Kanye West Talks to TMZ, Stands by Antisemitism, Says He Can’t Be Canceled

Kanye West says he hasn’t been canceled but for a pair totally different causes — and he additionally explains why he is not backing down from a few of his antisemitic statements.

We acquired Ye Monday at LAX — after he’d returned from Tremendous Bowl festivities in Vegas — and the man talked to us a few bunch of subjects. As his lastly launched new album “Vultures” hit #1 on iTunes, he marked that success by digging into why he survived his “cancelation.”

Test it out … Kanye tells our photog he weathered the storm final 12 months, and got here out the opposite aspect maybe much more profitable than ever … at the least in his eyes.

That is debatable, in fact, as a result of he misplaced out on plenty of enterprise offers, to not point out a whole bunch of tens of millions of {dollars}. And but, Kanye thinks he is landed on his toes fairly effectively … and he explains why.

Kanye says he is acquired a number of various things in his utility belt which have helped him stay well-liked, even in a mainstream capability … and he says plenty of it has to do with the actual fact he is extremely gifted with distinctive, attention-grabbing concepts.

After all, his devoted followers additionally love that he is outspoken … one thing KW’s effectively conscious of too. All that’s the reason he says he is been in a position to survive a modern-day teardown.

He cites his feud with Adidas in making this level, and likewise lays out why he was in Europe for therefore lengthy final 12 months. It was truly extra enterprise than pleasure in spite of everything.

Anyway, Kanye says enterprise is booming for him but once more … regardless of the business’s finest efforts. That is how he sees it anyway.

You may inform from this interview, he is in full us-versus-them mode proper now. He assaults the music business and document labels, saying the streaming construction is not honest to artists — and vows to talk up on these points on behalf of all artists.

Curiously, he even places himself in the identical boat as his archenemy, Taylor Swift! Sure, he speaks her title, and never in a disparaging method.

With regards to antisemitism … he provides a non-apology apology for a few of his hate speech however believes different feedback have been spot-on.

He additionally cites an oft-used protection of his as to why he cannot be antisemitic.

Watch it for your self, however actually the one apology he provides is to the Jewish children who needed to hear a “grown-up conversation.”