Kanye West wanted to name his ‘Ye’ album after Hitler

It has been revealed that rapper Kanye West had such a fascination with Hitler that he wanted to name his 2018 album ‘Ye’ after Adolf Hitler.

According to a business executive that worked for Kanye, the father of four would praise Hitler by saying how incredible it was that he was able to accumulate so much power and would talk about all the great things he and the Nazi Party achieved for the German people, said CNN.

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KANYE’S OBSESSION WITH HITLER

CNN said that the person they spoke to stated that people that know Kanye were “fully aware” of his interest in Hitler.

Four sources told CNN that West had originally suggested the title “Hitler” for his 2018 album that eventually released as “Ye.” They did not want to be named, citing concern for professional retribution.

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The executive also told CNN that the fashion designer spoke openly about reading “Mein Kampf,” Hitler’s 1925 autobiographical manifesto and expressed his “admiration” for the Nazis and Hitler for their use of propaganda.

“The executive left his position and reached a settlement with West and some of his companies over workplace complaints, including harassment,” – as per CNN.

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WHY THE ALBUM WAS NAMED ‘YE’

The sources CNN spoke with have no idea why Ye’s album album was eventually called “Ye.”

The publication also said that a TMZ former employee Van Lathan Jr. recently claimed on The Higher Learning podcast that Kanye also made antisemitic comments during their conversation that the outlet did not release publicly. That’s why Lathan said his current comments didn’t surprise him.

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“I already heard him say that stuff before at TMZ…I mean, I was taken aback because that type of antisemitic talk is disgusting. It’s like, I’m taken aback any time anyone does that, right? But as far as [Kanye], I knew that that was in him

Luther said

“Because when he came to TMZ, he said that stuff and they took it out of the interview. … He said something like, ‘I love Hitler, I love Nazis.’ Something to that effect when he was there. And they took it out of the interview for whatever reason. It wasn’t my decision.”

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