In Defense of Ye: Don’t Throw the Bab[Ye] Out with the Bathwater.

Ye, the billionaire music mogul and modern day Beethoven, formerly known as Kanye West, has been acting very Ye as of late. As the editor-in-chief of this e-magazine, I’m not going to make this article about Ye’s alleged “anti-semitism.” Instead, I would like to address something else—Ye’s point:

In a nutshell, Ye is trying to clean the music that hurts the Black community. (If you don’t think music affects the listener, you’re ignorant.) If you ask me, Ye’s message was the most pro-Black message I’ve ever heard, but the ignorant masses have been led to believe that what Ye said was anti-semitic. Without a doubt, Ye directed his message at the Jewish lawyers and owners at the top of the music industry, but only in defense of his own tribe and people. To add insult to injury, Ye was cancelled by his own Black community, compatriots, and confidants (e.g. Revolt Media taking down the interview and apologizing for it even though their slogan is “unapologetically hip hop”), not the “Jewish Media.”

Ye is pro-semite, but even if he were anti-semitic, that isn’t the conversation we should be having. The real conversation we should be having is this: Why are the lyrics to every rap song “Imma fuck yo bitch” and “Imma kill this nigga”?