# Kanye West — "death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE" > [!quote] "I'm a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I'm going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE. The funny thing is I actually can't be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also." > — Kanye West (Ye), Twitter, October 8, 2022 *Note: this entry documents an antisemitic threat for archival purposes. "death con 3" is a garbled reference to DEFCON, the U.S. military defense-readiness scale — i.e., a vow to go to maximum readiness "on" Jewish people.* ## Context Posted October 8, 2022 by Ye (Kanye West). Twitter locked his account and removed the post for violating its policies; [[Instagram]] had restricted him days earlier. The tweet triggered a cascade of severed business relationships — most consequentially Adidas ending its Yeezy partnership, along with Gap, Balenciaga, and others — and became a reference point in the broader 2022 mainstreaming of antisemitism on the right, the cycle that included Ye's subsequent dinner with [[Donald Trump]] and [[Nick Fuentes]]. ## Why this matters **1. A mass-cultural figure issued an eliminationist antisemitic threat.** The reach of the speaker — one of the most-followed musicians in the world — made this a mainstreaming event for [[Antisemitism]], not a fringe utterance. **2. It is a platform-removal artifact.** Unlike most entries, this post was taken down by the platform, making it a case study in moderation of a celebrity rather than a politician. ## Verification - **Wording**: verified verbatim via CNN, Washington Post, JTA, Times of Israel. - **Platform action**: account locked and post removed by Twitter (Oct 9, 2022); prior Instagram restriction. - **Business fallout**: Adidas, Gap, Balenciaga and others severed ties. ## See also - [[Kanye West - 2022-10-08 - death con 3]] — paired Social Post entry - [[Antisemitism]] - [[Twitter]] — the venue