Ye, the American rapper formerly known as Kanye West, has been barred from entering Australia because of his pro-Nazi song “Heil Hitler,” the country’s immigration minister told Australia’s ABC television network on Tuesday.
The song, which was first released in May, has been banned in Germany and from online platforms including Spotify, YouTube and Apple Music because of its antisemitism lyrics praising Adolf Hitler. The song repeats the slogan hailing the Nazi German leader and includes a direct sample from a speech Hitler gave in 1935.
Speaking to ABC, Immigration Minister Tony Burke revealed the ban on Ye while discussing the reported cancellation of a visa for Israeli-American tech personality Hillel Fuld, over a comment he posted declaring: “Islamophobia is rational.”
Burke said the Australian government’s decision to cancel foreign nationals’ visas were most often made for people seeking to make “public speeches,” before adding: “The only one I can think of where it wasn’t for public advocacy – the visa – but we cancelled it anyway, would be Kanye West.”
Ye, who is married to Australian Bianca Censori, had been visiting the country “for a long time,” Burke said.
“He’s made a lot of offensive comments,” added the immigration minister, “that my officials looked at again once he released the Heil Hitler song, and he no longer has a valid visa in Australia.”
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