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Why Kanye West Is Wrong About Slavery NYT 8 May 2018
Why Kanye West Is Wrong About Slavery
Video NYT News
8 May 2018
In perhaps his most shocking statement to date,
the rap superstar Kanye West said 400 years of slavery
sounded “like a choice.”
But history tells a different story.
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMzmnAQhtzg
Heartless Kanye West 2008
Heartless
Music video
Kanye West
Music video by Kanye West performing Heartless.
(C) 2008
Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC
YouTube 28 February 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co0tTeuUVhU
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