White Lives Matter Shirt Worn by Kanye West at the Yeezy Season 9 Fashion Show in Paris
Alongside conservative commentator Candace Owens, West wore a long-sleeved outfit with the phrase used by white nationalist organizations to his Paris Fashion Week presentation on Thursday.
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Kanye West White Lives Matter Shirt that Stirs Controversy
The message on the artist’s black long-sleeve t-shirt, which the Anti-Defamation League has deemed a “hate slogan,” caused uproar after he legally changed his name to Ye. As the designer spoke at the beginning of the presentation on Monday, the outfit was on full display. Conservative commentator Candace Owens, who attended the show wearing the same shirt in white, also included it in an image she posted on Twitter. Pope John Paul II and the phrase “We Will Follow Your Example” were printed on the front of the shirt. In a speech prior to the event, West wore the shirt as he discussed classism in fashion, his ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s robbery in Paris, how Scooter Braun advised him to continue his 2016 Saint Pablo Tour so he could “make more money,” and how the tour’s cancellation is a moment that he believes will be discussed “for the rest of my life.”
Kanye West has Faced Criticism for his Clothing Choices
The Anti-Defamation League calls the term “White Lives Matter,” which can be seen on West’s shirt, a “white supremacist slogan” that first appeared in 2015 when the Black Lives Matter movement got underway. The Aryan Renaissance Society and other white nationalists have propagated the term, and by 2016, the Ku Klux Klan was doing the same, according to information provided by the organization on its website. In the past, West has faced criticism for his clothing choices, such as the MAGA hat he wore during a performance on Saturday Night Live in 2018 after the release of his album Ye. Later, in a 2021 interview with the podcast Honestly with Bari Weiss, Kardashian talked about West’s choice to support former President Trump and wear the controversial baseball cap. She admitted that she had been first “nervous” about the outfit selection.
Kim Kardashian, Kanye West’s ex-wife’s Reaction to This Matter
Fans were astonished when Kanye West showed up to his Yeezy Season 9 event at Paris Fashion Week on Monday, Oct. 3, wearing a shirt that said “White Lives Matter.” The statement itself, which many people regarded to be “racist,” did not particularly enrage his ex-wife Kim Kardashian, 41. The millionaire reality star and creator of SKIMS “lost it” when she spotted a picture of Kanye posing with Candace Owens, a 33-year-old right-wing podcast host who also wore the same shirt. A source said that Kim is not shocked by Kanye’s decision to put it on his shirt and believes that he is once more attempting to attract attention. She is not even adding to the controversy because she is aware of how much he enjoys stirring things up. She agrees that he is making a terrible decision and that the message would offend a lot of people. Fans are aware that 44-year-old Kanye strongly backed the Black Lives Matter campaign. Along with participating in protests, Kanye gave $2 million to the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor in June 2020, whose terrible deaths stoked the BLM movement. Kim is “utterly confused” by Kanye’s decision to wear such a shirt because she is aware of how much support he provided for the Black Lives Matter movement.
