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This came a couple days afterhe tweeted his supportfor antiBlack Lives Matter commentator Candace Owens.
You don’t have to agree with trump but the mob can’t make me not love him.
We are both dragon energy.
He is my brother.
I don’t agree with everything anyone does.
That’s what makes us individuals.
And we have the right to independent thought.
Several rappers, singers, and others in the music industry responded to Wests latest social-media posts with criticism.
Some, like Ice-T, were succinct in their responses.
But artists cant be blind to the truth.
I imagine there’s some comfort in imagining a future without racism and projecting that onto the present.
Thinking if we just deny the truth, it doesn’t exist.
If history is erased, we don’t have to deal with its consequences.
However…
Far too many people don’t have the luxury of closing their eyes and ears.
They feel it in their lives and can’t act like what they see and know doesn’t exist.
They know their family was destroyed by deportation or incarceration.
They know their loved one was denied safe harbor because of their religion.
But artists can’t be blind to the truth.
Other celebs made light of the situation.
Snoop Dogg also couldnt shake the reference.
Anything new or interesting take place today?
Earlier in the dayWest tweeted, I no longer have a manager.
I cant be managed.
Lupe Fiasco had this zinger.
Black people dont have to be democrats.
Even Frank Ocean added his two cents with a pointed reminder of simpler times.
frank ocean just posted this on tumblr!!
!pic.twitter.com/EgrvQCFdVg
Meanwhile, Azealia Banks just wants you to know she pulled a Kanye before Kanye.
No @kimkardashian Kanye is not ahead of his time.
I said alllll of these things during the election.
I had an actual reason for it.
Never once did I call trump a good person or say he deserves love.
Outrage is internet engagement algorithm 101, yall are not slick.
Nothing at all profound, necessary or eloquent about anything your husband says.
Kanye will never be the president and you will never ever be the First Lady.
Give it up sis.
A post shared byAzealia Banks(@azealiabanks) onApr 25, 2018 at 12:36pm PDT
