In addition, six people who have worked with Ye or witnessed him in professional settings over the past five years said they had heard him praise Adolf Hitler or mention conspiracy theories about Jewish people.Ryder Ripps, a conceptual artist who worked with Ye on and off from 2014 to 2018, said he recalled multiple times when Ye spoke positively about Hitler and the Nazis or mentioned anti-Jewish conspiracies during meetings in the summer and fall of 2018.On Oct. 25, Adidas ended its partnership with Ye and his brand Yeezy, joining Gap, Foot Locker and other brands that have cut off business relationships with him.Three of the six former colleagues who spoke to NBC News said they recalled his using language glorifying Hitler or targeting Jews multiple times as early as seven years before his most recent wave of public antisemitism.“He had told me a bunch of s--- about, like, how ‘Nazis are good at propaganda,’” Ripps said, remembering multiple instances in which, he said, Ye claimed “‘Jews have codes.’” Ripps recalled a 2018 interaction in which, he said, Ye asked, “‘You’re not offended that, like, I’m interested in Nazis or something,’” referring to an aggrieved Jewish employee."