Kanye West allegedly wanted to call 2018 album ‘Hitler’

The troubled rapper allegedly wanted to name one of his acclaimed albums after the German dictator, according to a disturbing new report.

Kanye West reportedly idolised Adolf Hitler so much that he wanted to name his 2018 album after the infamous world leader.

Four separate sources confirmed to CNN on Thursday that the rapper, 45, had suggested that his eighth studio album be called “Hitler” before he eventually changed it to “Ye”, Page Six reports.

Reps for West and Universal Music Group, the record label that represents him, did not immediately return Page Six’s requests for comment.

A business executive, who claimed to have worked for the Yeezy CEO, also told CNN that West allegedly had an “obsession” with Hitler and that the father of four spoke openly about reading Mein Kampf, the 1925 autobiographical manifesto written by the Nazi Party leader.

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Kanye West was open about reading Mein Kampf and admiring the German dictator, according to sources. Picture: Jason Davis/Getty Images.

“He would praise Hitler by saying how incredible it was that he was able to accumulate so much power and would talk about all the great things he and the Nazi Party achieved for the German people,” the former colleague alleged.

This is not the first time that West’s alleged affinity for the Fuhrer has been made known.

Earlier this month, a former TMZ reporter claimed that the All Falls Down rapper said he “loved Hitler and the Nazis” during a rant at the news organisation’s offices.

In light of West’s anti-Semitic comments on Instagram, Van Lathan alleged on his Higher Learning podcast, “I mean, I was taken aback because that type of anti-Semitic talk is disgusting, but as far as him, I knew that that was in him because when he came to TMZ, he said that stuff and they took it out of the interview.”

West has been heavily criticised for his racist remarks against Jewish people over the past few weeks, and despite the financial repercussions he has faced, he has refused to completely back down.

Kanye West has been dropped by several companies after his anti-Semitic posts. Picture: Jean-Baptiste Lacroix / AFP.

On an episode of Revolt TV’s Drink Champs podcast, the Eazy rapper alleged the “Jewish” media “blocked” him out after he said on Instagram he would go “death con 3″ on Jewish people.

Then in an interview with Piers Morgan, West said he was “absolutely not” sorry for what he said because he felt black people had been treated unjustly in business dealings with Jewish executives. However, he added at the time that he would apologise for the “families of the people that had nothing to do with the trauma that I had been through.”

Last Friday, following his elder daughter North’s basketball game, he said in a mini-press conference that his racist remarks against Jews actually proved “the exact point” that he made.

In response to several major businesses cutting ties with him, including Adidas after a fierce online campaign, West responded, “I ain’t losing no money … We here, baby, we ain’t going nowhere.”

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and has been reproduced with permission