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Australia Revokes Kanye West’s Visa Over ‘Offensive Comments’ and Pro-Hitler Song

Kanye West's Australian visa has been cancelled with Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke citing the rapper's 'Heil Hitler' song and hate comments.

The rapper’s visa has been revoked following a slew of hate comments and the release of “Heil Hitler,” the single he shared in May that has since been wiped from most digital streaming services. “He’s made a lot of offensive comments that my officials looked at again once he released the ’Heil Hitler’ song, and he no longer has a valid visa in Australia,” Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He mentioned the rapper in the context of recent visa conflicts with Hillel Fuld, an Israeli-American tech advocate who “publicly put in writing that Islamophobia is rational” and presumably intended to visit Australia on a speaking tour, though Burke’s department never received an application from him.

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