Kanye West has stirred the pot several times over the last week or so after making some outlandish comments about politics, slavery, and race.
The rapper and producer has been on a mission to promote “love” and “free-thinking,” but, instead, has verbally slapped all of his fans and followers in the face. While at TMZ for an interview this week, West made comments about how “slavery was a choice,” and again, how much he loves Donald Trump. Here’s the full video–including when he got into a heated debate with numerous people at the TMZ office.
While everyone has the right to an opinion, many people feel as though Kanye West has stepped over the line with his remarks–and, has completely forgotten facts/history. Due to this, people who used to support him and follow his career are extremely disappointed. It puts some in a bad position, having to stand up for themselves, the truth, and what is right over supporting this kind of behavior.
It leaves the question to many–can you separate the artist from the music? For some Detroit radio hosts, the answer is simply no.
Radio hosts BiGG and Shay Shay announced on their morning show, “The Bounce” that they would no longer be playing the rapper’s music on their show. They issued a Facebook statement saying:
We feel like Kanye has gone too far with his latest statement declaring that “slavery was a choice.” We are over it. We don’t want to hear Kanye’s music, we don’t want to play Kanye on our show, we don’t want to talk about Kanye anymore. So we are taking a stand and we aren’t playing his music anymore; we just are refusing to give him a platform.
The radio hosts also discussed why they are outraged and the meaning behind “muting Kanye.”
https://www.facebook.com/1051TheBounce/videos/2107901599237811/
To be honest–I agree with them. I’m a huge Kanye West fan personally when it comes to him as a producer and an artist. But, in all honesty, listening to his recent verse on Travis Scott’s song “Watch,” is even more upsetting. The rapper is busy trying to put his “Twitter rants” into bars on a rap song–which sounds absolutely awful.
Bring back the Kanye West from “College Dropout” and “Graduation,” and then maybe we can talk about the music again. Until then, Muting Kanye West seems about the best thing people can do.