As you would expect, Kanye West’s Yeezus bout merch has fatigued criticism for its acceptance of the Amalgamated flag. In a hasty twist, Kanye is alike accepting advance aback from his own bout opener. Q-Tip — whose A Tribe Called Quest is set to accessible for Kanye in NYC after this month, appearance their final two performances anytime — has taken to Twitter to articulation his disapproval over Kanye’s Amalgamated banderole t-shirt. “Fuck the amalgamated flag,” Q-Tip tweeted. “I adulation Kanye no shots but my bodies abide to ache psychologically from hardships that happened beneath that banner.”
Asked about the banderole in interviews, Kanye has said it’s his attack to booty aback the banderole and redefine its abrogating stigma. He told 97.1 AMP Radio: “React how you want. Like I said, any activity you got is acceptable energy. You know, the Amalgamated banderole represented slavery, in a way––that’s my abstruse booty on what I apperceive about it, right? So I fabricated the song ‘New Slaves.’ So I took the Amalgamated banderole and fabricated it my flag. It’s my banderole now! Now what are you gonna do?”
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