Kanye West’s visa was suspended by Australia because of his song, which glorifies Nazis and was released on Wednesday, the government announced.
The 48-year-old musician, who legally changed his name to Ye, released “Heil Hitler” on May 8 to mark the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s victory in World War II.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke claimed that West, whose wife Bianca Censori is Australian, has been visiting Australia for some time because of his country’s family.
He has made numerous offensive remarks. However, my officials reexamined it after he released the song “Helen Heil Hitler,” and he no longer has an Australian visa.
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Burke claimed that performing artists were not permitted to hold concerts because of the rapper’s cancelled visa.
The officials still looked at the law and said, “We don’t need that in Australia,” he told ABC, a public broadcaster.
When asked if it was possible to outlaw a popular figure like this, the minister responded, “I think what’s not sustainable is to import hatred.”
He claimed that immigration officials periodically review each visa application.
Importing bigotry
According to Burke, Australian citizens are free to speak.
“But we already have enough issues in this country,” he said.
When it was revealed that Kanye West would be playing a concert there in July, the song “Heil Hitler” sparked public outcry last week in Slovakia.
More than 3, 000 people criticized West’s performance in the Slovak capital in a petition.
The rapper, who has a strong support for US President Donald Trump, “repeatedly and openly adheres to symbols and ideology connected to the darkest period of modern global history,” according to the petition’s authors.
The petition read, “Kanye West’s concert in our city and our country is an insult to historical memory, glorification of wartime violence, and debasement of all Nazi regime victims.”
Difficult Black men chant the song’s title in the “Heil Hitler” clip as West raps about being misunderstood and about his custody battle with ex-wife Kim Kardashian while standing in a block formation and wearing animal pelts and masks.
The Nazi dictator’s speech is the song’s concluding line.
Sean Combs, a rapper and music mogul, has also been tried in New York for allegedly sex trafficking and racketeering, which West has publicly supported. The jury is currently deciding its verdict in that case.
Source: Channels TV
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