Kanye West says art 'is not a proxy for any ill or harm' following controversy over video for Eazy

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Kanye 'Ye' West defended his work and shared his interpretation of what art means in an Instagram post on Sunday.The 44-year-old rapper posted an image of a church on fire from his recent video for the track Eazy, which garnered controversy after the Claymation clip depicted him committing violent acts against a character resembling Pete Davidson, 28, who is dating his ex-wife Kim Kardashian, 41.'Art is therapy just like this view,' West captioned the post. 'Art is protected as freedom of speech.

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.' The latest:Kanye 'Ye' West, 44, defended his work and shared his interpretation of what art means in an Instagram post on SundayWest released the video on Wednesday, which coincided with Kardashian being declared legally single following a video hearing at Los Angeles Superior Court.She initially filed for divorce from the Grammy-winning artist in February of 2021, and has been romantically-linked with Davidson since October.The song includes the lyrics, 'God saved me from that crash/ Just so I can beat Pete Davidson's a**,' with West alluding to a 2002 car crash he was involved in.

The video for the clip showed West kidnapping the SNL star with a bag over his head, tying him to the back of an ATV and burying him up to his head.