With each day that passes, Kanye West makes it harder for us to understand him.
In his first public appearance since he was reportedly hospitalized following a mental episode, the Life Of Pablo rapper visited with
President-elect Donald Trump. Kanye was the centerpiece of “bring Black people to Trump Tower day,” preceding other visitors like
Ray Lewis and Jim Brown. Once a champion for inclusion and social justice (remember his famous ‘Bush doesn’t care about Black
people’ stunt), West’s meeting with the demagogue is the latest example of his paradoxical behavior.
And even though his support of Trump – whose rise to prominence was based on a platform of racism and xenophobia – is confusing
for die-hard fans, we’ve been here before.
Here are eight times Kanye contradicted himself, leaving the world scratching their heads.
From ‘Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People’ to Donald Trump:
Kanye’s unexpected meeting with Donald Trump was a head scratcher. Especially considering he’s laid down some unflattering lyrics about Trump’s business tactics and signature hair. In 2010’s So Appalled West rapped “Balding Donald Trump taking dollars from y’all.”
And speaking of taking dollars, Kanye donated $2,700 to Hillary for America, $15,000 toward the DNC in 2014, and even performed at a Democratic fundraiser in 2015.
I wonder if Trump knows this?
From Boycotting Awards Shows to Begging For Acknowledgement:
“I still don’t understand award shows,” proclaimed Kanye from the stage of, of course an award show. It’s easy to forget that Kanye’s 2015 VMA’s rant/Presidential announcement was his Video Vanguard acceptance speech. Kanye’s relationship with award shows has been consistently inconsistent. He’s either threatening to boycott the Grammys or begging for MTV to “give a Black man a chance” after going 0-5 in 2007.
Which is it Kanye? Do you care or don’t you?
Rumors of a Drake/Kanye joint album went into overdrive this summer after Kanye made an appearance at OVO Fest. However, Kanye has thrown shots at Drizzy for everything from the size of his pool to his Nike and Apple endorsement. In the infamous Sacramento rant, Kanye called out Drake for his hit DJ Khaled track For Free, alleging that it’s success is due to payola.
Is Yeezy just jealous of Drake or is The 6 God actually paying for radio spins?
From Respecting Wiz to Coming After His Kid:
On the 2012 song Cold aka Theraflu, Kanye West asserts that “the only ni**a I got respect for is Wiz,” addressing the then marriage of Wiz Khalifa to his ex-girlfriend Amber Rose. That respect went right out of the window when Kanye went on a vicious Twitter rant, insulting Wiz, Amber and even throwing their son Sebastian into the fray.
The worst part is that this whole episode started when West misinterpreted a tweet from Wiz Khalifa. What happened to respect for Wiz, Kanye?
From ‘Big Brother’ to ‘I Know You Got Killers:’
West went from “Number one, Young Hov, also my big brother” to “I know you got killers, please don’t send them at my head.” The latter quote was from his Sacramento rant, where he called out Jigga for not reaching out to him following his wife’s armed robbery incident. “Just call me. Talk to me like a man,” Kanye begged of Jay Z.
We still don’t know if Jay Z has reached out but honestly Kanye, you could’ve just sent a text.