Kanye West Make American Great Again
Kanye West is known to walk the line betwixt being famous and infamous due to both his achievements and reputation for controversial actions or crazy statements.
He's a trending celebrity who'southward constantly in the limelight and considered one of the best-selling male artists of all time. The rapper has definitely built a brand proper noun for himself, though not one that is squeaky make clean and spotless.
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From ranting well-nigh the President (and so supporting another) to storming the MTV VMAs stage, we rank Kanye Westward's controversies from to the lowest degree to almost shocking…
33. Kanye and Kim Cover Vogue
March 2014
It's not everyday y'all see a former adult-record star and controversial rapper gracing the cover of Vogue, is it? The way world had a mini breakdown when they saw Kanye West and Kim Kardashian appearing on the cover of Vogue magazine in 2014.
This is marked as one of Kim'southward controversial moments and possibly the beginning of Kanye's effort at ruling the high fashion world. Despite the backlash, information technology's rubber to say the duo looked great. If editor-in-chief Anna Wintour didn't have a trouble with information technology, and then why should nosotros, right?
32. Kanye Rumored to Cheat on Kim with Jeffree Star
January 2021
2021 was welcomed with a bunch of Kimye rumors that the world merely couldn't shake off. First, we heard that he and Kim were getting a divorce later on vi years of wedlock, and so information technology was said that the breakup was due to a adulterous scandal – on Ye's behalf! TikTok user, Ava Louise triggered a rumor that Kanye had been hooking up with YouTuber, Jeffree Star during his relationship with Kim.
When asked by YouTube drama personality Daniel "Keemstar" Keem about the truth, Jeffrey Star replied, "Hahaha" and "I'm having the best fourth dimension in Wyoming, come visit former!" – alluding to the fact that Kanye has been staying in Wyoming the past few months. It also didn't help when Star deleted a tweet from 2011 replying to Kanye that said "terminal night was then fun! xoxo."
Nevertheless, the shocking claims were put to bed when Star finally denied the rumors on YouTube saying, "I'k single. I'k not sleeping with anyone," Star said. "I like very alpine men. Me and Kanye have never hung out, and this whole matter is really funny … How did we even get to this moment? How would that fifty-fifty exist fabricated upwards? Because we both live in the aforementioned land?"
31. Kanye Changes His Legal Name
October 2021
About stars permit their stage names remain phase names, just that's not the example for Kanye. Indeed, the trending star has decided to change his legal name to "Ye". Later making the request in August, a judge approved for Kanye Omari West to formally be referred to as just Ye in October 2021.
While Kanye cited "personal reasons" for this shocking conclusion, he stated in the by in a radio interview, "I believe 'ye' is the most unremarkably used word in the Bible, and in the Bible information technology means y'all. So I'm yous, I'm us, information technology's us."
30. Kanye Causes a Stir with 'Eazy' Lyrics
January 2022
Things haven't been pretty between Kanye and his ex-wife Kim since their split up. Afterwards finding out that Kim was dating Pete Davidson, the creative person decided to comment on their human relationship through a diss track titled Eazy. He rapped, "God saved me from that crash but so I tin beat Pete Davidson's ass."
That'south not all. Yeezy likewise threw shade at his ex-wife's parenting skills by rapping, "I got dear for the nannies, but real family is better." It seems the star isn't a fan of having "nannies" watch over his four children.
29. Kanye Brings Up Kim's Record
January 2022
Ye clearly has a affair for embarrassing his ex-wife. Post-obit his divorce from Kim, the rapper made some claims about her controversial tape with Ray-J. Although this is something the socialite has been trying to shake off from her epitome, Ye went ahead and fanned the flames by revealing that there was actually a second record of Kim Kardashian and Ray J and that he was the one to stop information technology from leaking.
Telling Hollywood Unlocked, Kanye said that he retrieved the record from Ray-J's laptop, to which Kim was extremely relieved and even broke down in tears. "She cried when she saw information technology. You know why she cried when she seen information technology on the laptop? Because information technology represents how much she's been used," the rapper said. "It represents how much people didn't dearest her, and they only saw her as a commodity."
Kim'south spokespeople denied in that location was e'er a second tape. #AWKS
28. Kanye Fights with Kid Cudi
Ye got upset with his "friend" and boyfriend rapper Kid Cudi over the Mr. Rager artist'south apparent friendship with Pete Davidson (who is dating Due west'due south ex-wife Kim Kardashian). Shamelessly taking to Instagram, Ye wrote (and since deleted) that Cudi "volition not be onDonda because he's friends with you lot know who…"
Cudi responded to the news that he would exist removed from Ye'due south new album by commenting, "Too bad I don't wanna be on ur album u fu**in dinosaur hahaha 🤣." He later added on Twitter,
Kanye before long shared a now-deleted Instagram post that featured a grouping photograph with Child Cudi and Davidson's confront crossed out with the caption, "I JUST WANTED MY FRIEND TO HAVE MY BACK THE KNIFE Only GOES IN DEEPER".
27. Kanye Fights With Kim
Feb 2022
It seems Kimye'due south divorce isn't going down too well. The rapper decided to set on his ex-wife in a series of Tweets, accusing her of bad parenting for allowing their eight-year-erstwhile girl Due north on Tik-Tok. "SINCE THIS IS MY FIRST DIVORCE I Demand TO KNOW WHAT I SHOULD Practice ABOUT MY DAUGHTER BEING PUT ON TIK TOK Against MY WILL?", Kanye wrote on Instagram.
When Kim replied to West'south "hurtful" comments slamming his "abiding attacks" on her and naming herself "the main provider and caregiver for their [our] children", Ye exploded on Instagram by accusing Kim of "kidnapping" their girl Chicago subsequently he wasn't invited to her 4th birthday.
He wrote, "What do you lot mean by master provider ? America saw you lot attempt to kid nap my daughter on her altogether by not providing the address. You put security on me inside of the house to play with my son then accused me of stealing I had to take a drug exam after Chicago's political party cause you accused me of being on drugs …"
26. Kanye Asks Billie Eilish for Apology
Feb 2022
I mean, it's not the offset time Ye has bashed a celebrity in public. It's kind of his favorite thing to do. The latest Kanye feud to have the world by storm was with none other than Billie Eilish. The rapper tried to 'out' the singer by taking to Instagram and asking her to "repent" to Travis Scott.
Why, yous may ask? Billie Eilish stopped her Atlanta show later on realizing that a fan was struggling to breathe and reportedly told the crowd, "I expect for people to exist OK until I keep going."
Some have interpreted this as a dig towards Travis Scott whose Astroworld show in 2021 went on for 37 minutes after the event was considered a "mass casualty effect" and left 10 people dead.
Not only did Ye ask Eilish to apologize for this annotate, he as well added that Travis Scott would be joining him at Coachella, despite the fact that Travis was dropped from the festival's lineup following the Astroworld tragedy.
25. Kanye Attacks Pete Davidson
Just when we thought his Eazy lyrics marked the end of the Kanye vs. Pete debacle, the Donda artist went ahead and launched a exact attack on Davidson on social media.
From posting a meme on Instagram showing a Curiosity–style "Team Ye" versus "Squad Pete" setup, and captioning it, "THE Cyberspace HAS All the same NOT Institute A DECENT Movie OF SKETE," to publicly calling Pete a "di**head", the rapper did not hold back during his rants.
Kanye later shared screenshots of letters from Pete which wrote, "I'd never get [in the] way of your children," just Ye captioned the snap, "NO You Volition NEVER Run into MY CHILDREN."
Ye then shared more posts calling Pete "garbage" and "trash" and fifty-fifty brought the belatedly Mac Miller into the fiasco by claiming Pete once sent Miller intimate photos of himself and (his ex) Ariana Grande, to stop them from getting back together.
Afterward more rants with the words, "IF YOU See SKETE IN Existent LIFE SCREAM AT YHE LOOSER AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS AND SAY KIMYE FOREVER," Kanye shared screenshots of texts from Kim telling him he was "creating a dangerous and scary environment" for Davidson with his deportment.
Kanye responded past sharing an Instagram image captioned, 'UPON MY WIFE'S REQUEST PLEASE NOBODY Do ANYTHING PHYSICAL TO SKETE IM GOING TO HANDLE THE SITUATION MYSELF.'
24. Kanye Sets Himself on Fire
August 2021
We all know Kanye likes the wow gene. During a listening party for his album Donda, Ye set him self ablaze whilst walking out of a replica of his childhood dwelling. Of course, the star was wearing protective gear and the burn down was rapidly wiped out, but it didn't stop u.s. from wondering WTF made Kanye do it. We guess it's something he would telephone call "art".
23. Kanye Asks Marking Zuckerberg for $1 Billion
February 2016
Mr Westward truly has no shame in disclosing his personal finances. After admitting that he was $53 one thousand thousand in debt, Kanye announced that he was in demand of more money to invest in his creative projects.
He took it and so far, that he started campaigning for Facebook founder, Marking Zuckerberg to invest $1 billion in him. This certainly goes downwardly every bit one of Kanye'due south crazy moments thus far.
22. Kanye Attacks Wiz Khalifa
January 2016
Ye is no stranger to Twitter beef! If y'all follow him, we're certain your timeline has been flooded with his ranting tweets for days on end. One of his near infamous celebrity fights was with Wiz Khalifa in 2016.
When Kanye appear that he wanted to name his anthology "Waves", Wiz defendant him of not showing respect to Max B for popularizing "wave" and "wavy" in rap. Of form, this led to a whole Twitter tirade with Kanye somewhen saying that he "owns" Wiz's child (may we remind you that Wiz has a son with Kanye's ex, Amber Rose). Boy oh boy.
21. Kanye Rants About Losing the VMAs
October 2007
For someone who continues to dismiss awards, Kanye always seems engaged with them and easily offended. Back in 2007, the rapper was outraged that he lost all five of the awards he was nominated for and that he hadn't been asked to play on the main stage like Justin Timberlake or Britney Spears.
His response? Throwing a fit backstage and threatening to never attend the MTV VMAs always once more. Every bit we all know, he did not concur to that threat, although Taylor Swift probably wished he did.
20. Kanye Compares Himself to Jesus
February 2006
It seems that "Yeezus", every bit he named his sixth album, does feel prosecuted. The rapper posed for Rolling Stone with a crown of thorns and fake blood, challenge that he can brand a directly comparing betwixt himself and Jesus.
Why? Because he had to "fight for recognition" and "suffer for his success". Not quite the aforementioned. And yet, he does not feel the same honey and devotion. Kanye stated that people look at him similar he'southward Hitler when he walks downwardly the street.
19. Kanye Offends a Guy in a Wheelchair
September 2014
When Kanye told fans at a concert in Sydney to get on their anxiety, he expected anybody to do it – including a person in a wheelchair who couldn't physically comply with the rapper'south demands. Kanye wasn't thrilled at all and said that he couldn't sing until anybody stood upwards.
Every bit for the person in the wheelchair? To quote "OK, well, we gotta expect and so." That would exist a long time waiting, yet the rapper fabricated it a point to complain how "unbelievable" it is that he had to pause for then long. The crowd booed. Eventually, Kanye said information technology was okay that the fan wasn't standing up.
18. Kanye Jokes with Beck
Feb 2015
The rapper wasn't done with his habit of rushing the phase in defense force of Beyoncé. After his 2009 incident with Taylor Swift (more than on that subsequently), Kanye seemed to disagree that Beck's Forenoon Stage deserved the Album of the Year accolade in 2015.
For a while, it seemed similar a joke. Then it wasn't. Eventually, the rapper tried to play it off as a joke and apologized a few weeks afterward on Twitter. Every bit he put it, "It was a joke – like the Grammy's themselves".
17. Kanye 'Buries' Pete Davidson in Video
Anybody thought Kanye had officially lost his heed when he released the music video for his song Eazy. Not just practice the lyrics cuss Pete Davidson (equally mentioned earlier), but the visuals ridicule the comedian even further.
Indeed, the clip sees Kanye coffin Pete Davidson after kidnapping him and placing a purse over his head. The music clip ends with the text, "everyone lives happily ever after…except for Skete you know who". Information technology finally ends with "jk he's fine".
"Joke", Kanye? Really?
xvi. Kanye Bashes Taylor Swift
February 2016
Like things weren't bad plenty already between them, Kanye and Taylor's infamous feud was farther ignited when he released his song Famous, where he shamelessly called her a "b***h".
Swift's fans and other celebrities instantly became outraged, and there was no shortage of people who found Kanye's song tasteless. However, the rapper claimed that he'd had his wife'southward blessings for the lyrics and Swift'southward too. He tweeted that the female person artist in question found it funny.
15. Kanye Supports Trump, Bashes Beyonce & Jay-Z
November 2016
Kanye shocked his fans when he admitted that he would have voted for Donald Trump had he taken part in the Presidential Election in 2016. Even though Kanye was booed afterwards announcing he was Squad Donald, the rapper showed no fear a few nights later.
He launched a verbal attack on Jay-Z and Beyonce for over 20 minutes during his show in Sacramento before calling it quits and walking off stage. Having but performed 3 songs, the crowd were rightfully given a refund for their tickets.
This wasn't the first time Kanye had allow off steam and ranted his middle out, just it seems this time the artist had gone too far, that it'd taken a price on his mental health. Kanye was later hospitalized for a psychiatric evaluation and remained there during Thanksgiving weekend. Upon his release, he took an 11-month (very-much needed) suspension from Twitter.
xiv. Kanye Meets Trump
Dec 2016
2016 truly was a roller-coaster yr for Kanye. Anybody thought they were seeing things when he was photographed entering the Trump Belfry to have a meeting with the U.S. president.
While Kanye revealed that he visited Trump to hash out "bullying, supporting teachers, modernizing curriculums, and violence in Chicago", many saw this as Trump'southward endeavor to appeal to the black customs. Kanye then received a lot of backlash for ignoring Trump'south supposed motives.
13. Kanye Announces he's Running for President
Baronial 2015
In Baronial 2015, the rapper announced that he would exist running for president in 2020. People were excited to hear his presidential speeches and possibly see Kim Kardashian as America's First Lady. No one knew what would happen, but what we did know is that the world was getting crazier by the infinitesimal.
12. Kanye Runs for President
July 2020
Just when everyone put Kanye's outrageous announcement behind them, the rapper made an explosive reveal on July 4th 2020 that he was indeed running for president that year. Fifty-fifty Elon Musk supported Kanye saying that he had his "full support". Afterward several rallies however, Kanye's campaign was unsuccessful, garnering just 0.04% of votes nationally.
11. Kanye Criticizes Harriet Tubman
July 2020
During one of his rallies, Kanye acquired a commotion past ranting about the prestigious historical figure, Harriet Tubman. Tubman was an African American woman who escaped slavery, helped enslaved Black men and women travel to freedom and fought for the Union during the Ceremonious War.
While many admire her experiences, Kanye shut them down during his run as president claiming Tubamn "never actually freed the slaves, she merely had them piece of work for other white people."
10. Kanye Turns on His Family
July 2020
Following his embarrassing rally rant, Kanye published an array of tweets confronting his (and so) wife, Kim and mother-in-law, Kris Jenner.
"Kim was trying to fly to Wyoming with a doctor to lock me upwards similar on the movie Exit considering I cried about saving my daughters life yesterday," he tweeted.
As mentioned below, Kanye revealed that Kim wanted to accept an abortion when she was pregnant with N Westward. Kanye afterwards attacked another fellow member of the Kardashian family, Kris by saying that Kim would never forcefulness North'southward career choices like she did to Kim – AKA that Playboy shoot. "I put my life on my God that North'due south mom would never photograph her doing playboy and that'south on God."
He also wasn't shy in comparison Kris to North Korea'southward disciplinarian leader Kim Jong Un, naming her "Kris Jong-Un".
9. Kanye Talks Ballgame, Breaks Downward
July 2020
During the same presidential rally, Kanye exhibited a breakdown when he brought up the bailiwick of abortion. The artist told crowds how his father wanted to arrest him, but his mother chose to save him.
At the mention of his tardily mother, Kanye burst out in tears and sobbed before he connected his bluster claiming that he "about killed his [my] girl". In a speech communication that conspicuously humiliated his wife, Kanye revealed that Kim considered not having Northward when she was meaning with her in 2013.
viii. Kanye Invites DaBaby and Marilyn Manson on Stage
Baronial 2021
If Kanye has one way of getting attention, information technology's past associating himself with controversial people. Right when Marilyn Manson and DaBaby were facing respective sexual assault and anti-gay allegations against them, Kanye decided to bring them out on phase with him during the listening event for his album Donda.
7. Kanye Claims Cosby is Innocent
February 2016
Many turned against Kanye when he dedicated Beak Cosby in February 2015. With a public opinion widely against the actor, Kanye stupidly but bravely tweeted, "BILL COSBY INNOCENT !!!!!!!!!!" His tweet received an onslaught of responses expressing disappointment, shock and cloy.
6. Kanye's Famous Music Video
June 2016
Kanye got the people talking when he released his shocking and scandalous music video for his vocal, Famous. The controversial video clip featured wax figurines of famous people unclothed sleeping in bed together including George Bush, Anna Wintour, Donald Trump, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Kim Kardashian, Amber Rose, Taylor Swift, Ray J, Caitlyn Jenner, Bill Cosby and Kanye himself.
Although Kanye claimed the video was "artistic", information technology didn't finish his haters from causing a stir and expressing outrage. In fact, the visual was and then full of controversy that Taylor Swift'southward team considered filing a lawsuit against him.
5. Kanye Defends R Kelly
Jan 2019
Kanye didn't get off to a skilful offset in early 2019 when he publicly defended R Kelly. Despite the widespread condemnation of the singer following the release of the documentary, Surviving R Kelly, Ye outrageously claimed that fans should proceed to listen to his music and that we should carve up the art from the artist.
"They but gonna pull up full documentaries on him, then they gonna come with the Michael (Jackson) documentary. … We tin all bask all their music all we want. I thought I wasn't going to go there today. If we're gonna tear down artists, permit's get ahead and take (Leonardo) da Vinci out the Lourve while we're at information technology. Let's accept down all the art."
Kim quickly took to Twitter to defend her husband past saying his words were taken out of context.
four. Kanye'southward Outburst on President Bush
September 2005
Kanye left anybody speechless when he went off-script during a live Boob tube fundraiser for the victims of Hurricane Katrina back in 2006. While Mike Myers stared blankly at the camera, Kanye went on to bluster about the media'southward portrayal of Katrina'southward blackness victims and ended his burst past bashing the president.
In what was ane of his most shocking moments, Kanye said "George Bush doesn't intendance about blackness people,". The bear witness'south producer cut him off immediately and moved on to next presenter. Talk well-nigh AWKWARD!
3. Kanye Wears a MAGA Hat
April 2018
Information technology was bad enough when Kanye met the detested President in his Trump Belfry in Dec 2016, but Kanye made his support for Donald Trump loud and clear when he posted a photo of himself wearing a Make America Great Again hat in April 2018.
After getting the lid signed by the president himself, Kanye went on to tweet that Trump was his "brother". His support for the president has led to many turning their backs on Ye. How could he go from bashing George Bush in 2006 to supporting Trump in 2018?!
2. Kanye says Slavery was a "Option"
May 2018
In mid-2018, information technology seemed as though Kanye had hit the last straw. We can only take so much of what he says until he preaches something completely crazy and unforgivable. In May, the rapper done an interview with TMZ where he shared his thoughts on several controversial topics including free thought and slavery:
"When y'all hear virtually slavery for 400 years. For 400 years? That sounds like a choice. You lot were there for 400 years, and it is all of y'all?"
After complete backlash from celebrities and several others effectually the globe, Kanye took to Twitter to express what he really meant. Can you forgive Ye for saying these things?
1. Kanye Interrupts Taylor'due south VMAs Speech
September, 2009
Everyone would agree that Kanye's craziest and most controversial moment ever occurred at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. The Life of Pablo rapper rushed the stage in protestation to Taylor Swift winning the Best Female Video for You lot Belong With Me. Kanye famously got on the stage during Swift's credence speech, ranting and protesting that Beyoncé's Unmarried Ladies should've won.
The then-teen stated that she had been "excited at first" to see the rapper on stage with her, but then she merely concluded upward "hurt" past the intrusion and offense.
Whether he's loved or hated, Kanye West is undoubtedly i of the nigh controversial celebrities of our generation and his crazy antics don't seem to be coming to an cease whatsoever fourth dimension shortly.
Nosotros're sure in that location will be more outbursts and shocking moments to come up. We'll keep you updated…
This article was originally published in June 2016.
There are sections of this article that were written past Mike J.
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