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Kanye West: 'Slavery was a choice'
Kanye West has taken his ideologies to the masses in a candid interview with TMZ.
The 40-year-old was not shy in talking about his opinions, which included his support of President Trump, how having liposuction caused an opioid addiction and his belief that slavery was “a choice”.
“When you hear about slavery for 400 years… For 400 years?! That sounds like a choice,” he said to hosts Harvey Levin and Charles Latibeaudiere.
“You were here for 400 years, and it’s all of y’all?! It’s, like, we’re mentally in prison.”
When questioned about his support for Trump, the father-of-three was quick to defend himself.
“What happened last week with the Make America Great Again hat?” Harvey asked. “What are you trying to do with the message you’re sending?”
“It was really just my subconscious,” Kanye explained. “It’s a feeling I had … I felt a freedom in, first of all, just doing something that everybody tells you not to do.”
When Kanye stepped out last week with the cap on, the public were quick to say that Kanye was exhibiting ‘erratic behaviour’.
In his defence, wife Kim Kardashian West took to Twitter .
To the media trying to demonize my husband let me just say this… your commentary on Kanye being erratic & his tweets being disturbing is actually scary. So quick to label him as having mental health issues for just being himself when he has always been expressive is not fair
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018
Yesterday it was announced that Kanye had parted ways with some business people and media outlets made this about Kanye’s mental health. Rather than just a simple business decision. So I’m glad he tweeted about the state of his company and all of the exciting things happening
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018
He’s a free thinker, is that not allowed in America? Because some of his ideas differ from yours you have to throw in the mental health card? That’s just not fair. He’s actually out of the sunken place when he’s being himself which is very expressive
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018
Now when he spoke out about Trump… Most people (including myself) have very different feelings & opinions about this. But this is HIS opinion. I believe in people being able to have their own opinions,even if really different from mine
He never said he agrees with his politics— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018
Kanye will never run in the race of popular opinion and we know that and that’s why I love him and respect him and in a few years when someone else says the same exact thing but they aren’t labeled the way he is and you will all praise them! Kanye is years ahead of his time
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018
Kanye will never run in the race of popular opinion and we know that and that’s why I love him and respect him and in a few years when someone else says the same exact thing but they aren’t labeled the way he is and you will all praise them! Kanye is years ahead of his time
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018
Mental Health is no joke and the media needs to stop spitting that out so casually. Bottom line
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018
In an interview on We Go To Love, Kanye spoke about his “mental breakdown” in 2016.
“I just wanted to say like there was elements about going to the hospital and having a breakdown or a breakthrough that was fire,” he said. “It was incredible, the feeling.”
“Something inspired in the wrong context will come off as, I don’t wanna say crazy because I also wanna change the stigma of crazy and I wanna change the stigma of mental health, period.”
“Best believe I’m gonna take the stigma off the word crazy. People will take something that’s enlightened, put it in a different context, and then call it crazy to try to diminish the impact and the value of what I’m actually saying.”
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