"After further reflection...": Kanye West walks back pro-Hitler stance after controversial social media posts on X

Kanye West is back on X after deactivating his account following his controversial tweets, including one where he said, "I am a N*zi." However, the infamous rapper didn't revisit his problematic posts this time. He took back his claim of being a N*zi. In a tweet, dated Thursday, February 19, 2025, Kanye kept it short and wrote,

"After further reflection I've come to the realization that I'm not a N*zi."

It is unclear what prompted this change of opinion. Thursday's tweet is not the first time that the rapper backtracked on his antisemitic remarks. Back in December 2023, West apologized to the "Jewish community" in an Instagram post. In a statement written in Hebrew, West wrote,

“I sincerely apologise to the Jewish community … It was not my intention to hurt or demean, and I deeply regret any pain I may have caused."

He expressed a commitment to learning from his mistakes and ensuring "greater sensitivity and understanding in the future." Despite this, West soon returned to making antisemitic remarks.

In October 2022, the rapper's Instagram was restricted and Meta deleted some of his content for violating the platform's content policy. This was followed by X (formerly Twitter) deleting his account in December 2022 after he shared a photo of a swastika blended with a star of David. His account was reinstated in June 2023, under the X ownership of Elon Musk.

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Kanye West continues to face controversies

Earlier this month, Kanye West got backlash for his antisemitic remarks on X, leading to criticism from both fans and celebrities online. In now-deleted tweets, he wrote things like, "I am a N*zi" and "I am racist. Stereotypes exist for a reason and they all be true." He added, "Jewish people actually hate white people and use Black people."

It got to a point that Friends star David Schwimmer addressed Ye's controversial tweets, calling for X CEO Elon Musk to ban the actor from the platform.

Kanye received even more criticism from netizens after buying Super Bowl ads, urging people to visit his Yeezy store. The rapper reportedly pulled out other merch stocks from the store, only leaving one item for sale—a white t-shirt with a swastika emblem printed on the front.

Shopify then removed Kanye West's Yeezy website from their platform after he allegedly violated their terms.

Previously, Kanye West's antisemitic remarks cost him the lucrative Adidas-Yeezy collaboration. In October 2022, the sportswear company ended its partnership with the Stronger hitmaker and announced that it would "not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech.” West and Adidas then became involved in a series of lawsuits, which they settled in October 2024.

As per Complex, in November 2023, Addidas revealed that it has €300 million worth of Yeezy inventory. BCC reported in February 2024, that the brand would sell the remaining stock in 2024 for "at least" the cost of production to recoup the loss.

In a February 18, 2025 post on X, which now appears to have been deleted, Kanye claimed that he earned $40 million from various businesses, even after the backlash on social media and his website's shutdown. Now, the rapper and his wife, Bianca Censori, are allegedly heading to a divorce, per the NY Post.

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Kanye West and Bianca Censori made headlines at the 67th Grammy Awards due to Censori's nearly-naked red carpet look.