Minister reveals Kanye West banned from Australia over ‘Heil Hitler' song
The song, released in May 2025, contained antisemitic lyrics praising the Nazi German leader, Adolf Hitler and even sampled a speech Hitler gave in 1935.
Burke appeared in an interview on Australia's ABC network on Tuesday (1 July), revealing after the song was released, immigration officials investigated West's visa status.
A decision was taken to cancel the rapper's visa. Burke said: "He's made a lot of offensive comments my officials looked at again once he released the Heil Hitler song, and he no longer has a valid visa in Australia.'
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