Kanye West’s Reddit fan page overtaken by Taylor Swift messages and Holocaust awareness posts
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It appears like fans of Kanye West have started to turn against him following his antisemitic remarks which led to his suspension from Twitter.
Here is everything you need to know.
Kanye West’s fans are abandoning him
The popular subreddit page for Kanye West, i.e. Reddit.com/r/Kanye has reportedly started shaking messages in support of the rapper’s once-rival Taylor Swift.
Moreover, the page is also flooded with educational content related to Holocaust. In addition, more than 700,000 Reddit users have subscribed to the subreddit.
Besides that, shared a photo of Swift along with a message that read, ‘This is now a Taylor Swift subreddit. We had a good run, fellas.’
However, the post quickly went viral on social media and currently has more than 36,000 upvotes. If you didn’t know, Reddit’s upvotes are equivalent to Facebook’s likes button.
Furthermore, a follow-up post read, ‘Swifties unite! Welcome to your new home.’
Meanwhile, the fans of Swift and West have been in a feud ever since the Donda rapper famously interrupted Swift during her acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009.
Why have Kanye West’s fans turned against him?
Kanye West fans are reportedly abandoning him after his viral interview with Infowars host Alex Jones on 1st December Thursday.
For the unversed, West complimented Adolf Hilter and the Nazis during the interview. In addition, he also claimed to ‘like’ the late Nazi Party leader.
The 45-year-old also said, ‘Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler. Also, Hitler was born Christian.’
Elsewhere, West also got his Twitter account suspended yet again later the same day. However, this time the father of four was banished from the multi-blogging platform for sharing an image of a logo that appears to be a mix of the Star of David and a Swastika.
Moreover, Elon Musk, the new owner and CEO of the bird site, mentioned that the Gold Digger artist has, ‘again violated our rule against incitement to violence.’
West, who has officially changed his name to Ye, has been suspended for the second time on Twitter this year over his antisemitic tweets.
The fashion mogul found himself in hot waters with fans and celebrities after his continuous antisemitic comments.
Subsequently, Forbes revealed that West has lost his billionaire status after many famous labels including Adidas broke off their relationship with the disgraced singer.
