Kanye West provokes fresh backlash calling slavery choice
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he enraged many fellow artists but was embraced by conservative commentators as he praised trump who has since cited the rappers words as evidence of minority support1 rapper kanye west on the receiving end of criticism in the music world after backing president donald trump sparked fresh outrage tuesday when he called slavery a choice1 you hear about slavery for 400 years. for 400 years that sounds like a choice west told tmz live the broadcast wing of the celebrity gossip site1 west elaborated little on his statement but appeared to be drawing a parallel to how he is presumed to hold certain views as an african american artist1 were mentally in prison. i like the word prison because slavery is too direct to the idea of blacks. like holocaust is jews slavery is blacks west said1 wests remarks immediately sparked an uproar on twitter his favorite medium and he was taken to task live by a tmz employee who said he was appalled1 the 40-year-old rapper designer and husband of reality television star kim kardashian re-emerged last month after a year-long absence that followed a purported mental breakdown1 the rapper never shy about expressing himself made the comments in passing during one of two free-flowing interviews he gave as he promotes two upcoming albums1 in a separate interview with radio host charlamagne tha god west said he had not followed trumps policies but when i see an outsider infiltrate i connect with that1 west who in 2005 made headlines by saying that then president george w. bush doesnt care about black people is one of the few prominent african americans to support trump1 the president built his political career by promoting unfounded conspiracy theories about his predecessor barack obamas birthplace and has been embroiled in a number of racial controversies since taking office1 speaking to charlamagne tha god west said he was upset that obama invited other rappers to the white house such as kendrick lamar and jay-z1 obama in off-record small talk with a reporter in 2009 that leaked called west a jackass after the rapper disrupted the mtv video music awards to say that taylor swift did not deserve her prize1 you know he never called me to apologize west said explaining that obama had met him and his mother before being elected president1 the same person who sat down with me and my mom i think should have communicated with me directly1