My parents didn’t fight for me to be told by white people which white person I can vote on!’ Kanye on race and endorsing Trump in 2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The controversial rapper also trashed Hillary Clinton’s 2016 ‘I’m With Her’ slogan, stating: ‘I was told my career would end if I wasn’t with her. What kind of campaign is that, anyway? That’s like if Obama’s campaign was ‘I’m with black.”<\/p>\n
‘Both my parents were freedom fighters… they didn’t fight for me to be told by white people which white person I can vote on!’<\/p>\n
West, who landed in hot water back in 2018 for claiming that slavery was ‘a choice’, also made several controversial comments on race in his wide-ranging chat with GQ.<\/p>\n
‘One in three African Americans are enslaved, and we go more crazy if, you know, someone scores a touchdown,’ he stated.<\/p>\n
‘Modern-day mass incarceration is right in front of us, and if I even use the word\u00a0slavery<\/span>, I’m treated like I’m a white person talking about slavery.’<\/p>\nIn the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina back in 2005, West famously claimed that then President George Bush ‘didn’t care about black people’.<\/p>\n
However, in his interview with GQ, the star appeared to express regret at uttering those famous phrase, claiming it was indicative of a ‘victim mentality’.<\/p>\n
”George Bush doesn’t care about black people’ is a victim statement. That is stemmed in victim mentality. Every day I have to look in the mirror like I’m Robert De Niro and tell myself, ‘You are not a slave.’ As outspoken as I am, and the position that I am in, I need to tell myself.’<\/p>\n
Kanye was interviewed by GQ on four separate occasions over the course of two months for his cover piece. In the wide-ranging interviews he also discussed his battle with alcoholism and his path to born-again Christianity among other topics.<\/p>\n
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<\/em><\/strong> My parents didn’t fight for me to be told by white people which white person I can vote on!’ West is pictured with Trump in December 2016<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nI’ve given my life to Christ’: Kanye on becoming a born-again Christian\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDuring one of his sit-down conversations with GQ, West spoke candidly about finding God and stated that he ‘definitely’ considers himself a born-again Christian.<\/p>\n
The rapper, who recently started a Sunday Service gospel group, claimed he has ‘given his life to Christ’ and is ‘healed’ by the spiritual connections he has when he worships.<\/p>\n
‘I surround myself with the healing\u2014the highest-level healing possible: singing about Jesus with my friends and family surrounding me [at Sunday Service] every single week,’ he declared.<\/p>\n
West also says that his newfound Christianity means he is\u00a0 obligated to speak up on matters that are important to him.<\/p>\n
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West and his 80-person choral are seen during a recent Sunday Service performance in Wyoming<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n‘People don’t realize that Christians are loud. That we have a right to righteous anger. That Jesus flipped tables.<\/p>\n
‘They think that all of a sudden you believe in Christ, so we’re not even supposed to speak up. And if we speak up, people will say, ‘Oh, you’re being judgmental.’ And it’s like, Oh, now, because I’m Christian, I don’t even have an opinion any more? I’m Christian and I still have an opinion. But my opinion is based on the Word.’<\/p>\n
West also warned against the dangers of sin and the importance of repentance, stating: ‘To live inside of sin, it’s going to cost you more than you can pay. You don’t want to continue to sin with no repentance. I understand that people feel that I’ve made some cultural sins. But the only real sins are the sins against God, and you don’t want to continue to sin against God.’<\/p>\n
Aside from his Sunday Service, West last year came up with plans to house the homeless as part of his Christian outreach.<\/p>\n
The aspiring architect designed Star Wars-inspired futuristic pods that he hoped to build in a one-of-a kind community that dismantled the class system and sheltered the homeless.<\/p>\n
He built prototypes on his Calabasas property that had to be torn down because they breached building laws.<\/p>\n
‘Kobe was the basketball version of me’: Kanye on his friendship with late LA Lakers legend Bryant<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nOne of West’s interviews with GQ took place shortly after the death of LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant in January.<\/p>\n
West and Bryant had known each other for many years, with the musician telling the magazine that they close friends.<\/p>\n
‘He was the basketball version of me, and I was the rap version of him, and that’s facts!\u00a0We got the commercials that prove it. No one else can say this. We came up at the same time, together,’ he claimed.<\/p>\n
West also stated that the untimely death would serve as an inspiration for him – and millions of others – to make the most of their lives.<\/p>\n
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‘Kobe was one of my best friends’: Kanye said in his interview, which was conducted just a few days following the basketball player’s death (pictured 2004)<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n‘It’s game time. There’s no move that we can’t make, or that we’ll wait to make. Everyone in our life is now a member of the Lakers on one of Kobe’s championship teams,’ he stated.<\/p>\n
‘The way that Kobe would say that we all have to come together and win this championship is the way I look at life now. To an infinite, other level.<\/p>\n
‘All of those awards shows partially led me to alcoholism’: Kanye reveals his battle with the bottle\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWhile West told GQ that he has not had a drink in some time, he admitted he was at one point a ‘functioning alcoholic’, and partly blamed Hollywood for his struggles.<\/p>\n
The star revealed he previously drank Grey Goose with orange juice in the morning, but hasn’t touched alcohol since coming to a realization about the pace of his life.<\/p>\n
He was also snapped at the 2009 Video Music Awards drinking from a bottle of Hennessy.<\/p>\n
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West is pictured drinking Hennessy from the bottle at the 2009 VMAs. He claims<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWest admitted the only way he was able to even handle the show was with a drink in hand.<\/p>\n
‘Right? I really grabbed the drink to be able to even go to the awards show due to the information that everyone knows now. To say, “Okay, I can handle this,”‘ he claimed.<\/p>\n
‘Well, it’s good that we found out about all of those awards shows that partially led me to alcoholism,’ he stated.<\/p>\n
‘One day I was in my office working on the couture collection, and there was some Grey Goose in the fridge and I was just going to get a daytime drink, and I looked and thought, ‘Devil, you’re not going to beat me today.’ That one statement is like a tattoo.’<\/p>\n
While most topics were on the table during the GQ interviews, West did not mention his very famous wife and children.<\/p>\n
He has been married to Kim Kardashian since 2014, and the pair share four children: North, Saint, Psalm and Chicago.<\/p>\n
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West has been married to Kim Kardashian since 2014, and the pair share four children: North, Saint, Psalm and Chicago. The couple is pictured with North and Saint<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kanye West\u00a0is officially voting for\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0in November’s Presidential Election. The 42-year-old rapper made the declaration in the May issue of\u00a0GQ magazine, defiantly stating: ‘We know who I’m voting on… I’m not going to be told […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2],"tags":[],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\nWhy I will vote for Trump in coming US presidential election, Kanye West reveals - The Daily Leaks<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n