Kanye West has claimed that his infamous “death con” tweet targeting Jewish people was the result of too much alcohol.
The Chicago rap mogul sparked outrage in October 2022 with his post on X (formerly known as Twitter): “I’m a bit sleepy but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.”
In a candid interview with conservative commentator Candace Owens, which was filmed at the time but released this week, Kanye revealed he was drunk when he posted the offensive tweet. He mentioned, “I definitely was drinking when I put up the ‘death con’ tweet… Hennessy… it turns us grey. It literally [brings out] the demons.”
The tweet was a reaction to Instagram restricting his account after he posted a text exchange with Diddy that contained antisemitic remarks. Among the messages, Kanye warned Diddy: “This ain’t a game Ima use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me I told you this was war Now gone get you some business.”
The controversy didn’t end there. Kanye wore a “White Lives Matter” shirt at his Yeezy Season 9 fashion show in Paris, escalating the backlash.
The antisemetic remarks continued, culminating in Kanye praising Hitler and Nazis during an appearance on Alex Jones’ InfoWars podcast. Consequently, his Twitter account was suspended in December 2022 after he posted a swastika inside the Star of David.
Interestingly, this wasn’t Kanye’s first time blaming alcohol for his actions. He attributed his notorious interruption of Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards to drinking Hennessy. In 2020, he explained in an interview with Nick Cannon, “I was only drinking Hennessy because I didn’t want to go to the awards show because it was a set-up.”
Eyewitnesses, including former MTV News correspondent James Montgomery, confirmed Kanye’s intoxication that night, recalling how he shared his Hennessy bottle with Pete Wentz and was visibly inebriated while holding it in one hand and Amber Rose in the other.
Kanye West’s recent comments bring new context to his previous actions, highlighting a recurring pattern of controversial behavior under the influence of alcohol.
