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Kanye Westwore a shirt featuring the words “White Lives Matter” during his Yeezy Season 9 event atParis Fashion WeekMonday.
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“It’s the ultimate stigma,” he said. “People feel like they have the right to come to my face and call me crazy. Like it doesn’t hurt my feelings. Or like, you don’t have to be crazy in order to change the world.”
“You can’t manage me. This is an unmanageable situation,” West said. “You can’t turn the music lower, this is a God’s dream, a dream that can’t happen without the help of God. The journey. The people who believed early. The people who sat in my car and listened to the early versions ofYeezus.”
West haspreviously seen pushbackfor wearing attire, like the MAGA hat he wore during a 2018 performance onSaturday Night Livefollowing the release of his albumYe. Kardashian later opened up about West’s decision to wear the politically-charged baseball cap and support former President Trump during a 2021 interview on theHonestly with Bari Weisspodcast. As she shared, she was initially “nervous” about the fashion choice.
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Two years after wearing the MAGA hat, Westannounced he, too, was running for presidentand embarked on a campaign that included a rally stop in Charleston, South Carolina.
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At his only campaign event, West — who launched his presidential campaign amid a tumultuous period in his life —divulged deeply personal detailsabout his family. He ultimately earned about 60,000 votes in a dozen states.
source: people.com
