Kanye West attempts damage control on what is his most controversial statement to date.
Kanye West has done a lot of things over the course of his career that led to backlash but nothing has been as bad as the comments he made on slavery earlier today. During a taping of TMZ Live, the rapper said, “When you hear about slavery for 400 years … for 400 years? That sounds like a choice.” This didn’t settle well with anybody and in the midst of his support for Trump and the right wing, this sounded like one of the most disappointing statements to come out of his mouth. However, the rapper has now taken to Twitter in an attempt to clarify his comments.
Kanye West took to Twitter, once again, to try and do some damage control on his recent statements. The rapper clarified that he does indeed understand that people weren’t brought on slave ships on free will. However, he kicked off his latest Twitter rant by stating, “we need to have open discussions and ideas on unsettled pain.”
“to make myself clear. Of course I know that slaves did not get shackled and put on a boat by free will,” he wrote. “My point is for us to have stayed in that position even though the numbers were on our side means that we were mentally enslaved…They cut out our tongues so we couldn’t communicate to each other. I will not allow my tongue to be cut.”
He later came to the realized why P. Diddy named his TV network Revolt. “the Nat Turner movie never made it anywhere because it showed slaves revolting. I understand why my god brother Puff calls his network revolt.”
Peep his tweets below.
we need to have open discussions and ideas on unsettled pain
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018
to make myself clear. Of course I know that slaves did not get shackled and put on a boat by free will
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018
My point is for us to have stayed in that position even though the numbers were on our side means that we were mentally enslaved
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018
They cut out our tongues so we couldn't communicate to each other. I will not allow my tongue to be cut
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018
Kanye vs the media is modern day Willie Linch theory.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018
the Nat Turner movie never made it anywhere because it showed slaves revolting. I understand why my god brother Puff calls his network revolt.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018
if this was 148 years ago I would have been more like Harriet or Nat
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018
the reason why I brought up the 400 years point is because we can't be mentally imprisoned for another 400 years. We need free thought now. Even the statement was an example of free thought It was just an idea
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018
in school we need to learn how magic Johnson built his business not always about the past. Matter fact I've never even heard of a high school class that presents future ideas
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018