Ye apologizes in WSJ ad for antisemitic posts, Nazi praise, cites mental-health struggles

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Ye apologizes in WSJ ad for antisemitic posts, Nazi praise, cites mental-health struggles
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Rapper Ye (Kanye West) issues a full-page Wall Street Journal ad apologizing for antisemitic posts and praise of Nazism, saying he lost touch with reality and citing a 2002 car crash injury and a bipolar-type-1 diagnosis; he vows accountability and treatment, denies being a Nazi or antisemitic, and apologizes to the Black community while reflecting on his past behavior.

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