Jack Antonoff drags Ye's antisemitism at Phoenix concert. We can't print what he said

Michael Salerno
The Arizona Republic

During their set at Zona Music Festival on Saturday night, Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff used a swear word to criticize rapper Kanye West for his recent antisemitic actions and remarks.

"(Expletive) Kanye West," Antonoff shouted, to massive cheers and applause from the crowd.

Antonoff, who is Jewish, then unflatteringly described Hitler and other dictators and how they're motivated to seek power, using vulgar language referring to the male anatomy.

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West, who now goes by the name Ye, has come under fire for antisemitism of late, most recently in a Dec. 1 interview with the far-right commentator Alex Jones in which he said he likes Hitler and Nazis. Ye was suspended from Twitter last week after posting an image of a swastika, a Nazi symbol, inside a Star of David, a Jewish symbol.

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This is not the first time Antonoff has criticized West for antisemitism. In October, he tweeted "Kanye a little (expletive)" in response to West tweeting he would go "death con 3 on Jewish people."

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