Kanye West’s upcoming album ‘Cuck’ to face potential ban in Russia — All we know

In a May 12 X post, @Kurrco claimed that Kanye West's upcoming album Cuck could be banned in Russia after Russia's media regulator raised a formal request.

As per Kurrco, the album could be banned for several reasons, including accusations that it promotes Na*ism (which is illegal in Russia) due to its pro-Hit*er language. While the Russian government is yet to officially comment on the reports, songs in Kanye's upcoming album raise eyebrows for their alleged glorification of the Second World War criminals, such as Hit*er, promotion of drug use, and inciting violence against others and non-traditional se*ual preferences such as incest or homosexuality.

Cuck features West's latest single, Heil Hit*er, which was removed from all the major US streaming platforms a day after its release on May 9. The song, which was first uploaded to SoundCloud, has since been taken down and also censored on X after receiving backlash. Kanye, reacting to the ban, questioned it while pointing at Randy Newman's song Rednecks, which uses racial slurs but hasn't been banned.

In the tweet, Kanye said,

"Heil Hit*er by Ye has been banned by all digital streaming platforms while Rednecks by Randy Newman remains streamable. They're literally keeping the ni**as down."

The track addresses Kanye's child custody battles with his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, repeats its offensive title 15 times, and also uses the N-word. The song was criticized by Jim Berk, CEO of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights organization, where he said,

"Kanye West's release of a song entitled H**l H*tler' on VE Day, the anniversary of the defeat of the N*zi regime, is hate speech, pure and simple - totally in line with the despicable messages we now expect from West."

Is Kanye West banned from entering Russia?

After Kanye West visited Moscow in June 2024, Russian Orthodox far-right movement Sorok Sorokov, in a letter to Russia's Interior Ministry and Federal Security Service (FSB) on July 2, claimed lyrics from West and Ty Dolla $ign's song, Vultures, were degrading towards Russian women.

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"A singer who in his artwork publicly humiliates Russian women and supports the Ukrainian aggressor...plans to come to Russia."

The activists then asked Moscow to permanently ban West from entering the country. Telegram channel SHOT in February 2025, claimed that members of another movement called "Veterans of Russia" argued that the rapper's antisemitic statements on social media should be a reason to declare him persona non grata.

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