"I Know How It Feels...": Kanye West Compares Adidas Split To George Floyd's Death
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Kanye West prompted a backlash earlier when he suggested that George Floyd's death was related to drugs rather than police brutality.
American rapper Kanye West, who has been under fire for his anti-semitic remarks amid the ongoing "White Lives Matter" controversy, has yet again made a controversial statement. Speaking to Los Angeles paparazzi on Friday, the rapper and entrepreneur, who legally changed his name to Ye a year ago, compared the blowback from his constant stream of hate speech to the killing of George Floyd. Kanye West in Los Angeles last night. #kanyewestpic.twitter.com/ItOth5ocyp
Mr West told the reporters that his recent loss of a sneaker contract with Adidas was comparable to the death of George Floyd, who was asphyxiated when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin placed a knee on his neck for nearly 10 minutes. Notably, he had previously said that Mr Floyd wasn't murdered and died of an overdose.
As per New York Post, now, Mr West said, "So when I said that and I and I and I questioned the death of George Floyd, it hurt my people; it hurt the black people". He added, "So I wanna apologize to hurting them because right now God has shown me by what Adidas is doing and by what, by what the media is doing, I know how it feels to have a knee on my neck now."
