis, ngga, Heil Hitler She wanna fuck in Japan, I put the chrome on the Benz (Ngga, Heil Hitler) She reaching down to my pants, she got the world in her hands

[Chorus: The Hooligans] Ngga, Heil Hitler Ngga, Heil Hitler Ngga, Heil Hitler All my nggas Nazis, ngga, Heil Hitler Ngga, Heil Hitler Ngga, Heil Hitler All my nggas Nazis, ngga, Heil Hitler Ngga, Heil Hitler Ngga, Heil Hitler Ngga, Heil Hitler N*gga, Heil Hitler

[Outro: Adolf Hitler] Du meine Arbeit für richtig hältst Ob du glaubst, dass ich fleißig gewesen bin, dass ich gearbeitet habe Dass ich mich in diesen Jahren für dich eingesetzt habe, dass ich anständig meine Zeit verwendet habe im Dienste meines Volkes. Gib du jetzt deine Stimme ab, wenn "JA", dann tritt für mich ein, so wie ich für dich eingetreten bin!

This is a severely mentally man who needs help. This is not a song that should have had people working on it. This should not have been released. I have had a in-depth conversation with something who believed that Shrek was the incarnation of God and they were more cogent than this.

Kanye was always a strange and not great lyricist, but this is mental illness.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 31 points 2 days ago (3 children)

There is direct correlation between right-wing ideology and brain damage

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Um, you have to be a special sort of moron to be Black and a fan of Hitler...sure, those Nazis might be your bud for a little while, and maybe use your money and fame to fund their cause. Right up until the Night of the Long Knives 2.0.

[–] jmf@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago

Look up the black hebrew Israelite movement. It's really a weird phenomenon.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 54 points 2 days ago (1 children)

which similarly glorifies Hitler, the architect of the Holocaust.

Oh, that Hitler...

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Thought it was Gay Hitler at first for sure.

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[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Whether he needs help or not I don't know but what I do know is that we need to stop giving this man any attention.

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[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago

I’m still hoping Washington, Oregon, and California become part of B.C.

[–] briever@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When did he rename himself Ye?

[–] InputZero@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Kanye legally changed his whole name to Ye in 2021.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh.
I thought it was Ye song as in Ye Olde Song.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Ye olde nazis

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[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I feel like Canada and Mexico are a few days away from being an old man that stands up from his rocking chair, grabs an old shotgun and goes "well. I guess it was comin'"

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 319 points 3 days ago (74 children)

It’s literally called “Heil Hitler”.

I think anyone who defends him needs to back up now.

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