Kanye Is Still Pissed At Barack Obama For Calling Him A "Jackass" In 2009

Kanye Is Still Pissed At Barack Obama For Calling Him A "Jackass" In 2009

A lot of ground was covered during the lengthy interview from how West’s music career took a hit after his years-long beef with Taylor Swift; to the emotions he felt upon hearing his wife, Kim Kardashian, had been robbed at gunpoint in 2016; to his most recent comments about President Trump.

“I also had a problem that Obama’s from Chicago and Chicago’s the murder capital of the world,” West said.

“I had a number of things that made me say, just how there’s racist Trump supporters, there’s things where I’m like, well, maybe this could make a difference,” West said.After Charlamagne asked if West thought Obama could just wave a magic wand and fix the city’s problems, the rapper took on a more sympathetic tone. “You know what, it’s not his fault,” he said. “You’ve seen that grey hair on that man? You don’t know what that man was dealing with—I mean, you can only imagine, but just it took everything in that man’s spirit and soul not to mention racism every sentence.” “I might be president one day,” West added. “I might be in that situation, where it’s harder for me to explain to the masses why something isn’t happening that they feel the concept of a president should be able to fix. So to Obama I will say that I understand.”

Original source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelblackmon/kanye-west-barack-obama-jackass-mad-pissed-taylor-swift?utm_term=4ldqpia.