Kanye West responds to “White Lives Matter” backlash: “Everyone knows that Black Lives Matter was a scam”

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Kanye West has responded to backlash over him wearing a “White Lives Matter” shirt this week by declaring: “Everyone knows that Black Lives Matter was a scam.”The rapper has doubled down on his views, writing on his Instagram Stories today (October 4) that the Black Lives Matter movement “was a scam”.

He added: “Now it’s over…you’re welcome”.Ye wore a shirt with the phrase “White Lives Matter” emblazoned on the back yesterday (October 3) at at live-streamed presentation of his latest Yeezy fashion line.

It followed him making his catwalk debut at Balenciaga’s Paris Fashion Week show over the weekend.As Rolling Stone pointed out, the phrase – an appropriation of the Black Lives Matter slogan used to protest racial injustice, discrimination and police brutality – has been adopted by white supremacist organisations in recent years.

It’s categorised by the Anti-Defamation League as a hate slogan.Kanye West and Candace Owens wearing “White Lives Matter” shirts at his fashion show in Paris.