October 24, (THEWILL) – The weeks-long spate of anti-semitic remarks by Rapper, Kanye ‘Ye’ West, appears to have inspired a rally in support of the controversial US rapper.
An anti-Semitic group rallied support for West on the Los Angeles 405 freeway on Saturday, with a banner that reads “Kanye is right about the Jews”, in reference to the rapper’s widely-condemned remarks.
According to TMZ, the “fiercely hateful” comments and rally appear to be the work of a group called the Goyim Defence League.
The demonstrators were said to have given the Nazi salute at passing drivers, with West going on several anti-semitic rants on social media platforms recently.
On Instagram, the rapper alleged that Jews control Hollywood.
After being suspended from the platform, West took to Twitter to say he was going “death con 3 on the Jewish people”, referring to the military readiness condition “DEFCON.”
“The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also. You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda,” the rapper added.
This prompted Instagram and Twitter to lock the rapper’s accounts for violating its policies.
Reacting in a statement on Sunday, the Anti-Defamation League, ADL, described the rally as a “loose network of individuals connected by their virulent antisemitism.”
The ADL’s Southern California branch also referred to it as an “outrageous effort to fan the flames of antisemitism gripping the nation.”
“This group is known for espousing vitriolic #antisemitism and white supremacist ideology. Hate has no place in Los Angeles or elsewhere and these attempts will not divide us”, it wrote.
The rapper had a heated face-off with fellow artiste, Diddy, after he called the Black Lives Matter campaign a “scam” and backed the White Lives Matter slogan.
