David Draiman Blasts Kanye West Over Risky Merch, Calls Him Attention Starved A—hole

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David Draiman slammed Kanye West’s new merch on X.

“Hey Kanye West, here’s a design for you,” the Disturbed frontman wrote in his post, along with a middle finger emoji. 

He continued, “You’re nothing but a Jew hating, misogynistic, pathetic, attention starved A**HOLE.”

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“You’ve destroyed any legacy you once had. You will be remembered as a sad, angry excuse of a man, without honor, without decency, and without a soul,” Draiman added.

West tweeted on Thursday that he’s looking for ‘swastika chain designs.’ The tweet included a video showing a 3D diamond swastika created on a design site.

“For all jewelers I’m looking for swastika chain designs,” he wrote in the caption of his tweet. “Please submit to [email protected].”

Earlier this month, Kanye started selling T-shirts with a swastika on his website. Still, West’s website was later taken down for breaking rules, via the Independent. Shopify, which hosts Yeezy.com, said it deactivated the site because it didn’t follow the rules.

“All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform. The merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms so we removed them,” a spokesperson shared with CNN.

Shopify’s rules say it will act “to restrict products or activities that we deem unsafe, inappropriate or offensive.” The store was removed after West bought ad time during the Super Bowl for a Yeezy commercial.

The video, filmed with an iPhone, showed West in a dentist’s chair telling people to visit his website, where he was selling a white t-shirt with a swastika. Later, a former Yeezy worker sued West, saying he targeted her for being Jewish, sent her porn, and insulted her looks when she was upset, per Rolling Stone.

The worker, suing as Jane Doe, says he called himself Hitler and a Nazi. She said she was abused during her six months there and fired after reporting it. The lawsuit includes claims of discrimination, harassment, and wrongful firing.

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