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This TMZ Dude Clapped Back at Kanye West, and It’s Really All We Needed

The rapper’s trip to the tabloid’s office Tuesday was…eventful.

EDWIN RIOS

On Tuesday, Kanye West dropped by the TMZ newsroom to talk about his “boy” President Donald Trump, his addiction to painkillers, and suggested that extensive history of enslavement was a “choice.”

“When you hear about slavery for 400 years, for 400 years? That’s sound like a choice,” Kanye told TMZ with a grin on his face. “You were there for 400 years, and it’s all of y’all? We’re mentally in prison.”

The false assertion comes just a day after the rapper shared on Twitter texts from singer John Legend and radio personality Charlamagne tha God who gave him a lesson about the Republican Party’s history with African-Americans. In the last week, Kanye has drawn praise from conservatives—and the president himself—for the rapper’s support for commentators like Candace Owens and for doubling down in his praise of Trump.

When Kanye asked the newsroom whether he was thinking freely, TMZ employee Van Lathan stood up and gave the rapper the real talk he needed.

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Kanye West tells TMZ, "When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years?! That sounds like a choice.” 
TMZ employee who is black fires back, “Frankly, I’m disappointed, I'm appalled, and brother I'm unbelievably hurt"

“I actually don’t think you are thinking anything,” he said, adding: “While you are making music and being an artist and living the life that you’ve earned by being a genius, the rest of us in society have to deal with these threats to our lives. We have to deal with the marginalization that has come from the 400 years of slavery that you said for our people was a choice.” Kanye rolled up to the employee and said, “bro, I’m sorry I hurt you,” as the clip trails off.

Kanye also sat down for a wide-ranging hour and 45-minute interview with Charlamagne tha God.