Kanye West has been very vocal in the past about how the fashion world has discriminated against him for being black, and is now saying that he also feels discriminated against for being heterosexual.
The rapper made the comments in a two hour-long live interview with Show Studio earlier this week (October 6). "I feel like I got discriminated in fashion for not being gay," West said. "In music, you definitely get discriminated in music if you are gay. It takes amazing talents to break down barriers. Everyone thought that when Frank Ocean dropped that it was going to be bad for his career (Ocean came out in 2012). I feel like it's so cliche to speak about him as it relates to this subject, but there are people who broke the ground and he broke the ground. The people that break the stereotypes make history."
West continued on to speak about his reaction to the news of Caitlyn Jenner, his wife's step-parent. "The first thing I thought about was a black radio show host maybe possibly making jokes because the black culture is generally homophobic," he said. "Then it was like, 'Fuck what people say. Fuck what people think.' I feel proud to be in a family that has so many people breaking ground for generations to come."
By Devon Pyne for RAPstation.com
Kanye West says fashion world discriminated against him
Kanye West has been very vocal in the past about how the fashion world has discriminated against him for being black, and is now saying that he also feels discriminated against for being heterosexual.
The rapper made the comments in a two hour-long live interview with Show Studio earlier this week (October 6). "I feel like I got discriminated in fashion for not being gay," West said. "In music, you definitely get discriminated in music if you are gay. It takes amazing talents to break down barriers. Everyone thought that when Frank Ocean dropped that it was going to be bad for his career (Ocean came out in 2012). I feel like it's so cliche to speak about him as it relates to this subject, but there are people who broke the ground and he broke the ground. The people that break the stereotypes make history."
West continued on to speak about his reaction to the news of Caitlyn Jenner, his wife's step-parent. "The first thing I thought about was a black radio show host maybe possibly making jokes because the black culture is generally homophobic," he said. "Then it was like, 'Fuck what people say. Fuck what people think.' I feel proud to be in a family that has so many people breaking ground for generations to come."
By Devon Pyne for RAPstation.com
