Kanye West made a lot of headlines near the end of 2022 – and not just because he finalized his divorce from Kim Kardashian. The polarizing rapper shared anti-Semitic comments on social media and during a podcast appearance later in the year. He subsequently received a considerable amount of backlash and eventually lost several of his biggest business deals. Over the past few months, West hasn’t conducted too many interviews and hasn’t shared any further disparaging remarks against the Jewish community. Now, via a new documentary though, he’s been accused of sharing more negative thoughts, which were allegedly said after he was angry over money.
The 46-year-old father of four’s anti-Semitic sentiments are the topic of a new doc entitled The Trouble with KanYe. Said production reportedly covers several facets of the controversy, including the immediate fallout that left Ye feeling as though he’d been “beat to a pulp.” At that time, Adidas spoke out about ending its Yeezy agreement with him, and Balenciaga was a company that followed suit. Alex Klein, the musician’s former friend and business associate, claimed that the rapper negatively referenced Jews while expressing frustration over his losses:
