Lana Del Rey, Chris Evans and more respond to Kanye’s big MAGA weekend
When Kanye West indulges in his, shall we say, extracurricular activities—up to and including dumbass social media posts and poorly received rants on late-night sketch comedy shows—people will often say he’s doing it for the attention. If that’s the case—if Kanye is simply dabbling in the world of Trump in order to get a reaction from people—then he must feel pretty good about how things went down this weekend. Because he got a lot of reactions.
Yesterday, rapper and producer Swizz Beatz posted a video in response to the claims Kanye made about being bullied for wanting to wear his MAGA hat on Saturday Night Live. Apparently, Swizz Beatz spoke with Kanye about his hat and disturbing endorsement of Trump “less than 48 hours ago.” He believed they had come to an understanding and was disappointed to see Kanye turn around and play the victim. He then shared some expletive-heavy musical thoughts on the hat itself.
Over on Twitter, Questlove shared his thoughts on the SNL incident without ever mentioning Kanye by name, saying that, despite the rapper’s past transgressions, he had hope going into that night’s show. Now, he’s just “kinda sad.”