Exclusive: Kanye West spoke of his admiration for Hitler during the making of 'The College Dropout’ in 2004, and even tried to use propaganda strategies inspired by the Nazis to boost his own fame, sources tell Rolling Stone.
“Higher Learning” in October. However, Lathan said, TMZ removed the offending remarks from the video.
“I feel like he used those techniques to get to where he is, to be honest,” explains the music industry source from 2003. “He was just so fascinated by [Hitler] — someone that can have complete control over people and how he did it. I think it was maybe the understanding of who Hitler was and how he created his army … I think [West] started to almost correlate how he could manipulate things to be, not the same level, but how he could try to get people to be his ‘army.
Those who have watched West lavish praise on Hitler on podcasts and interviews are concerned that he could wind up influencing even the smallest number of his fans. To them, it’s not an eccentric and provocative entertainer gaining headlines — it’s amplification of harmful and dangerous beliefs.
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