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- Australia says it cancelled Kanye West's visa over 'Heil Hitler' song</p>
<p>July 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM</p>
<p>SYDNEY (Reuters) -Kanye West, also known as Ye, has had his Australian visa cancelled after he released "Heil Hitler", a song promoting Nazism, the country's home affairs minister said on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The U.S. rapper released the song that praised the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler across social media and music streaming platforms in May this year.</p>
<p>The song came a few months after West made a string of antisemitic posts on X, which included comments such as "I love Hitler" and "I'm a Nazi".</p>
<p>Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said that while previous offensive comments made by West had not affected his visa status, officials "looked at it again" after the song's release.</p>
<p>"It was a lower level (visa) and the officials still looked at the law and said you're going to have a song and promote that sort of Nazism, we don't need that in Australia," he told national broadcaster ABC on Wednesday.</p>
<p>"We have enough problems in this country already without deliberately importing bigotry."</p>
<p>Burke added that West had family in Australia and had been a longtime visitor prior to the visa cancellation. The singer married his wife Bianca Censori, an Australian architect, in December 2022.</p>
<p>Burke's office declined to comment on the exact date of the visa cancellation. West's management did not respond immediately to a request for comment outside U.S. business hours.</p>
<p>In October 2024, U.S. conservative influencer Candace Owens was also barred from entry into Australia. Burke said "Australia's national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else".</p>
<p>(Reporting by Christine Chen in Sydney; Editing by Kate Mayberry)</p>
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