The rapper tweeted yesterday that he had been ‘used’ and was distancing himself from politics. Does that mean all is forgiven?
Kanye West’s two year fling with Donald Trump’s populist Make America Great Again (Maga) movement appeared to come to an end on Tuesday, with a short series of tweets distancing himself from American politics and vowing to devote himself to creative endeavours again. He claimed to have been “used” by others to spread messaging he didn’t support. In one of the tweets he also implicated the ultra-conservative activist Candace Owens in this deception.
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My eyes are now wide open and now realize I’ve been used to spread messages I don’t believe in. I am distancing myself from politics and completely focusing on being creative !!!
I support creating jobs and opportunities for people who need them the most, I support prison reform, I support common-sense gun laws that will make our world safer.
I introduced Candace to the person who made the logo and they didn’t want their name on it so she used mine. I never wanted any association with Blexit. I have nothing to do with it.
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Gary Suarez is a freelance music journalist
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