Kanye West's Yeezy Website Shuts Down After Selling Swastika T-Shirt as Shopify Says Rapper 'Violated Our Terms'

Mar. 15, 2025

Kanye West in Anaheim in June 2016.Photo:Scott Dudelson/FilmMagic

Scott Dudelson/FilmMagic

Kanye West’sYeezy website is no longer online after the rapper received backlash for selling a swastika T-shirt on the site.

As of Tuesday, Feb. 11, the site has been taken down and an error message that reads “Something went wrong” and “This store is unavailable” appears instead.

A rep for Shopify, which processes the website’s orders, told PEOPLE that West’s online shop “did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms so we removed them from Shopify.”

“All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform," the online platform said in a statement.

Kanye West in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

During the2025 Super Bowlon Sunday, Feb. 9, a 30-second commercial featuring the “Gold Digger” musician aired in local markets.

In the ad spot, he appeared to be filming himself while in a chair at a dentist’s office.

“I spent, like, all the money for the commercial on these new teeth,” said West while smiling, according toThe New York Times. “So, once again, I had to shoot it on the iPhone.”

Then, the “Runaway” artist encouraged viewers to visit his online store, Yeezy.com, which, as of Tuesday, was only selling one item — a white T-shirt featuring a black swastika.

PerVariety, the site was selling several other items on Sunday, but as of Tuesday morning, the only piece of merchandise was the shirt with the swastika.

On Monday, Feb. 10 in an Instagram Stories post, music agentDaniel McCartneyof33&Westwrote: “Effective immediately, I’m no longer representing YE (F/K/A Kanye West) due to his harmful and hateful remarks that myself nor 33 & West can stand for.”

He ended the post, writing “peace and love to all.”

On Feb. 10,Varietyalsoreported that West’sX account had been deactivated.

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Kanye West in March 2024.Bellocqimages/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

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Just days prior, West posteda slur-ridden rant on X, just one week after hisunexpected appearance at the 2025 Grammy Awards.

At the time, he praised Adolf Hitler and defendedSean “Diddy” Combs, who is currently in jailawaiting trial in May for several federal sex crimes. (After being indicted in September for charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution, Diddy, 55, has pleaded not guilty and has been denied bail three times.)

The “Heartless” performer also mentioned X owner Elon Musk’sone-armed salute that he gave at Donald Trump’s inauguration(which Musk responded to, saying “The ‘everyone is Hitler’ attack is sooo tired”).

source: people.com