Google Image<\/em><\/p>\n Antonio Jackson If you are wondering what all the uproar about Kanye West or Ye as he prefers to be called, you\u00a0need only watch Revolt\u2019s hit podcast \u201cDrink Champs\u201d interview with the music legend on\u00a0YouTube.<\/p>\n In this interview, Ye made various statements that caused quite the bit of controversy among the\u00a0Jewish and African-American communities. He accused Jewish people of \u201cowning the black\u00a0voice\u201d among a multitude of other allegations. He stated, \u201cThe Jewish community\u2026 will take\u00a0one of us, the brightest of us\u2026 they\u2019ll take us and milk us till we die.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to this, Ye shared his take on the death of George Floyd. Floyd was an African-American man who died as a result of police brutality on May 25, 2020. Derek Chauvin, one of\u00a0the three officers who were at the scene, placed his knee over Floyd\u2019s neck, killing him. He was\u00a0later convicted of the crime and sentenced to 21 years in federal prison.<\/p>\n Despite the backlash gained from his comments, Ye has not festered from his stance on the\u00a0Jewish community. He believes that since there are black people who are also Jewish and he\u00a0personally identifies as Jewish, he cannot be called antisemitic. In one interview he stated, \u201cI\u00a0don\u2019t like the term antisemitic, it has allowed people, specifically in my industry, to get away\u00a0with murder\u2026 I don\u2019t believe in that term.\u201d<\/p>\n The black community was angered by Ye\u2019s disputing the ruling on Floyd\u2019s death. Alluding to the\u00a0idea that he died from drug an overdose. Ye stated, \u201cHe said prayer for eight minutes, they hit\u00a0him with the fentanyl. If you look, the guy\u2019s knee wasn\u2019t even on his neck like that.\u201d<\/p>\n Although the rap artist and his controversial views seem to grow more outrageous every time he\u00a0opens his mouth, some Jackson State University students believe that this will not affect his Kameron Read, a freshman journalism and media studies major from Chattanooga, Tenn., shared\u00a0thoughts on what seems to be West\u2019s immunity to cancel culture.<\/p>\n \u201cHe has already had a profitable career, so all the things he\u2019s saying now isn\u2019t going to change\u00a0his movement. I used to love Kanye, but I just don\u2019t understand him anymore,\u201d said Read.<\/p>\n Pierce Branch, a freshman English major from Clarksville, Tenn., had a similar take on the\u00a0matter, noting that his music will still be heard by many.<\/p>\n \u201cNo matter what he says or do, people are still going to listen to his music. When he brought up\u00a0the fact that he had mental issues, we sort of had to give him leeway. But personally, I still don\u2019t\u00a0support his message,\u201d Branch stated.<\/p>\n In the past, it has been announced that the hip-hop legend was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.\u00a0Adding him to the estimated 2.8 percent of U.S. adults were diagnosed with bipolar disorder in\u00a0the past year, according the National Alliance of Mental Illness. Some of the symptoms of this\u00a0illness are delusion, risk taking behaviors, and manic episodes.<\/p>\n Kendal Smith, PhD., an assistant professor in experimental psychology at JSU, said West\u2019s\u00a0illness could be playing a role in his statements, however, these thoughts are still his own.<\/p>\n \u201cI do believe that a lot of what we are seeing with Kanye\u2019s behavior could be a result of his\u00a0disorder. When someone who has bipolar depression goes through a period of mania or has a\u00a0manic episode, it could lead to behaviors that can be characterized as impulsive or aggressive,\u00a0sometimes marked by delusional thinking\u2026In my opinion, although Kanye\u2019s behavior can be\u00a0understood in the context of his psychological disorder, that does not excuse his behavior,\u201d said West\u2019s statements have not only caused harm to himself but to others as well. N.O.R.E, a host on\u00a0\u201cDrink Champs\u201d, has received criticism for allowing him to make those comments on the show\u00a0and not taking the time to remove them from the interview.<\/p>\n N.O.R.E has since removed the entire interview off YouTube and apologized. It should also be\u00a0noted that the family of Floyd announced on Oct. 18, that they will be filing a $250 million\u00a0lawsuit against West for the comments he made and have since sent him a cease-and-desist letter.<\/p>\n And while some say it is impossible to cancel Ye, it is definitely possible to hurt his bank\u00a0account. According to forbes.com, Adidas, has officially cut ties with the rapper. The popular\u00a0sports company accounted for $1.5 billion of his net worth, dropping Ye down from billionaire\u00a0to millionaire status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Google Image Antonio Jackson Staff Writer If you are wondering what all the uproar about Kanye West or Ye as he prefers to be called,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11252,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11233\/revisions\/11252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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