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- The Anti-Defamation League counted 59 incidents in which antisemites cited the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.
- In an interview last year, Ye denied the Holocaust and praised Adolf Hitler.
- Overall, ADL researchers found there was a 59% increase in antisemitic incidents last year.
Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, did more than just derail his own career when he began last year to publicly proclaim his love for the leader of Nazi Germany and hatred of Jews that he claimed had wronged him — he appeared to inspire dozens of antisemitic incidents across the United States, according to a report released Thursday, including a physical attack by a perpetrator who yelled, "Kanye 2024!"