Slavery comments: Media draw battle line with Kanye West
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west faced swift backlash following an interview withtmzon tuesday where he said when you hear about slavery for 400 years. for 400 years that sounds like a choice2 as reactions continue to trail the controversial comments made earlier this week by u.s. rapper kanye west that slaverywas a choice a detroit radio station has said it will ban his music2 kanye has gone too far with his latest comments they said. they wrote that they are refusing to give him a platform according tonew york post2 we dont want to hear kanyes music we dont want to play kanye on our show we dont want to talk about kanye anymore the post read2 so we are taking a stand and we arent playing his music anymore we just are refusing to give him a platform2 the ban will be for the entire hip-hop station and will include tracks that west produced or is featured in as well thedetroit free pressreported2 hosts shay shay and bigg of 105.1 the morning bounce made the announcement on facebook with the hashtag mute kanye2 the music mogul took to twitter shortly after to try and walk back his comments and compared himself to both nat turner and harriet tubman2 if this was 148 years ago i would have been more like harriet or nat west tweeted before clarifying the reason he brought up the 400 years point is because we cant be mentally imprisoned for another 400 years2 we need free thought now. even the statement was an example of free thoughtit was just an idea2 the two morning djs didnt announce how long the ban will last and left it open to a gut feeling2 thats what it is right now. we need a break shay shay told thepaper. i think its a gut feeling of when well be able to feel comfortable playing it again when well want to hear it again and more importantly when will our listeners want to hear it again2 west was banned from a hot 103.5 in sacramento in 2016 after he attacked radio stations and fellow artists during a concert for his saint pablo tour2

Slavery comments: Media draw battle line with Kanye West
News & Trends •
west faced swift backlash following an interview withtmzon tuesday where he said when you hear about slavery for 400 years. for 400 years that sounds like a choice2 as reactions continue to trail the controversial comments made earlier this week by u.s. rapper kanye west that slaverywas a choice a detroit radio station has said it will ban his music2 kanye has gone too far with his latest comments they said. they wrote that they are refusing to give him a platform according tonew york post2 we dont want to hear kanyes music we dont want to play kanye on our show we dont want to talk about kanye anymore the post read2 so we are taking a stand and we arent playing his music anymore we just are refusing to give him a platform2 the ban will be for the entire hip-hop station and will include tracks that west produced or is featured in as well thedetroit free pressreported2 hosts shay shay and bigg of 105.1 the morning bounce made the announcement on facebook with the hashtag mute kanye2 the music mogul took to twitter shortly after to try and walk back his comments and compared himself to both nat turner and harriet tubman2 if this was 148 years ago i would have been more like harriet or nat west tweeted before clarifying the reason he brought up the 400 years point is because we cant be mentally imprisoned for another 400 years2 we need free thought now. even the statement was an example of free thoughtit was just an idea2 the two morning djs didnt announce how long the ban will last and left it open to a gut feeling2 thats what it is right now. we need a break shay shay told thepaper. i think its a gut feeling of when well be able to feel comfortable playing it again when well want to hear it again and more importantly when will our listeners want to hear it again2 west was banned from a hot 103.5 in sacramento in 2016 after he attacked radio stations and fellow artists during a concert for his saint pablo tour2