Controversial hip hop star Kanye West has received backlash following his controversial appearance on Alex Jones’ InfoWars this week, where he praised Hitler and Nazis.
Many in the music industry have spoken out and condemned Ye for his words, including “Gold Digger” collaborator Jamie Foxx, The Roots’ Questlove and long-time producer Mike Dean.
“Genius does not mean smart,” Questlove wrote matter-of-factly to Twitter on Thursday (December 1), albeit without naming Kanye.
His tweet was reposted on Instagram by The Shade Room, where Foxx entered the comments section and seemingly piled on the Ye criticism.
“Say it louder for the people in the back,” the multi-hyphenate, who also worked with Kanye on 2004’s “Slow Jamz,” wrote. “But for whatever reason we keep giving these so-called geniuses the microphone.”
Mike Dean, meanwhile, reshared a message from Swedish House Mafia’s Steve Angello on his Instagram page, making Kanye West’s “Power” the soundtrack to his post in an apparent effort to make his intended audience clear.
“When media attention becomes more important than life itself you’re on a slippery slope, saying provocative things to trigger social media for clicks and action is pathetic, sitting there triggering the minds of less-educated adults to spread your thoughts like a virus shows pure evil,” the message read.
“There are people out there on this earth doing incredible things for us humans that deserve all the attention we give idiots, let’s lift good people doing good things. People that actually contribute to make this a better place.”
It continued: “We live now, not yesterday, not tomorrow, we live right now but whatever you do today will effect your future and in a couple of years this day is called the past, so use every day as the day that will define your legacy and contribution as a human being, we’re all in this together. Life is short.”
Jamie Foxx has spoken about the last time he linked with Kanye West, and it appears the rapper and producer is working as hard as ever.
The legendary comedian spoke to HipHopDX on the red carpet of his new Netflix film Day Shift, and he revealed the last conversation he had with Ye was a productive one.
“The last studio session was a while ago, but the last time I ran into Ye, it was a good meeting,” Foxx said. “I won’t divulge the details but just hugged that brother and said ‘I love you man.’”
He added: “And with Ye, Me and Snoop was talking bout this in the interview. Ye got some magic.”
