After Kanye West announced that he is going "death con 3 on Jewish people" over the weekend, Bleachers bandleader and pop producer Jack Antonoff has sounded off against the rapper's antisemitic comments, warning, "don't fuck with us."
While performing at Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival in Columbia, MO, over the weekend, Antonoff paused the show for a few minutes to address West's recent tirade, taking a page from Phoebe Bridgers's book and calling him a "little bitch."
He also told concert-goers that he "would do anything to just not wake up and hear about Kanye," adding, "especially when it's about the fucking Jews, man."
He said, "Kanye's so far from good work. What do we do besides tell him to get the fuck out of here?"
See footage from the concert below, where you can also read Antonoff's full speech.
While performing at Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival in Columbia, MO, over the weekend, Antonoff paused the show for a few minutes to address West's recent tirade, taking a page from Phoebe Bridgers's book and calling him a "little bitch."
He also told concert-goers that he "would do anything to just not wake up and hear about Kanye," adding, "especially when it's about the fucking Jews, man."
He said, "Kanye's so far from good work. What do we do besides tell him to get the fuck out of here?"
See footage from the concert below, where you can also read Antonoff's full speech.
I'm Jewish, and we take a lot of pride in our basketball skill. You know what I'm saying, Columbia, MO? Don't fuck with us until we roll our ankle in the platform Docs. And then still don't fuck with us.
Kanye, don't fuck with us. Everything about that little bitch misses. See, when Bowie went through the fascism phase, right? It's dicey shit, but the motherfucker's making some of the best records that ever happened. Kanye's so far from good work. What do we do besides tell him to get the fuck out of here?
That is not to say that I dig antisemitism or bigotry from people making good records. But the difference between the man on my block who just yells shit at me and some other asshole is that he doesn't make good records, the man on my block. If he did, and he's like, "What's up, four eyes?" — he yells "four-eyes" at me sometimes, which I think is antisemitic, I don't know why — but I'd be like, "What a piece of shit," and then I'd be like, "But what a strange being, making these records that I love."
But this motherfucker's just… You know, you gotta think about space nowadays. Infinite space. Everybody's taking up infinite space. I would do anything to just not wake up and year about Kanye, especially when it's about the fucking Jews, man. That's just a Jewish person from New Jersey who plays basketball and takes a lot of pride in shutting the fuck up and playing the show.