George Floyd’s family reportedly considering lawsuit over Kanye West’s comments on his death

Kanye West is taking on the subject of whether there are limits to free speech, which comes in the wake of his anti-Semitic remarks over the past few weeks.While appearing on Piers Morgan Uncensored, West insisted 'there are no limits for free speech', after the host prefaced the question by stating he felt there's currently a 'war' on the first-amendment guarantee.In making his case, West accused Quentin Tarantino of stealing an idea he pitched to the renowned writer/director, as well as Jamie Foxx, for his Gold Digger music video and using it as the plot for his 2012 film Django Unchained. Major claim: Kanye West accused Quentin Tarantino is stealing the original idea he had for his Gold Digger music video and using it for his slavery-themed Western film Django UnchainedWest's alleged pitch to Tarantino and Foxx would have had to happened before June 2005, which is when the rapper released the Gold Digger video that featured Foxx, West and a handful of pinup models posing for fictitious magazine covers. Django Unchained began shooting in November 2011, and centers about a freed slave Django Freeman (Jamie Foxx) who works with a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to rescue his wife (Kerry Washington) from a plantation.

Kim Kardashian blew out her birthday candles at a low-key party Friday.The now 42-year-old was presented with a multi-layer cake decorated with what appeared to be yellow and white buttercream roses.'Happy Birthday Kim' was written on a white chocolate heart. Birthday bash: Kim Kardashian celebrated her 42nd birthday with family and friends Friday, blowing out the candles on a large cake with 'Happy Birthday Kim' written on white chocolate In a video of it being delivered to the reality star someone in the background can be heard shouting 'blow b**ch, blow!' The influencer celebrated with friends and family at her office space in Calabasas, California. The area was transformed with the help of draping to create an intimate space as tables and candles in various shapes and sizes were placed around the room.  Low-key: The influencer celebrated with friends and family at her office space in Calabasas, California.

Apparently, Kanye West isn’t too concerned about fashion brands severing ties from him amid his string of controversies.

Kanye West continues to face the consequences for his slew of controversies.

Kim Kardashian reportedly stopped taking ex-husband Kanye West calls amid his anti-Semitic firestorm.And on Friday, Kim was spotted ending her birthday at nine-year-old daughter North's basketball game with her eldest son Saint, six, - with ex Kanye shortly arriving to the game as well.Kanye, who recently said he and Kim were only divorced 'on paper,'  was seen arriving to the game separately looking somber, amid his string of controversies. Support: Kim Kardashian reportedly stopped taking ex-husband Kanye West calls amid his anti-Semitic firestorm.

It looks like Kanye West is bringing on Johnny Depp’s powerhouse attorney to his team.

Amy Schumer is sounding off on Kanye West in the wake of his anti-Semitic remarks over the past few weeks.The comedian has joined the #RunAwayFromHate campaign, and the effort to hit West in his bottom line by asking massive companies like Adidas to stop doing business with the legendary rapper and entrepreneur.'Join me and @adl national demanding @adidas #runawayfromhate and re-evaluate their deal with @kanyewest,' Schumer wrote in an Instagram Stories post, which ended with '#RunAwayFromHate', along with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) logo at the bottom.Schumer is pals with the rapper's estranged wife Kim Kardashian and even appeared in the last season of The Kardashians. She gave reality star advice about her opening monologue ahead of her Saturday Night Live debut last year (although Kim mostly ignored her suggestions).

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Kanye West dubbed Piers Morgan a “Karen” in an interview that came days after the rapper posted an anti-semitic tweet and just weeks following his 'White Lives Matter' controversy. The 45 year old slammed the TalkTV host as he appeared on his show Uncensored as part of a two-hour interview special.

Kanye West has apologised for the "hurt and confusion" caused by his recent antisemitic remarks. Appearing on the Piers Morgan Uncensored show on Wednesday, the 45-year-old rapper, who is now legally named 'Ye', initially defended his comments after Morgan confronted him about his threats to go "DEFCON 3 on Jewish people".When asked if he regretted the remarks, he initially responded “No, absolutely not” before admitting that the comments were racist: “Yes, that’s why I said it," he said.

Kanye West will face a 250 million dollar (£221 million) lawsuit brought by the family of George Floyd, following recent remarks the rapper made about his death. Lawyers representing the family issued a cease and desist letter to West and said his comments were a “repugnant attempt to discount George Floyd’s life and to profit from his inhumane death”. It comes after the rapper made an appearance on the US podcast Drink Champs, where he claimed Mr Floyd was killed by a fentanyl overdose, in contrast to a medical examiner’s evidence.

Kanye West has refused to show remorse for his recent outbursts of antisemitism, now declaring that he made those comments because he knew they’d spur animosity.West has made a string of antisemitic comments over the past week including inflammatory posts aimed at Jews led to West being booted from Instagram and later Twitter. He would later attempt to spout similar comments on Fox News, the Drink Champs podcast, and LeBron James’ talk show The Shop.

Kanye West has been in the midst of divorce proceedings with ex-wife Kim Kardahian but, this week, he became embroiled in an even more serious lawsuit. The rapper has been hit with a $250 million lawsuit by the family of George Floyd, who died in 2020 after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nine-and-a-half minutes. During a podcast appearance, West made false statements about Floyd’s death, and the late security guard’s family has opted to sue the star for defamation and more.

Kanye West is offering an apology.

Kanye West is about to be in the middle of a big lawsuit, following controversial claims about George Floyd. The mother of the victim of police brutality decided to file a $250 million lawsuit against the rapper.During a recent interview on a podcast Kanye claimed that Floyd had died from fentanyl.

The mother of George Floyd's daughter is planning to file a $250 million lawsuit against Kanye West. Roxie Washington, who is the mother of Gianna Floyd, is taking action against the 45-year-old rapper for harassment, misappropriation, defamation, and infliction of emotional distress after he recently alleged George died as a result of fentanyl use and not as a result of police brutality. Witherspoon Law Group and Dixon and Dixon Attorneys at Law confirmed that the family have already issued a cease-and-desist letter to Kanye for having made "false statements about George Floyd’s death to promote his brands, and increase marketing value and revenue for himself, his business partners, and associates.

Josh Campbell will lead CNN’s new “Guns in America” beat, one of the new initiatives announced earlier this year by CNN chairman and CEO Chris Licht.

George Floyd’s daughter has sued Kanye West for $250m in the wake of his controversial comments about Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minnesota police officer. The rapper sparked new controversy over the weekend by claiming that Floyd died from the drug Fentanyl and that a police officer’s knee “wasn’t even on his neck like that.