Kanye West's blistering anti-semitic comments highlighted in new BBC documentary
Performer Kanye West's failed presidential campaign and accusations of anti-semitism are uncovered in a new BBC Two documentary.
The TV programme, which will air tonight (28 June), is titled The Trouble with KanYe and includes new first-hand accusations of Kanye making antisemitic remarks, from the tech entrepreneur and former friend and business partner, Alex Klein.
Alex and Klein worked together for the music star's Donda 2 album but the pair parted ways after Kanye made antisemitic remarks.
Alongside the explosive BBC documentary is an eight-part podcast, The Kanye Story, which will drop as a boxset on BBC Sounds to detail the story behind Kanye, his career and his downfall over recent years in greater depth.
The new BBC documentary uncovers Kanye's failed 2020 presidential campaign and his antisemitic remarks (AFP via Getty Images)Alex Klein, the tech entrepreneur, former friend and business partner who created Kanye West’s Stem Player for his Donda 2 album, has told the BBC’s Mobeen Azhar a never before heard story about when the pair parted ways following Ye’s antisemitic remarks.
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Discussing the decision to no longer work with Kanye, who formally changed his name to Ye two years ago, Alex said: "We turned down 10 million dollars. Kanye was very angry you know he was saying ‘I feel like I wanna smack you’ and ‘You’re exactly like the other Jews’ – almost relishing and revelling in how offensive he could be, using these phrases hoping to hurt me."
Alex continued: "I asked him and I said ‘Do you really think Jews are working together to hold you back?’ and he said ‘Yes, yes I do but it’s not even a statement that I need to take back because look at all the energy around me right now.
"Without that statement, I wouldn’t become president."
Presented by investigative journalist Mobeen Azhar, the documentary speaks to various previous colleagues who have stepped away from Kanye for his behaviour (BBC/Forest Ventures)In another part of the documentary, BAFTA award-winning presenter and investigative journalist Mobeen Azhar travels to Cornerstone Christian Church in California where Ye is known to visit.
Viewers will see Mobeen meet with a man living in his car outside the church who said Ye had asked him to be his 2024 Presidential Election Campaign Manager.
The homeless man, Mark, said that Ye West regularly visits the Cornerstone Christian Church where the white nationalist Nick Fuentes is known to hold political meetings.
In the documentary, he tells Mobeen: "They all said I was the most religiously erudite in the room and Kanye started looking to me for my opinion on every topic that came up. He called me the following Monday, the Monday before Thanksgiving, and the first thing he said to me was ‘I want you to be my Campaign Manager to run for President’."
Also featured in the documentary is John Boyd who ran Ye West’s 2020 Presidential campaign. John spoke to Mobeen about the chaotic rally in South Carolina in which Ye delivered a rambling address that was live-streamed across the world.
Mobeen also fronts an eight part BBC Sounds podcast series exploring Kanye's career and his downfall (BBC/Forest Ventures)The rally made global headlines as Ye West broke down crying whilst speaking about abortion. According to John, Ye was meant to share his vision for the future of America but went off script, and described Ye’s whole address as a “train wreck”.
In the eight-part podcast The Kanye Story, to accompany the BBC Two documentary, Mobeen Azhar tells the story of Ye's life, career and downfall in greater depth.
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Contributors include artist and close collaborator Malik Yusef, journalist and music critic Dorian Lynskey, wealth reporter for Forbes Magazine Marisa Dellato and artist and mental health advocate Bassey Ikpi.
The Mirror has reached out to Kanye for comment.
Watch The Trouble with KanYe on BBC Two at 9pm on Wednesday 28th June or watch back afterwards on BBC iPlayer.
The Kanye Story drops as a boxset on BBC Sounds from 28th June and broadcasts weekly on BBC Radio 1Xtra from 3rd July.
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