Kanye West defends his support for Trump on Kimmel Live: "Liberals can't bully me"

[SP33Demon]

The biggest #walkaway celeb since Trump's inauguration has to be Kanye, and he makes it clear that liberals can't bully him when talking to his friend Jimmy Kimmel last night.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...ort-for-trump-liberals-cant-bully-me.amp.html
http://www.xxlmag.com/video/2018/08...-from-kanye-west-jimmy-kimmel-live-interview/
https://mashable.com/2018/08/10/kanye-west-trump-jimmy-kimmel/#TQ3.i2nFpEqb

“Just as a musician, African-American, guy out in Hollywood, all these different things, you know, everyone around me tried to pick my candidate for me,” the Chicago rapper told Kimmel. "And then told me every time I said I liked Trump that I couldn’t say it out loud or my career would be over; I’d get kicked out of the black community because blacks -- we’re supposed to have a monolithic thought, we can only, like, we can only be Democrats and all.”

West said it took more than a year before he gained the “confidence to stand up” and publicly wear Trump’s signature “Make America Great Again” hat – which caused an uproar from many of his fans back in April.

“I didn’t have the confidence to take on the world and the possible backlash and it took me a year and a half to have the confidence to stand up and put on the hat no matter what the consequences were,” West explained.

“And what it represented to me is not about policies -- because I’m not a politician like that. But it represented overcoming fear and doing what you felt, no matter what anyone said, in saying, you can’t bully me. Liberals can’t bully me, news can’t bully me, the hip-hop community, they can’t bully me.

"Because at that point, if I’m afraid to be me, I’m no longer Ye. That’s what makes Ye.”

You may be wondering, why is this important? Well because black support for Trump has solidified at close to 30%, whereas it was 15% a year ago according to Rasmussen. And Trump's numbers didn't double until Kanye put on the MAGA hat.
https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1025401151963844608

Hopefully more blacks will follow musical, rap, and fashion genius Kanye West. If he can think differently then so can a lot of you. You may not agree with everything Trump stands for but he represents authentic hope for the black community in ways that neoliberals like hillary never could. Trump is working on prison reform and has already called out chicago for poor leadership. He also promised to help small black businesses during his campaign.

 

[brycejones]

New batch of roids for the OP? He seems especially energetic today.

 

[Vic]

Bullies worried about being bullied. Weird. Wait, no.. typical.

 

[zinfamous]

Oh look, suddenly Hormonedick is a Kanye fan.

 

[Stokely]

Black people voting for trump is like roaches voting for Raid.

Guess no matter what color people are, the rich are greedy fucks at heart. How much has Kanye made already from tax "reform"? Someone do the math.

 

[SP33Demon]

New batch of roids for the OP? He seems especially energetic today.

https://youtu.be/PsO6ZnUZI0g

 

[Jhhnn]

Kanye claims victimhood? Oh, my...

 

[Homerboy]

Takes a stable genius to know a stable genius.

 

[SP33Demon]

Oh look, suddenly Hormonedick is a Kanye fan.

Trump transcends all genres and skin colors and dick hormones, as does Kanye.

 

[Victorian Gray]

For the amount of time you spend at this job I hope you get paid.

 

[SP33Demon]

Black people voting for trump is like roaches voting for Raid.

Guess no matter what color people are, the rich are greedy fucks at heart. How much has Kanye made already from tax "reform"? Someone do the math.

Ok then why are rich blacks trying to shame him for leaving the Democrats and trying to tell him how to vote? It's not about money, if that was true then we'd be seeing way more rich blacks coming out like Kanye did in favor of Trump. Unless you're saying there's a large rich black silent majority (lol).

It's about thinking for yourself and breaking out of your tribal programming. I did it with obama after 2008 so you can too, shit Kanye had the Bloods putting out hits on him like Daz Dillenger. All for leaving a stupid political party that has done virtually nothing for blacks since a black man was voted as prez in 2008.

 

[KMFJD]

Did he ever answer Kimmels question about how Trump helps black people?

 

[trenchfoot]

Did he ever answer Kimmels question about how Trump helps black people?

Oh he helps lots of black people, it's just that they have to be obscenely rich, have a personality/disposition just like Trump's and always says nice things about him.

edit - Of course, as we have seen, those bromances Trump likes to strike up with his fellow black luminaries are subject to change on a moment's notice based purely on how mutually exploitative their relationships are with one another.

 

[brycejones]

https://youtu.be/PsO6ZnUZI0g

Use your words, or have the roids taken that from you?

 

[SP33Demon]

For the amount of time you spend at this job I hope you get paid.

No one man should have all that power,
the clock's tickin' I just count the hours
Stop trippin' I'm trippin' off the power,
Til then F that the world is ours
...
They say I was the abomination of Obama's nation
Well that's a pretty bad way to start a conversation

 

[SP33Demon]

Oh he helps lots of black people, it's just that they have to be obscenely rich, have a personality/disposition just like Trump's and always says nice things about him.

edit - Of course, as we have seen, those bromances Trump likes to strike up with his fellow black luminaries are subject to change on a moment's notice based purely on how mutually exploitative their relationships are with one another.

Act like you know, foo. Kanye has helped chicago more than rahm emmanual.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/21/kanye-west-record-donation-dondas-house_n_7399800.html

After months of raising funds to secure future programming, Chicago arts institution, Donda’s House has reportedly received a record donation from its co-founder, Kanye West.

According to a press release, West recently donated $133,000 of the proceeds from his Louis Vuitton Foundation concert series to the organization, which was among 30 Chicago social service programs who lost state funding that was awarded through former Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration.

Donda’s House launched in 2013 in honor of West’s mother, Dr. Donda West. It hosts a 12-week program providing instructional classes in creative writing, studio recording, and health/wellness education to artists between the ages of 14 - 24 years-old.

Donda’s House Executive Director, Donnie Smith, expressed her gratitude for West’s contribution and said that it will improve their “capacity with new staff as we deliver the high-quality arts programming that our participants deserve.”

Donda’s House Creative Director and co-founder, Che “Rhymefest” Smith echoed Smith’s comments by noting how the rapper’s influence has made an impact on Chicago’s youth and the program.

 

[Stokely]

Ok then why are rich blacks trying to shame him for leaving the Democrats and trying to tell him how to vote? It's not about money, if that was true then we'd be seeing way more rich blacks coming out like Kanye did in favor of Trump. Unless you're saying there's a large rich black silent majority (lol).

It's about thinking for yourself and breaking out of your tribal programming. I did it with obama after 2008 so you can too, shit Kanye had the Bloods putting out hits on him like Daz Dillenger. All for leaving a stupid political party that has done virtually nothing for blacks since a black man was voted as prez in 2008.

Maybe as much as they also love money, they recognize that if you ain't white, you ain't right in Trump's world? Who knows. I personally would never bother anyone for how they vote, it's his vote and he can do what he wants with it.

There's a lot of people that don't mind fear-mongering, think white people are oppressed, don't care about the environment, don't mind American being represented by someone without a shred of class or dignity, and perhaps hate abortion so much they'll do anything to win court seats. Kanye looks to be another!

 

[Jhhnn]

Ok then why are rich blacks trying to shame him for leaving the Democrats and trying to tell him how to vote? It's not about money, if that was true then we'd be seeing way more rich blacks coming out like Kanye did in favor of Trump. Unless you're saying there's a large rich black silent majority (lol).

It's about thinking for yourself and breaking out of your tribal programming. I did it with obama after 2008 so you can too, shit Kanye had the Bloods putting out hits on him like Daz Dillenger. All for leaving a stupid political party that has done virtually nothing for blacks since a black man was voted as prez in 2008.

Kanye didn't say that. He said people told him that coming out for Trump would be bad for his career.

Kanye follows the same maxim as all celebrities- "You don't read your press- you weigh it". It worked for Trump, too.

 

[trenchfoot]

Act like you know, foo. Kanye has helped chicago more than rahm emmanual.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/21/kanye-west-record-donation-dondas-house_n_7399800.html

I commend him for that but that doesn't address the quirky relationship these two megalomaniacs feel they need to have with each other. And then there's this idea of whether or not Kanye's philanthropic efforts are more for self-gratification/tax breaks than actually trying to help the common folk from which he came.

And stop calling me foo. It's my daughter's nickname for her pet poodle and from the way that dog looks at me I think it thinks I want to cook 'er up whole barbecue style while she's still alive.

 

[eikelbijter]

"musical genius"? That's the funniest thing I've heard in a long time!

 

[SP33Demon]

"musical genius"? That's the funniest thing I've heard in a long time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ibdsPYOgw&list=PLXf9ytteH3IYi-HMa0oSuv3XWXEQraCp5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJzFSxe__fg&list=PLUuiba6ko475qUKTAAeKjm5w0ZIvSiv7-&pbjreload=10

And that's just from this year. Kanye is a workhorse genius.

 

[KMFJD]

"musical genius"? That's the funniest thing I've heard in a long time!

it's always in the eye of the beholder, and it seems most people tend to agree

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Kanye_West

 

[SP33Demon]

Maybe as much as they also love money, they recognize that if you ain't white, you ain't right in Trump's world? Who knows. I personally would never bother anyone for how they vote, it's his vote and he can do what he wants with it.

There's a lot of people that don't mind fear-mongering, think white people are oppressed, don't care about the environment, don't mind American being represented by someone without a shred of class or dignity, and perhaps hate abortion so much they'll do anything to win court seats. Kanye looks to be another!

If anything we should be focusing on space, there's so much money to be made there it's not even funny. Not to mention all of the jobs it'll create. Abortion is what it is, as is the environment and identity politics. We need to focus on things that make money.

 

[MrSquished]

Trump transcends all genres and skin colors and dick hormones, as does Kanye.

Trump transcends all because there is stupid in all. There are stupid blacks, asians, hispanics, white, women, men, old, young - where there is stupid there will be Trump support.

Really nothing to talk about.

 

[Jaskalas]

We need to focus on things that make money.

Not that the people would see a dime of that money.