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Australia cancels Kanye West’s visa over ‘Heil Hitler’ song
Story by Reuters
Updated:
10:00 AM EDT, Wed July 2, 2025
Source: Reuters
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has had his Australian visa canceled
after he released “Heil Hitler,” a song promoting Nazism, the
country’s home affairs minister said on Wednesday.
The US rapper released the song that praised the Nazi leader Adolf
Hitler across social media and music streaming platforms in May.
The song came a few months after Ye made a string of antisemitic posts
on X, which included comments such as “I love Hitler” and “I’m
a Nazi.”
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said that while previous offensive
comments made by Ye had not affected his visa status, officials
reviewed it again after the song’s release.
“It was a lower level (visa) and the officials still looked at the
law and said you’re going to have a song and promote that sort of
Nazism, we don’t need that in Australia,” he told national
broadcaster ABC on Wednesday.
“We have enough problems in this country already without deliberately
importing bigotry.”
Burke added that Ye had family in Australia and had been a longtime
visitor prior to the visa cancellation. The singer married his wife
Bianca Censori, an Australian architect, in December 2022.
Burke’s office declined to comment on the exact date of the visa
cancellation. Ye’s management did not respond immediately to a
request for comment outside US business hours.
In October 2024, US conservative influencer Candace Owens was also
barred from entry into Australia. Burke said “Australia’s national
interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else.”
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