Kanye West responds to controversial music video where Pete Davidson's buried alive

ok.co.uk:

Kanye West has appeared to address his unusual music video where he looks like he buries alive Kim Kardashian’s new boyfriend, Pete Davidson.

In the video for his track Eazy, the rapper drags a body across the ground to bury it and reveal a Pete-looking character. Kanye, 44, then tips a bag of Rose seeds over the comedian for a rose bush to eventually grow around his head.The Monster rapper has now defended his controversial music video, while branding his work as “art”.

He wrote alongside some of the track artwork for Eazy: “Art is therapy just like this view”. “art is protected as freedom of speech,” Kanye continued. “art inspires and simplifies the world.

Art is not a proxy for any ill or harm. “Any suggestion otherwise about my art is false and mal intended,” followed by a black heart emoji.