Kanye West apologizes for making anti-semitic comments

Kanye West, an American musician, has apologised to those who were offended by his recent round of anti-Semitic remarks.

When West appeared on Piers Morgan's Uncensored programme, which aired on Wednesday, the host criticised him for making offensive remarks about the Jewish community.

In one of the tweets that led to Twitter restricting his account, the rapper wrote, “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up, I’ll go death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE. The funny thing is I can’t actually be anti-semitic because black people are Jewish also. You people gave toyed with me and gave tried to blackball whoever opposes your agenda.”

Later, Kanye stated that the tweet was intended to refer to Defcon 3. Defense readiness condition (Defcon) is a five-level readiness alert system used by the US military, with level one being the greatest degree of preparedness. Increase in force preparedness over typical readiness is referred to as Defcon level 3.

West initially defended his remarks during the interview, but he later admitted that he had offended people and created "confusion."

West initially defended his remarks during the interview, but he later admitted that he had offended people and created "confusion."

The promo footage then switches to him making a U-turn and apologising.

“I will say I’m sorry for the people that I hurt with the Defcon [comment], the confusion that I caused,” he said.

“I felt like I caused hurt and confusion. And I’m sorry for the families of the people that had nothing to do with the trauma that I have been through.

“I just want to say that it’s wrong to hold an apology hostage and I gotta let go of that, and free myself of the trauma and say, ‘Look, I’m just gonna give it all up to God right now.’ And say to those families that I hurt, you know, I really want to give you guys a big hug. And I want to say I’m sorry for hurting you with my comments.”