Kanye West: “I am not a Nazi or an antisemite. I love Jewish people”

[TaylorSwift 162,475]

Twenty-five years ago, I was in a car accident that broke my jaw and caused injury to the right frontal lobe of my brain. At the time, the focus was on the visible damage - the fracture, the swelling, and the immediate physical trauma. The deeper injury, the one inside my skull, went unnoticed.
Comprehensive scans were not done, neurological exams were limited, and the possibility of a frontal-lobe injury was never raised. It wasn't properly diagnosed until 2023. That medical oversight caused serious damage to my mental health and led to my bipolar type-1 diagnosis.
Bipolar disorder comes with its own defense system. Denial. When you're manic, you don't think you're sick. You think everyone else is overreacting. You feel like you're seeing the world more clearly than ever, when in reality you're losing your grip entirely.
Once people label you as 'crazy', you feel as if you cannot contribute anything meaningful to the world. It's easy for people to joke and laugh it off when in fact this is a very serious debilitating disease you can die from. According to the World Health Organization and Cambridge University, people with bipolar disorder have a life expectancy that is shortened by ten to fifteen years on average, and a 2x-3x higher all-cause mortality rate than the general population. This is on par with severe heart disease, type-1 diabetes, HIV, and cancer- all lethal and fatal if left untreated.
The scariest thing about this disorder is how persuasive it is when it tells you: You don't need help. It makes you blind, but convinced you have insight. You feel powerful, certain, and unstoppable.
I lost touch with reality. Things got worse the longer I ignored the problem. I said and did things I deeply regret. Some of the people I love the most, I treated the worst. You endured fear, confusion, humiliation, and the exhaustion of trying to love someone who was, at times, unrecognizable. Looking back, I became detached from my true self.
In that fractured state, I gravitated toward the most destructive symbol I could find, the swastika, and even sold t-shirts bearing it. One of the difficult aspects of having bipolar type-1 are the disconnected moments - many of which I still cannot recall - that lead to poor judgment and reckless behavior that oftentimes feels like an out-of-body experience. I regret and am deeply mortified by my actions in that state, and am committed to accountability, treatment, and meaningful change. It does not excuse what I did, though. I am not a Nazi or an antisemite. I love Jewish people.
To the black community-which held me down through all of the highs and lows and the darkest of times. The black community is, unquestionably, the foundation of who I am. I am so sorry to have let you down. I love us.
In early 2025, I fell into a four-month long manic episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behavior that destroyed my life. As the situation became increasingly unsustainable, there were times I didn't want to be here anymore.
Having bipolar disorder is not a state of constant mental illness. When you go into the manic episode, you are ill at that point. When you are not in an episode, you are completely 'normal'. And that's when the wreckage from the illness hits the hardest. Hitting rock bottom a few months ago, my wife encouraged me to finally get help.
I have found comfort in Reddit forums of all places. Different people speak of being in manic or depressive episodes of a similar nature. I read their stories and realized that I was not alone. It's not just me who ruins their entire life once a year despite taking meds every day and being told by the so-called best doctors in the world that I am not bipolar, but merely experiencing "symptoms of autism."
My words as a leader in my community have real global impact and influence. In my mania, I lost complete sight of that.
As I find my new baseline and new center through an effective regime of medication, therapy, exercise and clean living, I have newfound, much-needed clarity. I am pouring my energy into positive, meaningful art: music, clothing, design, and other new ideas to help the world.
I'm not asking for sympathy, or a free pass, though I aspire to earn your forgiveness. I write today simply to ask for your patience and understanding as I find my way home.
 

[Lucas 31,131]

Anyways it's funny how these nazis say "They have nothing against jewish people". I don't know if it's true or not (probably not) but the only difference in 2025 is that their main focus is muslim people rather than jewish people. Same ideology behind

[Borisapillar 10,128]

chile anyway

[27monster27 15,869]

This is probably because of the neo-n@zi club trip that happened recently. For anyone unaware, Nick Fuentes, Tristan Tate (Andrew Tates brother in literal crime), and others went viral for going on a club trip and requesting the DJ to play Heil H!tler by Kanye. They were actually successful in doing so.

[Obobo 3,986]

[nATAH 57,035]

girl bye

[PartySick 172,545]

13 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

My words as a leader in my community have real global impact and influence. In my mania, I lost complete sight of that.
As I find my new baseline and new center through an effective regime of medication, therapy, exercise and clean living, I have newfound, much-needed clarity. I am pouring my energy into positive, meaningful art: music, clothing, design, and other new ideas to help the world.
I'm not asking for sympathy, or a free pass, though I aspire to earn your forgiveness. I write today simply to ask for your patience and understanding as I find my way home.

Honestly willing to give him the chance to make good on this sentiment.

I don't expect him to, but maybe he'll surprise us. People always deserve a chance to right their wrongs.

[Head Empty 26,986]

I'm not believing any of these words until he puts them into action.

Donate your proceeds (or a large sum of your billionaire net worth) to charity and put in actual effort to compensate the hurt you caused.

[LaLa 19,898]

Hm. I believe what he's saying in that letter to an extent -- that he's been absolutely spiraling out without proper treatment for his bipolar. That's been extremely obvious. 

It will be a long long time though before we'll see if he actually does earn that forgiveness. 

Edited January 26 by LaLa

[TaylorSwift 162,475]

he is releasing album this week

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,614]

It's not my place to forgive him, and I wouldn't right now anyway if it was, but it's been obvious from the beginning what this was to anyone paying attention. 

I hope he has the help he needs and strives to actively make amends with all the communities he's done harm to. I hope he finds a way to remain in a healthy state and get back to a place of fruitful creativity. The man is insanely talented; it'd be such a loss if his legacy ended with what he's been up to these last couple of years in his mental crisis. 

Edited January 26 by Roughhouse Dandy

[TimotheeChalamet 6,948]

Yeah and I have a *** 

[Pablo 8,585]

If he is getting genuine help good for him! I still will not support his music, one apology is good progress but can't say I believe it will stick. 

[Ladle Ghoulash 53,164]

11 minutes ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

It's not my place to forgive him, and I wouldn't right now anyway if it was, but it's been obvious from the beginning what this was to anyone paying attention. 

I hope he has the help he needs and strives to actively make amends with all the communities he's done harm to. I hope he finds a way to remain in a healthy state and get back to a place of fruitful creativity. The man is insanely talented; it'd be such a loss if his legacy ended with what he's been up to these last couple of years in his mental crisis. 

Yeah, I mean my pet theory is honestly that he experienced a deep psychotic break in 2017, his mind basically fused the QAnon/Illuminati conspiracy theories with reality and has been projecting his trauma into that for the better part of the last decade. I feel for him on some level and I have deep contempt for everyone who has enabled him not seeking help and exploited him while he was suffering.

[Bronco 25,131]

The one thing I will say about this statement is that I am impressed that it doesn't seek to wash away his sins and demand a free pass due to illness. 

That being said, this reads like a PR staff member's writing.