Thursday 6 October 2022 01:31 AM Kanye West doubles down on White Lives Matter slogan as Diddy comes to his ... trends now
Kanye West stood by the 'White Lives Matter' slogan he wore on a T-shirt at his surprise Yeezy fashion show in Paris on Monday.
The Donda rapper, 45, posted a photo of the long-sleeved black shirt to his Instagram on Wednesday with the caption: 'Here's my latest response when people ask me why I made a tee that says white lives matter… THEY DO.'
Meanwhile, one of the only famous friends coming to the defense of Kim Kardashian's ex-husband at the moment is Sean 'Diddy' Combs, who called the musician a 'free thinker' and says his message was 'misconstrued.'
'They do': Kanye West doubled down on his 'White Lives Matter' slogan on Wednesday and explained that when people ask why he made the shirt he replies that it's because 'They do'
Diddy, 52, said 'My boy is a super, super, super free thinker' in an interview on 'The Breakfast Club on Wednesdy.
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'And a lot of times, what he means is, like, misconstrued, you know what I’m saying?' the record executive added.
When host Charlamagne, 44, interjected to say, 'You gotta stop making excuses for him' he replied, 'No, no, I'm not making excuses, I'm just sayin' if he did it, that's the way he thinks.'
Shocking the fans: Ye, 45, first wore the 'White Lives Matter' design at his surprise Yeezy fashion show in Paris on Monday
Free thinker: One of the only famous friends coming to the defense of Kim Kardashian's ex-husband is Sean 'Diddy' Combs, who called the musician a 'free thinker' and says his message was 'misconstrued'
The rapper also stated that people 'don’t have to condemn Kanye or cancel him,' but that he understands that the shirts are 'very tone-deaf.'
'I understand white lives do matter, but it’s not that,' Diddy went on.
'[Black Lives Matter] was our slogan. That wasn’t our slogan to go share with nobody else… Because right now, we’re the ones that are dying, that are incarcerated, that are left in poverty.'
In defense: Diddy, 52, said 'My boy is a super, super, super free thinker' in an interview on 'The Breakfast Club on Wednesdy
Misconstrued: 'And a lot of times, what he means is, like, misconstrued, you know what I’m saying?' the record executive added, but noted that the shirts are 'very tone-deaf'
'You have to be unapologetically black and love your people and love your tribe first,' he added.
Diddy also revealed that he had previously planned to release his own T-shirt to support West, but now '[needs] a couple of days to get over' the 'White Lives Matter' design.
Ye shocked fans on Monday, when he debuted the design, and even had fashion models in the show wearing the clothing with the message written across it, a response to the Black Lives Matter movement that was founded in 2013 following the fatal shooting
