Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Music artist Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is apologizing for anti-Semitic commentary ahead of his upcoming album's release.
Ye issued his apology in a full-page Wall Street Journal ad, attributing his comments to a "frontal-lobe injury" diagnosed in 2023 and his resulting bipolar disorder.
"I lost touch with reality," he said. "Things got worse the longer I ignored the problem. I said and did things I deeply regret."
He previously said he was a Nazi and that he loved Hitler, and his rhetoric sparked incidents such as vandalism and harassment, the Anti-Defamation League said, as reported by NBC News.
"Ye's apology to the Jewish people is long overdue and doesn't automatically undo his long history of anti-Semitism -- the anti-Semitic 'Heil Hitler' song he created, the hundreds of tweets, the swastikas and myriad Holocaust references -- and all of the feelings of hurt and betrayal it caused," the league told the outlet.
