United Kingdom, Feb. 18 -- Kanye West has claimed he had the idea for his swastika t-shirt "for eight years".

The controversial rapper recently returned to X after taking his account offline following a string of anti-Semitic comments, and on Monday (17.02.25) he embarked on a fresh rant, in which he admitted his shocking merchandise had been in the pipeline for some time.

In response to his Yeezy store being pulled due to it having just one garment for sale, a white T-shirt emblazoned with a swastika, a notorious Nazi hate symbol, he wrote: "No one seems to wanna produce me wittle t shirt.(sic)"

And he later added in all capitals: "I remember going to Japan and gasping when I saw what is known as the swastika on clothing. It felt ille...