The Australian government has canceled the visa of American rapper Kanye West, widely known as Ye, following the release of his highly controversial song titled “Heil Hitler.”

According to Australia’s home affairs minister Tony Burke, who revealed in a statement on Tuesday, July 1st, 2025 on why they are cancelling the rapper’s visa stated that while West, whose wife Bianca Censori is Australian, has been a frequent visitor with family in the country, the nature of his recent musical release and its explicit antisemitic content made his continued visa status untenable.

The song which is believed to promote Nazi ideology was released in May after a series of antisemitic statements by Kanye on X.

He explained that while his previous statements did not warrant his visa cancelation, his new track prompted the action.

‘You’re going to have a song and promote that sort of Nazism, we don’t need that in Australia. We have enough problems in this country already without deliberately importing bigotry,” Burke said.

This action underscores Australia’s firm stance against the propagation of harmful ideologies, sending a clear message that freedom of expression does not extend to the promotion of hatred. The cancellation applies to a “lower-level” visa, not specifically for concerts, highlighting the government’s broad application of its character test for entry.