Kanye West Under Fire For Calling Slavery A ‘Choice’

Kanye Omari West, an American rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur and fashion designer has once again polluted the air by calling 400years slavery a choice.

The rapper made the comment during an interview with TMZ Live, the broadcast wing of the celebrity gossip site on Tuesday.

“You hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years? That sounds like a choice

“We’re 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,” said West.

TMZ reporter Van Lathan shot back and called West’s comments the “absence of thought.”

West elaborated on his statement but appeared to be drawing a parallel to how he is presumed to hold certain views as an African American artist.

West’s remarks immediately sparked an uproar on Twitter and he was taken to task live by a TMZ employee who said he was “appalled”.

The husband of reality television star Kim Kardashian re-emerged last month after a year-long absence that followed a purported mental breakdown.

He enraged many fellow artists, but was embraced by conservative commentators, as he praised US President Donald Trump, who has since cited the rapper’s words as evidence of minority support.

Kanye West Stirs Up TMZ Newsroom Over Trump, Slavery, Free Thought https://t.co/QGCTYNnClu

— TMZ (@TMZ) May 2, 2018

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