Kanye West discusses his support for Donald Trump

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Kanye West has compared the response to his support of Donald Trump to racial profiling. The rapper, fashion designer and gospel singer is one of the few high-profile Hollywood figures to publicly back the president and once referred to Mr Trump as his “brother”.

West has now dismissed his critics and said people only assumed he would be a Democrat because of his skin colour. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal Magazine, he said: “I’m a black guy with a red hat, can you imagine? “It reminded me of how I felt as a black guy before I was famous, when I would walk in a restaurant and people would look at you like you were going to steal something. “‘This is your place, Ye, don’t talk about apparel.