On Tuesday, e-commerce platform Shopify shut down an online store belonging to rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.
A Shopify spokesman who processed an order from Ye's Yeezy.com website confirmed with News Nation that it no longer supports the store.
“All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform,” the spokesman said. “This merchant did not engage in genuine commercial practices and violated the terms and removed them from Shopify.”
As of Tuesday morning, the online store appeared to be offline, replaced by a message that read, “This store is not available.”
During the Super Bowl, you aired commercials in local markets and directed people to the online store Yeezy.com. As of the beginning of Tuesday, the website was selling only one item. A $20 white T-shirt with a big sw symbol.
According to Variety, when the ad aired during the Super Bowl, Ye's website was selling other products, but soon began selling only the Swastika T-shirts.
The latest development comes after the release of a torrent of anti-Semitic posts on X on Friday, and issued a statement containing “Im a nazi.” “I don't like or trust Jews, and this is completely calm without Hennessy.” “I love Hitler now. “I will not apologise for Jewish comments.”
During the Super Bowl, the controversial rapper posted a series of messages, including a swiping of global superstar Taylor Swift, whom he saw as singing at a halftime performance of rapper Kendrick Lamar. The set included Lamar's hit “Not Like Us,” which was part of the Disbattle between Lamar and Drake last year.
“Why are we showing Taylor Swift on TV singing songs about beating black men and blaming those that can defeat black men for the rest of their lives?”You've posted. “Kendrick is used by these whites and Jews.
You left social media platform X late that night, but it was unclear whether X deactivated your account or was willing to delete it. The rapper posted the final message that he was “logged out of Twitter.”
“Thank you Elon [Musk] He allowed me to vent.”You wrote on Sundayaccording to screenshots on the platform and multiple media reports. “Using the world as a sounding board was very cathartic. It was like a trip to Ayahuasca. Love you all who gave me your energy and attention. To connect again… Good night Good night.”
