The star was a guest on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight,' where he said his decision to wear the controversial apparel came from 'a connection with God and just brilliance.'
that aired Thursday, the rapper was asked why he wore the shirt that spurred immediate backlash in the fashion community and elsewhere, with West responding that he does “certain things from a feeling.” He went on to say, “It’s using a gut instinct, a connection with God and just brilliance.”
West said that his father texted him saying he found the shirt humorous, and the star himself agreed. “My dad is an educated ex-Black Panther, and he put a text to me today and he said, ‘White lives matter hahahaha,'” the star recalled. “And I said, ‘I thought the shirt was a funny shirt; I thought the idea of me wearing it was funny.’ And I said, ‘Dad, why did you think it was funny?’ He said, ‘Just a Black man stating the obvious.
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