Saturday, March 25, 2023

"Kanye West Claims He “Likes Jewish People Again” Thanks To Jonah Hill and 21 Jump Street"

Great. Just 'effin' great. Here I was, ready to give Adidas a lowball offer on their $500 mil. inventory of Yeezy shoes and this happens.

From Vanity Fair, March 25:

The magic of the movies?

Disgraced former shoe salesman and rapper Kanye West has kept mum on social media since his business world fell apart late last year. That ended late Friday night/early Saturday morning when the College Dropout artist, who legally changed his name to Ye in late 2021, popped onto Instagram to declare that he liked Jewish people again. 

Before you can say “uh, okay,” the man whose antisemitic comments and follow-up taunts to Adidas forced the company to drop his line of athletic wear explained what caused his change of heart: Jonah Hill’s performance in the 2012 comedy 21 Jump Street

Though West is a chronic deleter of social media posts, let’s take a look at this beauty while we still can. Like the Torah itself, it’s worth scrutinizing this line by line. (The image is taken from the British DVD/Blu-ray cover for some reason; note the 15 rating from the British Film Classification Office.) ....

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The Times of Israel also has the story but drops the "People" and the "-ish" from their headline. Also a more accepting "Says" rather than "Claims":

Kanye West says he likes Jews again after watching movie with Jonah Hill