Kanye West was dropped by the talent agency 33 & West in Los Angeles due to a series of posts on X/Twitter promoting antisemitic and other offensive views over the past weekend.
On Monday, agent Daniel McCartney from 33 & West announced on Instagram Stories to his nearly 7,000 followers that he could no longer represent West.
McCartney stated, ‘I am no longer working with YE (formerly known as Kanye West) because of his recent harmful and hateful comments, which go against the principles of myself and 33 & West. Wishing peace and love to everyone.’
It was not immediately clear when the agency began working with the Hurricane artist, prior to its announcement it was no longer working with him.
The 24-time Grammy winner unfurled a succession of shocking tweets over the weekend. They included an admission that he has ‘hit women before’ and defense of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ beating of ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in 2016 – which Combs himself has described as ‘inexcusable.’
Dailymail.com has reached out to reps for McCartney, the agency and West’s spokesperson Milo Yiannopoulos for further comment on this story.
Kanye West was dumped by the Los Angeles-based talent agency 33 & West after a series of posts on X/ Twitter that propagated antisemitism and other appalling sentiments this past weekend. Pictured Sunday
On Monday, 33&West agent Daniel McCartney took to Instagram Stories with a post informing nearly 7,000 followers he could no longer work on West’s behalf
The agency 33&West’s decision to drop the Black Skinhead artist – who eventually deactivated his X/Twitter profile – was a topic on the popular Reddit thread r/fauxmoi.
The prevailing sentiment appeared to be that the agency clearly should have known who it was dealing with in working with West in 2025.
The move comes more than two years after West – whose number one hits include 2024’s Carnival, 2007’s Stronger and 2005’s Gold Digger – began losing a number of high-profile business relationships amid his initial series of antisemetic meltdowns in the fall of 2022.
One user said the move came ‘5 years too late (at least)’ while another commenter added, ‘And he definitely never said anything troubling until right now, right?’
Others pointed to past controversial remarks West has made, as one person noted that ‘he literally called himself a Nazi years ago.’
Another commenter noted that West past ‘said that slavery is a choice but people still stayed at his side.’
Said one user: ‘That graffiti “Kanye was right about the Jews” from a few years back is etched on the inside of my brain. It freaked me out then and it freaks me out now.’
West remained in the crosshairs of controversy on Tuesday as the shop on his Yeezy Website – which he advertised with an expensive ad in Sunday’s Super Bowl – was taken offline by Shopify after he was selling a white shirt with a black swastika in the center.
It was not immediately clear when the agency began working with the Hurricane artist, prior to its announcement it was no longer working with him. West pictured at the Grammys in LA February 2
West, whose number one hits include 2024’s Carnival, 2007’s Stronger and 2005’s Gold Digger, began losing a number of high-profile business relationships amid his initial series of antisemetic meltdowns in the fall of 2022
The prevailing sentiment regarding 33&West’s decision to drop the Black Skinhead artist on the popular Reddit thread r/fauxmoi appeared to be that the agency clearly should have known who it was dealing with in working with West in 2025
The Anti-Defamation League said in a post on X/Twitter Monday: ‘As if we needed further proof of Kanye’s antisemitism, he chose to put a single item for sale on his website – a t-shirt emblazoned with a swastika.
‘If that wasn’t enough, the t-shirt is labeled on Kanye’s website as “HH-01,”which is code for “Heil Hitler.” Kanye was tweeting vile antisemitism nonstop since last week. There’s no excuse for this kind of behavior.’
The organization added, ‘Even worse, Kanye advertised his website during the Super Bowl, amplifying it beyond his already massive social media audience.’
Tal-Or Cohen Montemayor, the founder and executive director of CyberWell, an online anti-Semitism watchdog group, told Dailymail.com exclusively Tuesday that the organization made efforts to go over West’s head and have the page removed.
West remained in the crosshairs of controversy on Tuesday as his Yeezy Website – which he advertised with an expensive ad in Sunday’s Super Bowl – was taken offline after he was selling a white shirt with a black swastika in the center
The Anti-Defamation League stated their response to the shirt in a post on X/Twitter Monday
‘CyberWell reached out Shopify’s compliance and safety teams to alert them to flagrant abuse of Shopfiy’s services by yeezy.com in violation of the terms of use,’ Cohen Montemayor said.
Montemayor said that ‘Shopify’s team acted swiftly and decidedly by removing yeezy.com’s “shop” for peddling antisemitic filth.
Cohen Montemayor praised Shopify for the decision, saying, ‘This is the type of leadership and accountability is what should be expected from ALL social media platform and digital service CEOs.
Said Cohen Montemayor: ”When someone flagrantly abuses your platform or services to spew hate with impunity they should be stopped.
Cohen Montemayor noted that ‘GoDaddy provides the domain services for yeezy.com – the Swastika T-Shirt shop is in direct violation of its terms of service and it would do well to follow suit and release the rights to the domain.’
