Due to his recent antisemitic remarks, a concluded documentary about the rap star previously known as Kanye West has now been shelved.
In a memo issued Monday, MRC studio executives Modi Wiczyk, Asif Satchu, and Scott Tenley stated, “We cannot support any material that amplifies his platform.”
Ye was recently barred from posting on Instagram and Twitter due to anti-Semitic remarks that the social media platforms claimed violated their policies. He has also implied that slavery was an option and referred to the COVID-19 vaccine as the “mark of the beast.”
This month, Ye was chastised for wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt to the Paris Fashion Week presentation of his latest collection.
Wiczyk, Satchu, and Tenley delve into the heritage of antisemitism in their lengthy memo.
“Kanye is a music producer as well as sampler.” He sampled and remixed a classic tune which has charted for well over 3000 years last week, the mistruth that Jews are evil and plot to dominate the world for their own gain. This song was performed acapella by the Pharaohs, Babylon, as well as Rome, went acoustic by The Spanish Inquisition and Russia’s Pale of Settlement, and was made electric by Hitler. Kanye has now contributed to its modernization,” they wrote.
CAA, Ye’s talent agency, has also dropped him. That announcement on Monday, as well as the canceled documentary, comes after UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer condemned Ye in a company wide memo condemning antisemitism. Ye was a client for a year before returning to CAA.
Others in Hollywood have condemned antisemitism, including Ye’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, as well as other members of her family. On a Los Angeles overpass on Saturday, protesters unveiled a banner praising Ye.
