Kanye West sparks uproar with comment on slavery

Kanye West

American rapper, Kanye West, has caused an outrage with his comment in calling slavery a choice and is now on the receiving end of criticism in the music world for backing President Donald Trump.

The 40-year-old rapper, designer and husband of reality television star, Kim Kardashian, who has never been the one to shy away from expressing himself, made the comment during an interview to promote his two upcoming albums.

“You hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years? That sounds like a choice,” West told TMZ Live, the broadcast wing of the celebrity gossip site.

Kanye made an effort to elaborate his statement but ended up drawing a parallel to how he is presumed to hold up certain views as an African American artiste.

“We’re mentally in prison. I like the word ‘prison’ because slavery is too direct to the idea of blacks. Like Holocaust is Jews, slavery is blacks,” West said.

West’s remarks immediately sparked uproar on Twitter, his favourite medium, and he was taken to task live by a TMZ employee who said he was “appalled.”

Below are some of the tweets: