{"id":1677806,"date":"2022-10-07T08:50:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T12:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1677806"},"modified":"2022-10-07T08:51:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T12:51:49","slug":"kanye-west-discusses-death-threats-for-backing-trump-why-he-wore-white-lives-matter-t-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kanye-west-discusses-death-threats-for-backing-trump-why-he-wore-white-lives-matter-t-shirt\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Discusses Death Threats For Backing Trump, Why He Wore \u2018White Lives Matter\u2019 T-Shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkanye-west-discusses-death-threats-for-backing-trump-why-he-wore-white-lives-matter-t-shirt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1677806&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hip-hop artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-kanye-west\">Kanye West<\/a> touched on a range of hot-button topics in an Oct. 6 interview on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-tucker-carlson\">Tucker Carlson<\/a> Tonight,\u201d including why he donned a T-shirt emblazoned with the words \u201cWhite Lives Matter\u201d and revealing he received death threats for his embrace of former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The musician, also known as \u201cYe,\u201d turned heads when during his\u00a0Yeezy Season 9 collection\u00a0presentation in Paris, France, on Oct. 3,\u00a0he wore a T-shirt featuring the words \u201cWhite Lives Matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the Paris event, West was joined by conservative commentator Candace Owens, who wore a matching T-shirt and later took to Twitter to share <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealCandaceO\/status\/1577006587939786755\">images<\/a> of the garment, which featured\u00a0the late Pope John Paul II on the front and the words \u201cWhite Lives Matter\u201d on the back.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e8nlOFBg06\">pic.twitter.com\/e8nlOFBg06<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealCandaceO\/status\/1577000138131656704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The T-shirts sparked some controversy on social media, with Temple University professor and BET host Marc Lamont Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marclamonthill\/status\/1577021753951297536\">calling<\/a> West\u2019s decision to wear the T-shirt \u201cdisgusting, dangerous, and irresponsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his interview with Tucker Carlson, West said his decision to wear the T-shirt came from a sense that it was the right thing to do and was based on his conviction that all life is precious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s using a gut instinct, a connection with God,\u201d he said, adding that it was an expression of \u201ca black man stating the obvious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe answer to why I wrote \u2018White Lives Matter\u2019 on a shirt is because they do,\u201d West said. \u201cIt\u2019s the obvious thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The phrase \u201cwhite lives matter\u201d originated in 2015 as a response to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, which protested the deaths of black men at the hands of police. In 2020, BLM protests often turned violent with mobs vandalizing property and police vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>West told Carlson that he received a threatening phone call over the T-shirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hip-hop artist Kanye West touched on a range of hot-button topics in an Oct. 6 interview on \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight,\u201d including why he donned a T-shirt emblazoned with the words \u201cWhite Lives Matter\u201d and revealing he received death threats for his embrace of former President Donald Trump. 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