In at present’s episode of The Devolution Of Kanye West, Ye not too long ago sat down for an interview with DJ Akademiks, and possibly they talked about some issues. Maybe they mentioned the “Gold Digger” rapper’s illustrious profession in addition to his many self-inflicted controversies. Even when Yeezus had something of substance to say, it could have been fully overshadowed by the person who, 20 years in the past, famously declared that former President “George Bush doesn’t care about Black folks,” exhibiting up in 2025 in a Black Ku Klux Klan gown and a swastika necklace.
At this level, we should always admit Kanye West is simply an consideration seeker, and never solely is there no actual technique to his insanity, there’s no depth in any of his diatribes.
And possibly that’s how he’s all the time been.
In 2005, Ye had his iconic second of perceived pro-Blackness. He stood on stage throughout the NBC primetime profit occasion for Hurricane Katrina victims, A Live performance for Hurricane Aid, proper subsequent to actor Mike Myers, who grew visibly uncomfortable proper in entrance of our eyes when Ye mentioned these well-known phrases:
“George Bush doesn’t care about Black folks.
It was a second that actually riled up America and solidified him as a polarizing determine — and a whole lot of Black folks liked him for it. Now, lots of those self same Black folks, in addition to non-Black followers, are eager for the return of “previous Kanye.” However what if there actually isn’t an “previous Kanye?” In spite of everything, Bush was simply as a lot low-hanging fruit then as President Donald Trump is now. Calling the president out in that method wasn’t some revolutionary act of bravery, but it surely actually was an attention-grabber.
Right here’s a query, although: Has Ye made a single, unambiguous expression of pro-Blackness since?
Within the final 20 years, we’ve seen Ye don a MAGA hat after declaring his love for Trump. We’ve seen him pose for picture ops in that hat with distinguished members of the MAGA-fied Republican Get together. We’ve heard him declare that “slavery was a selection,” after which justify it with some ahistorical hotep nonsense about psychological slavery. We heard him declare Harriet Tubman “by no means truly freed the slaves, she simply had them work for different white folks.” We noticed him promote his “White Lives Matter” shirts after which sit throughout from raging white nationalist Tucker Carlson, the place he defended it. We’ve seen him be part of Candace Owens in raging in opposition to Black Lives Matter whereas aligning himself with an ideology that has finished nothing however hurt Black folks and uphold white supremacy. He has additionally been the creator of a number of tweet storms during which he declared his hatred for Jewish folks and his admiration for Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime. (Maybe he’s unaware that them folks hated and sought the extermination of Black folks too. Or possibly he additionally simply actually doesn’t care about Black folks)
Throughout all that point, when has he ever spoken up for Black folks the best way he did in 2005?
Actually, whereas we’re right here, we’d as nicely speak about a few of the issues that occurred throughout the latest interview — like when Ye gifted Akademiks with a “White Lives Matter” shirt of his very personal.
He additionally defended his tweet calling the youthful kids of Jay-Z and Beyoncé the R-word as a result of it made the “Nazi-s***” not appear as unhealthy. Akademiks appeared to agree that the one tweet was worse than the barrage of antisemitic tweets he launched, however that solely prompted Ye to disagree with what he had simply agreed with, suggesting his tweet attacking kids with abelist language was truly the “greatest or the strongest” factor he tweeted that day.
Possibly this is similar “previous Kanye,” or possibly this self-loathing MAGA conservative who pretends to be pro-Black when it’s handy is what the “previous Kanye” has devolved into.
I suppose that’s for the person to resolve. A few of us decided a very long time in the past.
Anyway, you possibly can watch the complete interview with DJ Akademiks beneath.
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