However, risk in aligning with Mr. West, the son of a Black Panther father and a mother who taught at a historically black university, is that his ideological allegiances have typically been mercurial, and even apolitical. When he first declared his interest in Mr. Trump, during concerts right after the 2016 election, he praised the president-elect’s communication style and disdain for the mainstream media, but noted that he had not voted. “Do you remember how hard a time Donald Trump had getting celebrities for his inauguration?” she said. “If there’s one thing Kanye West and Donald Trump have in common, it’s unpredictability and a love of the spotlight.”Mr. West, whose representatives declined to comment, began his latest foray into politics last weekend. He praised the thinking of the black conservative commentator Candace Owens, who has spoken out against the Black Lives Matter movement.

Source: New York Times April 27, 2018 15:32 UTC