Music Hall of Williamsburg, a popular venue in Brooklyn, has canceled a rental contract with Candace Owens’ group Blexit, which was set to host an event there this weekend.
Owens — the controversial far-right commentator known for her close ties to Kanye West and “documentary” The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM — founded the Blexit Foundation in 2018 in an effort to encourage Black voters to leave the Democratic Party. Earlier this year, Blexit merged with Turning Points USA, Charlie Kirk’s non-profit, which, as Rolling Stone recently reported,...
Owens — the controversial far-right commentator known for her close ties to Kanye West and “documentary” The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM — founded the Blexit Foundation in 2018 in an effort to encourage Black voters to leave the Democratic Party. Earlier this year, Blexit merged with Turning Points USA, Charlie Kirk’s non-profit, which, as Rolling Stone recently reported,...
- 6/14/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Kanye West has sparked fresh controversy by claiming that George Floyd died from fentanyl and that a police officer’s knee “wasn’t even on his neck like that.”
Floyd, a Black man, was killed in an altercation with police in Minneapolis in May 2020, with a video showing Officer Derek Chauvin with his knee on his neck for almost nine minutes.
West made the claims in an appearance on the Drink Champs podcast on Saturday and made his comments while discussing Candace Owens’s documentary The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM.
“They hit him with the fentanyl, if you look the guys knee wasn’t even on his neck like that,” said West.
He then went on to compare George Floyd to fashion designer Virgil Abloh, who died from cancer last November. And he then attacked the “Jewish media” who he claimed he had been “blocked” by.
Floyd, a Black man, was killed in an altercation with police in Minneapolis in May 2020, with a video showing Officer Derek Chauvin with his knee on his neck for almost nine minutes.
West made the claims in an appearance on the Drink Champs podcast on Saturday and made his comments while discussing Candace Owens’s documentary The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM.
“They hit him with the fentanyl, if you look the guys knee wasn’t even on his neck like that,” said West.
He then went on to compare George Floyd to fashion designer Virgil Abloh, who died from cancer last November. And he then attacked the “Jewish media” who he claimed he had been “blocked” by.
- 10/17/2022
- by Graeme Massie
- The Independent - Music
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