Last week, Kanye West allegedly donated $2 million to various charities and Go Fund Me accounts related to George Floyd and Black Lives Matter. Last week, we also heard some stories about how Kanye and Kim Kardashian have not been enjoying each other’s company in lockdown, and Kim is about two seconds away from leaving him. Kim and Kanye have always spent a lot of time apart, and that’s how their marriage “works.” My point is that I totally believe that Kanye has been saying some MAGA sh-t and Kim is like “please STFU.” But what if Kim was the one who convinced Kanye to donate to BLM causes?
Kanye West was a vocal supporter of President Trump, but now his support of Black Lives Matter has some music insiders scratching their heads wondering if Kim Kardashian is behind it.
One source even told us Kardashian — who has become a vocal campaigner for criminal justice and prison reform — was the catalyst for him to act. West sprang into action last week, creating a college fund for George Floyd’s daughter, Gianna, and donating $2 million to BLM organizations. He also marched with protesters in his hometown of Chicago.
Kardashian’s rep told us it’s “not true” that she prompted West to act. “Kanye fully made the decision to donate and peacefully protest in Chicago on his own accord,” the rep said.
While West’s rep didn’t comment, another source close to the rapper — whose music and lyrics such as the “Yeezus” track “New Slaves” often touch on race and equality — told us he’s always been fully engaged.
“He was pained by the video of the murder of George Floyd and fully supports the peaceful protesting happening around the world,” the source said, adding, “He has always been a fierce advocate for black lives, racial equality and human rights. People confuse his support of the president to mean he supports his politics and ideology … it’s never about politics.”
In other posts, I’ve made the argument that Black Lives Matter isn’t actually a political thing with two sides arguing for and against. It should be something apolitical which we can all agree on: no one should be murdered by the police. All that being said, I don’t understand how Kanye can reconcile – to himself or to other people – his Trump-loving MAGA ways with his support for Black Lives Matter. I’m sure his argument is something like “I support black folks’ right to live and support any politician,” even if those politicians are f–king racists who are tear-gassing protesters. Anyway, I don’t really believe that Kim convinced Kanye to do anything. I think he really wanted to climb out of the Dome’s Sunken Place and try to help, and then when he’s done with that, he’ll go back to the Dome and think about how much he loves Donald Trump.
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I talked about Kanye with a black friend of mine, and I was asking how is this possible?Because I suppose Kanye is not the only one, so I asked how do you explain that? His answer was “he is one of those who don’t know their origins anymore, he doesn’t know where he comes from”.
That makes sense, thanks. Because it is the only way to understand how supporting a racist is not political or how supporting a racist politician in the highest office of the “free” world has nothing to do with deep believe in racial equality. It is bizarre from the outside but for someone truly confused it may sound like a “position” in a democratic society.
I don’t think Kanye’s changed in any way. He’s always been a narcissist who was able to lie to himself about Trumpism because he got an ego boost from being invited into the halls of power by the POTUS himself (even if Trump doesn’t command any respect, the office still does) and has only pivoted now because he could very easily become a victim himself.
Or else he pivoted because it made him look bad. I’d like to believe he was sincere, but this is Kanye.
Kanye’s embrace of Trump grew out of his contempt for Democratic politicians who rely on the black vote, but then don’t do sh*t for black communities once elected. Does he love Trump or did he have a point to make? IDK, but if he had a point to make, there were better ways of making it.
I don’t think this is about this (contempt for Democratic politicians . . . ) because announcing slavery is a choice is not representative of oppressed black communities either. It represents being in the sunken place. Kanye is in deep there with Candace Owens, Diamond and Silk . .
Trollish answer with many wrong assumptions, something a troll from the vote supresion GOP op would say.
Kanye’ embrace of Trump comes from owing the IRS over 55 millions in 2016, plus other debts. All his IRS debt has probably been deleted by Trump in exchange for his support, besides we know Trump has paid 500 thousand dollars to black celebrities to publicly support him. Count how many times Kanye has support Trump and see how much he got paid.
Kanye is not smart nor political. He’s megalomaniac and greedy.
I think she did push or, at least suggest it. It was the first thing I thought when I read it, so it surprises me how many think Kanye suddenly remembered to not be a MAGA.
It feels far more like a move to improve his image, including the dropping the info from friends about him getting rid of the MAGA hats.
I call bollocks. Or he’s just so off the chart now that he can’t connect how supporting BLM and supporting Trump directly contradicts each other.
It feels like a move to enhance HER image. I think her team leaked this – she gets to pretend that she convinced him to be a better person (but she’s “modest,” so she lightly denies it), that she’s somehow a good influence. I don’t buy that any of these people ever have good motives. Happy that the cause got the money, though, whatever their intentions.
He donated and he also marched. Because of his mental illness and his struggle with that I remain kinda sorta supportive. To me his talent alone is paramount. I hope he ends up on the right side of blackness and history.
Too little too later.
well he’s not dead so.
Still convinced that Kanye’s original love for trump came from being so sensitive and offended when President Obama called him a jackass. For Kanye I bet that was unforgivable.
Then trump catered to Kanye’s delicate ego,
And then Kanye looked at trump and saw himself/ and that’s when he fell in love.
All about Kanye all the time.
I’m certainly glad he donated to worthy causes.
But in the end, Kanye only thinks of Kanye.
You are spot on!
Yeah, I bet President Obama really offended him. To be called a jackass by someone he probably considered a peer drove him to the Dark Side.
agree with all of this.
@Ariel 1000%.
Brava.
Exactly what I was going to write. Trump and Kanye are fellow narcissists. Trump gets to crow that a famous African American supports him and Kanye gets to…not sure what. Get back at Obama for making fun of him? Get to hangout in the Oval Office?
Kanye got paid.
His birthday was last week, Kim and the rest of the Kar-Jenners usually gushes and write essays when congratulating people from their inner circle. But Kim simply said ‘happy birthday my king.’
Allegedly donated
Do they have receipt?
I just dont believe this person.
What happen to the “$1 million $$$” donation Kanye was going to “give” to the families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor? Has anyone seen a deposit slip? Have the families posted a thank-you on Instagram?
Inquiring Minds Want To Know!
You’re smarter than most media. Kanye “allegedly” donates a lot of money that never leaves his bank accounts….
Human rights shouldn’t be political but the reality is another one. If you support this president you support what he says, you can’t accept just part of it -the one that you like- and ignore the worst one saying ‘but freedom to choose’. Nope.
At this point, unfortunately, seeing and hearing all the bs Trump -the President- is saying, it is about politics.
Please – it’s just more optics from this grifter family to make her look good in case they divorce.
I notice aside from the donation and appearing at the March (also for optics), they have been pretty quiet about the entire situation, and that isn’t by accident. They are playing it safe in case that monster gets re-elected so they can still be invited to the White House for photo ops.
Yeah I doubt Kim had anything to do with the donation, the Kardashians arent exactly know for their charitable giving. I remember a few years ago they were selling their old clothes online claiming the money was going to charity, turns out only 10% of the sale was going to charity. The rest was going to a Kardashian pocket.
100% agree with you @Lotus. This is one thing of the many things we should never forget about the Kardashians. More importantly, they did this charity drive in the name of disaster victims where thousands have died and remain missing! They profited off missing and dead Asians!! This is the kind of people they are. Just like in the Kate embiggening, these past years saw the embiggening of Kim and the rest of her family. The push for Kylie to be the youngest self-made billionaire – cmon! Kris did everything, short of throw the kitchen sink to see what schtick would stick when it came to her younger daughters. Remember, they were even authors of a YA book. She must have considered herself a genius to discover that surgically enhancing her minor daughter to appropriate black women lips and attribute it to lip kits is the golden ticket she had been searching for.
Now Kim, being a prison reformist and even working with Trump just to save black people. Please! She is complicit. Other people, groups and organizations have long been working on criminal justice and prison reform long before she did, are currently doing so and do a lot more, and they did not have to ally themselves with Trump. Prison reform in the US has long been an issue. It did not get more popular because of Kim. Kim is riding and using the issue to whitewash her image. If she is able to set free a number of black people along the way – it’s the least she could do because whatever the real monetary value of her family is, they owe half of it, if not more to black people with their fetishizing of black men, their commodification of black women’s bodies and features and their normalisation of blackfishing.
“ People confuse his support of the president to mean he supports his politics and ideology … it’s never about politics.””
What is it then, if it isn’t politics? They telling us that Kanye actually enjoys Tiny-Hands’ company?
This is the PR whitewashing of Kanye’s paid for support for Trump. Well have mnths of this crap until the election.
Came here to say exactly what you did, Andrew’s Nemesis. If it’s not about politics and ideology, it’s about what, personality? Kanye likes Trump’s bragging and bullying?
Well sorry, but THOSE actions are political too, and can end up having real effects on many people’s lives. Kanye can’t be a Trump stan while hiding behind a spokesperson who says “but it’s not about politics.” There is not enough eyeroll.
Maybe, just maybe, it’s because the narrative you see the world through is limited. If you can’t hold two seemingly opposing thoughts in your brain at the same time then I don’t know what to tell you.