Just a year after this happened and it seems like everybody has forgotten about it. Yea he lost his adidas partnership but nowadays, he’s been a welcomed surprise guest at Travis shows, I’m hearing his songs being popped off on in clubs and parties, and he’s been going viral on TikTok with tons of praise and no criticism or mention of him being a Nazi in the comments
Is it Americans having the memory of a goldfish? Americans not really hating Hitler/Nazis/anti-semitism that much? Kanye’s music is just too good to ignore? Americans just loving to deepthroat and worship anybody that’s famous?
I think the general public thinks of Kanye as a bizarre performance artist who has severe mental illnesses. They heard Kanye saying outrageously racist things and simply nodded and said “Yep, that’s old wacky Kanye up to his shenanigans again”
I think that has a lot to do with it. It’s part that and part people assuming its mental illness, which probably does play a role. That doesn’t mean he deserves a platform though.