The online Yeezy shop is no longer functioning after Ye, who recently followed up his Hitler-praising Alex Jones interview with tweeted declarations of “I’m a Nazi” and “I love Hitler,” directed fans to a swastika t-shirt in a regional Super Bowl ad.
As you’ll recall, the artist formerly known as Kanye West was at one point selling various pieces on the YZY site using Shopify, including several associated with his Bully album. More recently, he wiped the store’s selections, leaving a swastika t-shirt as the store’s lone available item. Around the same time, that aforementioned ad aired, albeit not nationally.
Currently, though it’s difficult to fathom anyone presently wanting to do such a thing, a visit to the YZY site results in the display of the following message: “Something went wrong. What happened? This store is unavailable.”
Complex has reached out to Shopify for comment. In a statement shared with CBS MoneyWatch on Tuesday, a rep for the e-commerce company confirmed that the seller in question had been “removed” following a violation of their terms.
“All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform,” the company was quoted as telling the outlet. “This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms, so we removed them from Shopify.”
Ye previously used a swastika in an image that saw the symbol combined with the Star of David, ultimately resulting in a temporary suspension from Twitter in 2022, now known as X. He later returned to the platform, though his account appears to have been deactivated as of this writing.
In addition to again aligning himself with Nazism, Ye’s most recent X spree saw him stating that he’s “hit women before.” At one point, he used the YZY site to sell a version of the hoodie worn by Cassie in the surveillance footage of her assault by Diddy.
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