Hip-hop icon Kanye West raised eyebrows again Saturday after stating on social media that since watching the 2012 police comedy 21 Jump Street, he’s begun to like Jews once more.
"Watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump street made me like Jewish people again," the rapper wrote in an Instagram post published Saturday, in a reference to the film’s Jewish co-star.
"No one should take anger against one or two individuals and transform that into hatred towards millions of innocent people," insisted West, who now legally goes by the abbreviated moniker "Ye."
On the other hand, "no Christian can be labeled [an] antisemite knowing Jesus is Jew," he continued.
"Thank you Jonah Hill I love you," the post concluded.
West spent much of 2022 in hot water after making a series of increasingly bizarre remarks that were widely characterized as anti-Semitic. Though he entered the year a billionaire, his net worth has since tumbled to around an estimated $300 million after he was dropped by sponsors including Adidas, Balenciaga, and Foot Locker.
West, who is no stranger to controversy, first began to divorce from mainstream American culture in 2016 after the rapper announced that if he voted, he "would’ve voted for" former US President Donald Trump.
But last year the star’s celebrity status took a massive hit after a series of media appearances alongside notorious white nationalist troll Nick Fuentes. And a now-infamous interview with Alex Jones in December appeared to be the tipping point.
In a widely-ridiculed segment, Ye told the Infowars host: “I love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis.”
"I see good things about Hitler also," he said at the time.