REPORT: Kanye West talks backlash for wearing MAGA hat and supporting Trump

The report states that Kanye expressed his frustrations over the backlash received from both his fans and critics, as they’ve made assumptions about him due to race, education, and his life as a rapper.

“I’m a black guy with a red [MAGA] hat, can you imagine? …It reminded me of how I felt as a black guy before I was famous, when I would walk in a restaurant and people would look at you like you were going to steal something. ‘This is your place, Ye, don’t talk about apparel. This is your place, Ye, you’re black, so you’re a Democrat,’ ” he said in the WSJ interview.

West has said that, although he is not registered to vote, if he had been registered in 2016, he would’ve voted for Trump.

Having money and celebrity hadn’t protected him, Brinkley wrote in the WSJ article.

“Everything is about putting people in their place. Classism, protectionism—not just racism,” he said one evening. “Classism is like living on a bookshelf. The more money you have, the higher you go. And you get to the top and look over and what do you see? Fear.”

Nine months ago I started tracking the creation of a hoodie, which turned into a puffer vest, which became a Paris fashion week collection and a form of redemption for its designer, Kanye West. Yeezy is a state of mind. Here’s that story. https://t.co/JhB1F7QDea

— Christina Binkley (@BinkleyOnStyle) March 25, 2020

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