Kanye West Addresses His Slavery Comments: “I Would Have Been More Like Harriet Or Nat”

Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West is clearing the air. The hip-hop star has come forward to address his now-infamous comments about slavery.

West went to Twitter Tuesday (May 1) and decoded his TMZ Live remarks.

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the universe has a plan. I knew that TMZ would be awesome.

— ye (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018

we are programmed to always talk and fight race issues. We need to update our conversation.

— ye (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018

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in school we need to learn how magic Johnson built his business not always about the past. Matter fact I've never even heard of a high school class that presents future ideas

— ye (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018

when the media masses and scholars talk about what started today. Here's a title …

the overground hell road

— ye (@kanyewest) May 2, 2018

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