Australia says it cancelled Kanye West's visa over 'Heil Hitler' song

2/7/2025 16:47

Kanye West, also known as Ye, has had his Australian visa cancelled after he released "Heil Hitler", a song promoting Nazism, the country's home affairs minister said on Wednesday.



The U.S. rapper released the song that praised the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler across social media and music streaming platforms in May this year.



The song came a few months after West made a string of antisemitic posts on X, which included comments such as "I love Hitler" and "I'm a Nazi".



Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said that while previous offensive comments made by West had not affected his visa status, officials "looked at it again" after the song's release.



"It was a lower level (visa) and the officials still looked at the law and said you're going to have a song and promote that sort of Nazism, we don't need that in Australia," he told national broadcaster ABC on Wednesday.



"We have enough problems in this country already without deliberately importing bigotry."