Kanye West says Black Panther dad was ‘proud’ of White Lives Matter t-shirt

Saturday 22 October 2022 14:38 BST

Kanye West says Black Panther dad was 'proud' of White Lives Matter t-shirt

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Kanye West has defended his ‘White Lives Matter’ t-shirt by saying his Black Panther dad “loved it”.

The rapper appeared in a new interview on Piers Morgan: Uncensored to address the controversial moment from Paris Fashion Week.

“My dad loved the White Lives Matter T-shirt because what audacity does a black man have to wear the exact same T-shirt that a white man could wear?” he argued.

Ray West joined the Black Panthers in the 1960s to challenge police brutality against the African American community.

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