Kanye West Is Perplexed By The Backlash To His “White Lives Matter” Merch

According to people close to Kanye West, the rapper-turned-designer is perplexed by the criticism that was leveled against the most recent collection he released. However, this criticism did not result from a deliberate PR ploy aimed to incite outrage.

At the unexpected presence of his YZY Season Nine collection, which took place on Monday at Paris Fashion Week, West wore a T-shirt with Pope Francis’s face on the front and the words “White Lives Matter” on the back. Candace Owens,…