The 45-year-old rapper-turned-designer expressed his remorse while being surrounded by paparazzi on Friday night, October 28, claiming, 'When I see that video as a Black person, it hurts my feelings.'
- Oct 30, 2022
AceShowbiz - Kanye West has finally owned up to his mistake. The "N***a in Paris" hitmaker issued an apology for his comments on George Floyd's death, claiming that losing the Adidas partnership has "humbled" him.
The 45-year-old expressed his remorse while being surrounded by paparazzi on Friday night, October 28. "When I see that video as a Black person, it hurts my feelings," he said, per Consequence. "And I know that police do attack [sic] and that America is generally racist."
"And I understand that when we got to say Black Lives Matter, the idea of it made us feel good together as a people," the ex-husband of Kim Kardashian added. "Now, afterwards there was some things where the money went in order to push us to the Democratic vote."
Kanye went on to note that he finally understands the pain after Adidas cut ties with him, which made him lose his billionaire status. "So when I questioned the death of George Floyd, it hurt my people," he acknowledged. "I want to apologize. Because God has showed me by what adidas is doing, by what the media is doing, I know what it feels to have a knee on my neck right now."
"So thank you God for humbling me and letting me know how it really felt," the Yeezy designer continued. "Because how could the richest Black men ever be humbled other than to be made to not be a billionaire in front of everyone off a comment."
Kanye enraged black community after he said on "Drink Champs" that George died of fentanyl rather than being murdered by police officer Derek Chauvin, who kneeled onto George's neck for 9 minutes. In the wake of the comments, Ye is reportedly facing a $250 million lawsuit by Roxie Washington, the mother of George Floyd's daughter Gianna Floyd.
In a complaint, Roxie accused Ye of making "false statements about George Floyd's death to promote his brands, and increase marketing value and revenue for himself, his business partners, and associates." The Floyd family also claimed in the cease-and-desist letter that the "Stronger" rapper's statements were "blatantly false" and "malicious" and argue Gianna is being "retraumatized" by Kanye's comments, which are "creating an unsafe and unhealthy environment for her."
