Analysis
As apart of a 3 hour long
Drink Champs interview,
Kanye West (Ye) comments on George Floyd's death and cites Candace Owen's documentary on it.
Summary
*This summary was initially generated with AI but is modifiable by usersDuring the
Drink Champs interview,
Kanye West (Ye) made several controversial remarks about George Floyd. Here's a detailed summary of what he said:Ye mentioned watching a documentary about George Floyd that was put out by conservative commentator Candace Owens. Referencing this documentary, he claimed:1. "They want a tall guy like me" - Ye quoted what he said were Floyd's roommates' words from the documentary, suggesting Floyd was targeted because of his physical stature.2. Regarding Floyd's death, Ye claimed: "The day when he died, he said a prayer for eight minutes." 3. Ye disputed the official account of Floyd's death, stating: "They hit him with the fentanyl."4. He challenged the narrative about the police officer's knee placement: "If you look, the guy's knee wasn't even on his neck like that."5. He questioned Floyd's final words: "When he said 'mama, mama,' is his girlfriend. 'Mama' was his girlfriend. It's in the documentary."6. Ye drew a personal connection to Floyd, saying that when he watched the documentary and saw "this tall black dude with the bald head," it reminded him of Virgil Abloh (the late fashion designer).7. He made a comment about Louis Vuitton "making statues of him [Virgil] like as a martyr," before saying "and we don't know why exactly, we say it's cancer."These comments appeared to challenge the widely accepted account of Floyd's death by asphyxiation under the knee of police officer Derek Chauvin, instead suggesting that fentanyl was responsible - a claim that contradicts the official medical examiner's ruling and the criminal conviction of Chauvin for Floyd's murder.Later in the interview, when N.O.R.E. challenged him about these comments, Ye did not retract them, though the host pointed out that "we don't even care about that" (referring to the specific details Ye was disputing about Floyd's death), suggesting that regardless of specific details, the Black community was united in seeing Floyd's death as unjust.*There may be errors on this page.