Kanye West praised Hitler and the Nazis during an appearance on InfoWars, a show hosted by far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, known for making false claims around events such as the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012.
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The rapper said: "I see good things about Hitler... Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler."
Later he added: "I love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis."
Appearing with his face covered by a black mask, West went on to mention that Planned Parenthood, a not for profit that provides sexual health care in the US, was engaged in "New World Order population eugenics that is happening to this date".
The anti-semetic comments follow a spate of offensive remarks made by the rapper, including wearing a "White Lives Matter" T-shirt and expressing skepticism around the death of George Floyd.
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Chair of the Anti-Defamation Commission, an Australian civil rights association, Dvir Abramovich, issued a statement in response to the comments.
"If anyone had any doubt, the latest, hate-filled rant by Kanye West, sitting next to Holocaust deniers and white supremacists, confirms that he is a blatant, unvarnished anti-semite who deserves our condemnation," the statement read.
The Commission is calling on Australian businesses to cut ties with West and denounce anti-semitism.
"It is now their moral obligation to demonstrate that profits will never come first and that at a time when verbal and physical anti-semitism is surging in Australia, in schools, at work, on the street and in the online world, they will never provide a shelter to such preachers of prejudice,"
"If these companies refuse to do the right thing and de-platform Kanye, their subscribers and customers will justifiably ask how they can truly claim to reject racism, incitement, and bigotry?," Dr Abramovich said.
Adidas, Gap and Balenciaga have all severed ties with the rapper reportedly leaving him with a $400 million estimated net worth, down from $1.9 billion.
West was recently banned from Instagram and Twitter due to his comments, but his Twitter account was reinstated after Elon Musk's takeover of the social media platform.
West recently dined with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Largo estate alongside white supremacist and anti-semite Nick Fuentes.
Former US Vice-President Mike Pence condemned the meeting.
"President Trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an anti-Semitic and Holocaust denier, a seat at the table and I think he should apologise for it," Mr Pence said.
"And he should denounce those individuals and their hateful rhetoric without qualification."
Kanye West recently announced his Presidential bid for the 2024 American election. During his first Presidential run in 2020, he picked up just 70,000 votes across the entire US.
