Kanye West has been sued and dropped by his talent agency after he posted a stream of antisemitic abuse, put T-shirts with a swastika on sale in his online shop, and was alleged to have described himself as Hitler to a Jewish employee.

Last week West, also known as Ye, wrote a barrage of antisemitic posts on X including, “I’m a Nazi … I love Hitler”.

The swastika T-shirt was placed for sale on the website of his fashion brand Yeezy, with the product line “HH-01”, assumed to be code for “Heil Hitler”.

Shopify, the company that provided the online platform for Yeezy, has now taken the store offline, stating: “All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform. This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms.”

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    19 hours ago

    OMG I totally thought this was supposed to be some weird reference to Tobias Fünke from Arrested Development.

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      3 hours ago

      Kanye -> Hitler -> Shopify -> Spotify -> Arrested Development -> …

      Anyone else experiencing whiplash, or is it just me? I think I need to lie down for a bit.

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      17 hours ago

      Could very well be, dude has a bit of never-nude energy about him.