"I'd like to address a certain toxicity in the Grimes fandom," she wrote, claiming that "persistent trolls on Reddit have been pushing this white supremacy/ Nazi thing...for a few years now." She also claimed that Reddit hasn't responded to her requests on how to deal with the situation.

"I am sorry I didn't take this more seriously sooner, I did not realize the extent of the issue," Grimes writes

Singer-songwriter Grimes (Claire Boucher) is openly denouncing white supremacy and Nazism online just a week after Elon Musk — her ex-partner, with whom she shares three children — caused a stir with a hand gesture made during an inauguration rally for Donald Trump—one that historians have said "was a Nazi salute.