Yes, Kanye West is a famous rapper, fashion designer and a self-proclaimed genius. He has millions of fans, and any one of them can at any moment decide to follow his advice, go "death con 3," buy a gun and settle the score with "Jewish people" for him. But if we were to look at the big picture, Kanye, who now goes simply by "Ye," is irrelevant.
Other than music, and maybe fashion, Kanye doesn't really know anything about anything. He is definitely not the "free and independent" thinker he believes he is. It's funny, but somehow all of these "free and independent minds" always end up being exposed as racists, antisemites, homophobes or fans of medieval type of patriarchy.
West's journey down this rabbit hole began long before he, allegedly, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Former U.S. President Barack Obama called him a "jackass" back in 2009 when people hailed him as the new Malcolm X.
And as it sometimes happens to those who leaped from poverty to wealth in America, Kanye also appears to hate those with a similar background as him who have succeeded. In short, Kanye West and his ignorance are not important here.
What's important is the freedom with which West threatening Jews in a Twitter post. The confidence of being an antisemite, racist, homophobe, and embracing fascism publicly - that's what's problematic, not Kanye specifically.
This boost of bigoted confidence was poured into the dark corners of conservative America by former U.S. President Donald Trump. He didn't make them bigots, but he set them free.
He planted many poisonous seeds during his term, and the ones who bore fruit became even more sophisticated, blunt, and arrogant than him.
The basic narrative of global Trumpism - a term for political ideologies and social emotions associated with the former president - is that a cabal of international elites controls the media, Hollywood, academia and of course - the banks. Its main goal is to destroy Western civilization and reinvent the culture.
It's pretty clear why this movement attracts so many antisemites. What we need to worry about is the amount of Jews who have jumped on this bigoted bandwagon.
Israel likes to criticize anti-Zionist, and sometimes antisemitic, sentiments which ring out across American campuses because it's a problem that is driven by the left-wing of the political spectrum. But in reality, it's a small-scale phenomenon involving a miniscule number of people who have no effect.
In the meantime, antisemitic views on the Right are sometimes expressed through synagogues massacres. While far-right representatives run for Congress and use the American media, which refuses to see what's happening right under their nose.
Trumpism enjoys a lot of support from a large percentage of Jews in Israel, and some 25% of American Jewry. They know their history, but they have learned to rationalize antisemitism, because they agree with the rest of the poisonous views the movement is spreading, and because they are certain it won't affect them.
This too, of course, is a fairly well-known phenomenon in history, and it's growing constantly. This is what's important here, not Kanye West.