Chance The Rapper Blasts Trump After POTUS Thanks Him in Tweet: He’s ‘Made a Career out of Hatred’
My fault yo pic.twitter.com/TIWhG8o1ST
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) April 27, 2018
Chance the Rapper, who publicly supported Kanye West‘s statements expressing support for President Donald Trump on Twitter, has pulled back on his positive comments after Trump shouted him out in a tweet.
“My attempt to support Kanye is being used to discredit my brothers and sisters in the movement and I can’t sit by and let that happen,” Chance said.
Here’s the quick recap: Kanye went on a tweet storm Wednesday talking about everything from managers to lawyers to “dragon energy”; during this, he notably said that “the mob can’t make [him] not love” the president:
You don’t have to agree with trump but the mob can’t make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone. I don’t agree with everything anyone does. That’s what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
Kim Kardashian West got on the free thinking train as well, defending her husband’s “expressive” remarks:
To the media trying to demonize my husband let me just say this… your commentary on Kanye being erratic & his tweets being disturbing is actually scary. So quick to label him as having mental health issues for just being himself when he has always been expressive is not fair
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2018
Once it became clear that Kanye was getting criticized and being called mentally ill as a result of his comments, Chance jumped to his aid as well:
Talked to him two days ago. He’s in a great space and not affected by folk tryna question his mental or physical health. Same Ye from the Vmas, same Ye from the telethon. https://t.co/2zY3KpllV2
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) April 25, 2018
Black people don’t have to be democrats.
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) April 25, 2018
Next President gon be independent
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) April 25, 2018
Meanwhile, due to this defense, Chance was lumped in by the president as part of a great movement where “eyes are being opened for the first time in Decades [sic]”:
Kanye West has performed a great service to the Black Community – Big things are happening and eyes are being opened for the first time in Decades – Legacy Stuff! Thank you also to Chance and Dr. Darrell Scott, they really get it (lowest Black & Hispanic unemployment in history).
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2018
That’s when Chance decided to write a mea culpa, rejecting the president’s praise.
“I’d never support anyone who has made a career out of hatred, racism, and discrimination,” he said. “I’d never support someone who’d talk about Chicago as if it’s hell on earth [sic] and then take steps to make life harder here for the most disenfranchised among us.”
“Let me make up for my poorly timed comments with immediate action and advocacy for those who need it most,” he added.
He also explained that his statement about “not all blacks [having] to be Democrats” stemmed from his frustration with Democratic political figures in Chicago being unable to effect lasting reform in the city.
“But again, said that shit at the wrongest time,” he admitted.
“It’s not my job to protect [Kanye],” he concluded. “It’s my job to pick up the phone and talk to him.”
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