Only one week after Drake used a similar design in his most recent music video, Kanye West was photographed sporting a double-headed eagle emblem.
A fan posted video of an encounter with the Yeezy boss on Tuesday, December 5, in which he autographed her shoes and even got her to pose for some pictures. Thanks in large part to the logo he was sporting, the photos quickly went viral on the internet.
It was branded “Vultures,” the name of his most recent song, and it resembled a jacket that Drizzy wore in the video package for “Polar Opposites,” which featured the double-headed eagle from the Albanian flag.
The symbol may alternatively be seen as a modification of the German coat of arms, which was—it should be noted—used by Nazi Germany up until 1935.
Kanye West has faced criticism on several occasions due to his inappropriate comments toward Jews. His insistence that people “let it go” and forgive Adolf Hitler—who was in charge of the mass slaughter of over six million Jews during the Holocaust—marked the culmination of this a year ago.
That’s the same reason he caused quite a stir earlier this year when he was spotted wearing a variant interpretation of the aforementioned sign.
TMZ took pictures of Ye and his wife, Bianca Censori, inside a Balenciaga store at an exclusive Beverly Hills mall back in January. He had on a white t-shirt underneath his black jacket, with the German coat of arms, which the Nazis had used before they chose the Swastika as their emblem.
The word “Bundeswehr,” which in German apparently means “federal defense forces,” was also visible above the coat of arms.
Since his fall from glory last year, Kanye has been sporadically seen in the media; but, more lately, he has been sighted getting ready to release his collaborative effort with Ty Dolla $ign.
