Rapper and trend dressmaker Kanye West drew criticism on Monday after he wore a shirt emblazoned with the divisive phrase “White Lives Matter” on its again to a shocking exhibit of his new Yeezy line at Paris Fashion Week.
The phrase itself is labeled with the aid of the Anti-Defamation League as a hate slogan. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, White Lives Matter is a neo-Nazi crew that grew into a motion as “a racist response to the civil rights motion Black Lives Matter.”
The front of West’s shirt featured a photo of the late John Paul II. Some of the fashions on the catwalk of his exhibit additionally wore shirts with the identical message, The Guardian reported.
West, who legally modified his title to Ye final year, walked the runway for Balenciaga beforehand this week. He instructed the target audience earlier than the show off of his very own collection: “I am Ye and everybody right here is aware that I am the leader.”
