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By Terry Zeller and Deirdre Durkan-simonds and Eve Buckland for Dailymail.Com
03:05 February 10, 2024, updated 10:57 February 10, 2024
Sharon Osbourne joined her husband Ozzy Osbourne in criticizing Kanye West for using an unauthorized sample of a Black Sabbath song.
The drama began after the British rock star said he wanted “no association” with West, who has a long history of making anti-Semitic comments, following a listening party for the rapper’s upcoming album Vultures, which includes a snippet of the hit by Ozzy’s band, War Pigs.
Sharon, whose father Don Arden was Jewish, said the couple fired a cease and desist at Kanye, according to her interview with TMZ on Friday.
“Kanye messed with the wrong Jew this time,” he added.
The former The Talk host clarified that Kanye’s team requested permission to use the sample three weeks ago. However, her husband, who normally approves of these types of requests, responded with a firm “not at all.”
Sharon told the outlet that Kanye “represents hate” and is a “disrespectful anti-Semite,” giving Ozzy a “special fucking occasion to say no.”
After reiterating that the Osbourne family wants nothing to do with Kanye, he added: “That son of a bitch is a pig.”
Sharon’s epic clapback comes after Ozzy took to Twitter to criticize the Grammy winner and call him out for the pain he has caused the Jewish community.
‘@kanyewest ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO SHOW A SECTION OF A 1983 LIVE PERFORMANCE OF ‘WAR PIG’ FROM THE US VOICELESS FESTIVAL AND WAS DENIED PERMISSION BECAUSE HE IS AN ANTI-SEMITE AND HAS CAUSED UNSELLABLE PAIN TO MANY,’ wrote Osbourne on X (formerly known as Twitter).
He continued: ‘HE WENT AHEAD AND USED THE SAMPLE ANYWAY AT THE PARTY TO LISTEN TO HIS ALBUM LAST NIGHT. I DON’T WANT ANY ASSOCIATION WITH THIS MAN!’
DailyMail.com has contacted West’s representatives for comment but has not received a response.
Interestingly, Osbourne and his wife dressed up as West and Bianca Censori last year for Halloween.
West took to Instagram on Friday to poke fun at Ozzy by posting a photo of the couple in their Halloween costumes.
“He obviously has a famous manager that’s on his account,” Kanye captioned.
On Thursday, the livestream of West’s album listening party was cut short after he referred to himself in one song as a “crazy, bipolar, anti-Semitic.”
After those lyrics, the stream on the Veeps streaming service went black and silent as the star was apparently censored.
West has a documented history of anti-Semitism and last year lost several partnership deals after going on an explosive anti-Semitic rant.
Kim Kardashian’s ex-husband vowed to stage a ‘death with 3 against the JEWS’ in a series of sick posts online.
Their title track, Vultures, also featured the vile lyrics: ‘How am I anti-Semitic? I just fuck a Jewish bitch.
Fans were also left baffled online after West, who had heavily teased that his album would drop on February 9, didn’t release it.
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West previously announced a New York event for his upcoming album Vultures and shared a rare clip from the controversial music video for the lead single.
The rapper shared a post that read ‘Vultures UBS Arena New York 02 09 24.;
The star then shared a music video for ‘VULTURES (Havoc Version) created by Jon Rafman’ that featured post-apocalyptic scenes, a masked Kanye brandishing a gun, and a burning church.
Kanye deleted his Instagram for the second time in a week while apparently teasing his upcoming joint album with Ty Dolla $ign at a listening party in Chicago.
On Monday, the rapper, whose wife Bianca Censori made headlines for wearing a see-through raincoat with nothing underneath earlier that day, shared a post on Instagram teasing a special event scheduled to take place at the United Center on Thursday.
The father of four uploaded an image of the issue ‘1’ on his account, likely a nod to Vultures, Volume One, which he previously announced would be released on February 9.
Both West and the Sucker for Pain hitmaker, 41, also shared an image that read: “Vultures United Center Chicago 02 08 24.”
At this time, United Center does not have any events scheduled for Thursday.
The Chicago Blackhawks, however, are scheduled to play at the stadium on Wednesday and Friday.
In 2021, prior to the release of his tenth studio album Donda, he previously hosted several listening parties for fans in Chicago and Atlanta.
His unofficial single, Vulture, has been criticized by Jewish organizations who branded him “pathetic and sad” for vile lyrics about a Jewish woman.
Vultures feature the ‘offensive’ lyrics: ‘How am I anti-Semitic? “I just fucked a Jewish bitch.”
The lyrics sparked a furious reaction among some fans and were even condemned by the American Jewish Committee, among others.
“Foodling the flames of anti-Semitism and promoting such anger among his millions of followers, especially at this tense and dangerous time for the Jewish community, is inexcusable,” spokesman Richard Hirschhaut said. TMZAt the time.
However, he added that the West’s choice is not surprising, given its previous anti-Semitic comments.
But he said this latest scandal “seems particularly pathetic and sad.”
The Anti-Defamation League also added its voice to the criticism, telling the outlet: “At a time of rising anti-Semitism around the world, it is sickening to see Kanye once again use his platform to spew hatred of Jews.”
West has a documented history of anti-Semitism and last year lost several partnership deals after going on an explosive anti-Semitic rant.
Kim Kardashian’s ex-husband vowed to stage a ‘death with 3 against the JEWS’ in a series of sick posts online.
Shortly after the tweet, the Praise God rapper told Piers Morgan that he only wanted to target certain specific Jews, who he felt were exploiting him.
When the talk show host claimed the comments were “as racist as anything I’ve ever been through,” rapper Gold Digger shot back, “that’s why I said it.” I fought fire with fire.’
In an interview with right-wing talk show host Alex Jones in early December, Kanye praised Hitler for his “redemptive qualities.”
He also maintained that “the Holocaust is not what happened” and promoted the conspiracy theory that black people are the real Jews.
West’s rants saw him lose lucrative contracts with The Gap, Adidas and Balenciaga and more.
He was also fired by his management team at Creative Artists Agency.
Their decision to release the song comes at a time when anti-Semitic attacks are increasing amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Racism against Jews and Muslims has spiked following the October 7 attack.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, the number of anti-Semitic incidents quadrupled.
The watchdog counted 312 anti-Semitic incidents between October 7 and 23, ranging from harassment to vandalism and physical attacks.
Meanwhile, college campuses and schools have seen a notable increase, according to the American Jewish Committee.
A record number of incidents were reported, with nearly 100 incidents occurring at US universities between October 7 and 30.
The growing number of incidents has led the White House to introduce a series of measures to address the “alarming” rise in both anti-Semitic and Islamophobic attacks.