Kanye West Addresses Hip-Hop’s Homophobia In 2005 Interview | MTV News

[@joshuaminchew3556]

Kanye defending gay people in a time period where it wasnt popular to defend gay people.

[@joshuaminchew3556]

@853e5885ww8584w 85e8e5w84w4884w you dont necessarily have to support all their ideas though. Doesnt mean hes anti gay. Also how is trump cut back on trans right? I'm genuinely asking I'm not informed in this area.

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

853e5885ww8584w 85e8e5w84w4884w he doesn’t support trump, he’s literally running against him

[@metalreignz6557]

@853e5885ww8584w 85e8e5w84w4884w not entirely because If a trans person wants to fight they have to revert to their original identify seeing that trans women arent as strong compared to men who aren't on hormones simple it's not discrimination it's strategy and as for that recent thing, it's mostly just transition surgery that won't be covered by insurance

[@houseofmatrix6174]

Joshua Minchew you have perfect logic we live in society if everybody doesnt agree with you your villain

[@Ahmad_9134]

@853e5885ww8584w 85e8e5w84w4884w Dude change your name. It's crazy tho lol.

[@IUsedToBeAPygmy]

Come to think of it, Sway might actually be hiding the answers under that hat.

[@woowapthebam]

Sway ain't got the answers.

[@ajnode]

^Your references are always outta control dawg.

[@Thead2Raw]

"inexplicable head wrap"

[@qtgonewild]

Lmmfao

[@subscriberunavailable]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@leirsdeirs6212]

I used to be homophobic too, just like my family. I sat next to a gay guy in 10th grade and we talked and it opened my eyes to realize that I was treating gay people like they weren’t human when they are literally just other people. I’m proud to say now that someone’s sexuality doesn’t matter to me, and I have sympathy for gay people and wish them all the best with discovering themselves and finding their place in the world.

[@foolanhi8183]

Leirs Deirs you have sympathy for them... aight bro

[@tiffanyneal901]

PurpleGANG what’s the problem? 🤔

[@friedchickenwithextrafried4259]

@@foolanhi8183 yeah and what about it?

[@KevinWidesouls]

Tiffany Neal Because “sympathy” means you pity them, as if being gay is an issue. The better word would’ve been “empathy.”

[@akkin5460]

@@KevinWidesouls i think they mean with the discrimination not being gay 💀

[@ljj2779]

This is a legendary and timeless interview. The fact that Kanye spoke about homophobia in 2005 makes it even more remarkable.

[@Mhats]

people been talking about homophobia since the 60's, do you even history bro?

[@adeaye689]

MadHatterx, anyone defending any marginalized group of people is remarkable and timeless - including the ones in the 60s and every era. And especially someone in the rap industry who could be stigmatized for it - even more so during the prime of Jay-Z, 50 Cent, TI, etc. in 2005. This was completely unheard of, and it was interviewed too. Idk bout you, but to me, that’s legendary.

[@Mhats]

@@adeaye689 it was very common in 2005

[@adeaye689]

MadHatterx well aye, if so, then great. But cut the guy a break, he was being introspective and exercised some empathy. That’s not something everyone does or will do towards the other my g

[@Theonlyoneto]

@@Mhats doubt it

[@laurencefishburnt8866]

Sway almost looks like he's parodying himself

[@rockolutheran]

Lmfaoo

[@jd5726]

He looks like Frieza in his third form

[@Theonlyoneto]

Fax

[@CologneXCandles]

Genius 😂😂

[@calebtann2693]

Im ctfu😂

[@JustinGone]

I remember watching this interview in junior high, and as a young gay kid who loved hip-hop this meant everything.

[@gamingnerd9972]

L

[@BenDaGoat]

@Dude0218 hell's fake

[@BenDaGoat]

@Dude0218 Yeah, it is

[@lefty4letty]

@Dude0218 hell exists exclusively for bigots. even before they die.

[@lefty4letty]

the cunning zealot

[@Declan_Moriarty]

You can see the internal struggle going on as he's talking. Kanye is an individual & experimental thinker but also feels immense pressure from the black community to be what they want him to be. That's a damned place to be.

[@otwo208]

dec well said

[@kraze4kicks822]

Yea. Feel bad for him, he’s a good dude but the media and everyone pressures him a lot and it gets to his head (which is completely understandable)

[@rubberchix]

he had to wear that leather skirt

[@screamrad218]

They wanted Kanye to be like a stereotypical black male. Since he isn’t that the black community doesn’t accept him. Kanye speaks very well. Very articulate person. That doesn’t qualify for the black people in their eyes I guess. Really sad.

[@kraze4kicks822]

Music Man yea that’s very true. He just does his own thing

[@youawake6961]

This was when Sway knew the answers

[@omgxerika]

Haha

[@fullscaleofficial]

and it was Ralph tho

[@BeeMee8]

+Gooby Pls hahahhahahahahha HAAW SWAY? HAAW?

[@AmarieFarari]

Yo that's da joke n truth of the day😂😂😂😂😂

[@BeeMee8]

Do you have a CLAWTHING LAAAAN? DO YOU??

[@bemiatto67]

Sway lookin like the Jellyfish from Shark Tale

[@lelidawi2446]

HAHAHAHAH bruh

[@owl509]

One of the best comments I've ever seen

[@imranjb-kazeem4143]

😂😂😂🤣😂😂

[@myajanette]

“Don’t worry about a thing cause every little thing is gonna be alright.” I heard them singing it as I was typing that out lmaooo

[@thisboyzopinionz]

Creasin 😭

[@ForeverGambino3]

kanye has a good heart. i really hate how the media tries to 're-brand' one of our purest entertainers alive as someone that's arrogant.

[@da-vionjeffery3928]

He supports Trump/Pence. Isn't it a little contrdicary.

[@lordchockice]

This

[@lordchockice]

I know of a lot of trump supporters who are completely against homophobia. It's like saying all Hillary supporters are lizards lol

[@youdbettertube]

I mean, Kanye West is many things (including a genius), but arrogant is definitely one of them. "Hard to be humble when you stunting on a jumbotron"

[@stevenhowell4694]

Lol

[@britter9007]

“You can still love your man and be manly, dog” -Kanye west

[@eramz56]

Not what he meant.

[@britter9007]

Eric Ramsay if you look up the song on genius it says the lyric is about Kanye’s gay cousin

[@RamiroEloy1997]

Eric Ramsay It’s still true though. Look up Tim Dillon

[@the_Googie]

People always imagine gay people as feminine for some reason. Take a peak into a gay bar, and you'll see a 6'5 guy built like a brickhouse, arms like naval artillery and chesthair like tarzan. Its not just feminine guys with a girly accent...

[@sylvesteruchia5263]

😂😂 Put that on his last name 😂

[@queen_strawberries]

Man was so ahead of his time for the culture he was in back then, it's so amazing to see him call out homophobia in the 2000s

[@fuziontonygaming]

Hip hop today is kinda being more accepted with it but there’s a major problem with homophobia

[@JB-pl1iu]

Madonna has been doing it since the 80s.

[@queen_strawberries]

@@fuziontonygaming unfortunately still, that DaBaby situation in particular was very dissapointing but also good to see most people calling him out on his bullshit and not just let it slide

[@queen_strawberries]

@@JB-pl1iu Yess, she's a legend too

[@ChewyMovesQuick]

he is falling behind

[@rileyross7899]

It’s amazing how he actually recognized his homophobia and it shows that he is a good person that he can think about it and realize that he was wrong.

[@Jens9807]

well now this year he's set to perform at some shitty christian event funded by anti LGBT pastors and organizations so what he said in this video basically doesnt matter anymore

[@TheOrangesEverywhere]

@@Jens9807 money at work

[@salasyk8708]

@@Jens9807 cry

[@Sammie551]

How can someone require a cousin or family member to realize it's wrong though at the same time

[@StonedTotheBones0000]

so little amounts of people actually do that or take responsibility now a days because they don't want to

[@Kradle]

Kanye's right tbh...I totally saw this growing up, being an early 90's kid. If something was lame, or not cool, it was gay. I didn't realize for a really long time how I had been using this word in such a negative, derogatory way. It was just like it was normal to call something gay. Something fucked up with that imo

[@duralyon]

Lol I totally agree I just never see 90's kid used unironically anymore (born in '85, total 90's kid here).

[@b-mo3508]

lol its not just a 90s thing people still do it even more today

[@Kradle]

This is true :/

[@NostalgiCrazy]

I think it reached it's peak last decade, nowadays more people are conscious and will get called out for using it wrongly.

[@BigSmokeEnthusiast]

Bro im in hs currently and it is so common to hear people say "oh that shit gay" or something of that nature

[@the_bath3235]

Sway looks like he's hiding the face of voldemort behind that hat.

[@sherixxn1420]

🤣🤣

[@四季朝]

He hiding voldemorts whole body lmao

[@MikeMackie]

Bruhhh

[@Tuncapoo]

Underrated comment 🤣🤣🤣

[@tmjewel]

Lmaooooooo

[@ObeyAmmalol]

Finally a video not trynna paint Kanye as a bad guy

[@joeharris1592]

Obey Amma you mk

[@archangelmichvel2701]

Cause he advocating for gays

[@mistere3454]

The Moon at the end of the video he literally said to the rap community to stop homophobia and that its the same as discrimination towards black people

[@mistere3454]

The Moon if youre not gonna watch the whole video for the sake of maintaining your own narrative then go ahead but im not gonna entertain anymore of your comments lmao

[@mistere3454]

The Moon he literally helped kim kardashian accept caitlyns new identity why would he be homophobic

[@ban1o]

Mad respect for him. He's always been LGBT friendly though especially for a rapper. His thing is just that he's really cocky but whatever.

[@DarkEliteEric]

cleo girl Years before Fat Joe, Snoop, and Jay Z addressed it.

[@sashasarronen6300]

+RustySacks When the fuck did they do that at? They're were homophobic themselves.

[@DarkEliteEric]

+Sasha Sarronen who did what?

[@BesttBi]

+RustySacks I love how you didn't realize he was joking.

[@blubastud]

exactly...I tell people all the time name the top ten most humble rappers...lol...a humble rapper that is actually good...it's like a luck dragon being ridden by a uncorned pegasus being ridden by a gremlin carrying an ultimate nullifier...straight fantasy...lol

[@TheNorthShoreCody]

So we’re just not gonna talk about Sway’s hat being 4x the size of his face? We’re just gonna ignore the absolute massive amount of hair that has to be barely contained under this thing? I cant stop thinking about this guys I cant sleep

[@jordangoss622]

Thank you

[@janaekelis]

Yeah go to jamaica and youll see more hair than his

[@aaryankaul6483]

Sway got the answers in the hat bro

[@hannahnotanna]

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[@flatterswhite]

I hate when people say "we're just not gonna talk about the thing that literally everyone else is talking about" go lie down on a train track

[@saliyarabi]

People who say he joined a anti-LGBTQ+ pastor need to see this. He was one of of the first rappers to adress this.

[@chanei6122]

Chelsea Benjamin if you dont express hate im it. you dont have to support lgbt but you have to respect it!

[@chanei6122]

Chelsea Benjamin yes can i ask why you dont support it tho

[@chanei6122]

Chelsea Benjamin its okay i get it thank you for respecting everyone i appreciate that

[@blackcatdreams2011]

@Montgomery NY "The homosexual agenda" What are you even talking about?

[@softwarmpillow]

@@estheraniegboka6625 thats cringe as fuck but if you keep ur opinions to yourself and it doesnt affect us its not as bad, better to be neutral than actively harmful

[@Hoosje11]

I don't care how many people hate Kanye, I like him and always have. He is a real person with real opinions and a good heart. Edit: nvm he crazy

[@elijahjoyner30]

I think I'm one of the few who had to get to sit and listen to the actual words and knowledge he was speaking. They didn't like gandhi or malcolm x but they were great speakers. #Yeezy4Pres

[@SalamiDiscipline]

KANGAYE

[@Hoosje11]

Trung Versace true

[@maryjane4947]

Kesha is a legend

[@Clincalyabrasiv]

I honestly don't think he has an ego, i think he plays it up for media attention and sales, he's a really nice and honest guy inside.

[@simonoosthuizen184]

The comments: "Wow kanye really knew about gay people back before it was cool" "Yo Sway's head be pregnant"

[@whatamidoingwithmylifelol_]

Fr LMAO

[@quanathan]

sway head is pregnant

[@rippie___]

bruh lmfao

[@gilespeterson6832]

quanathan The bump got smaller overtime. RIP Sway's head pregnancy 1993-2005

[@earlycuyler9760]

Beautiful twins on the way for sway

[@quanathan]

Early Cuyler hahaha

[@sphakamisozondi]

That head gave birth to beautiful black, thick, long babies.

[@jordanjacob3638]

he was really brave for this...mad respect

[@thefreehealer792]

I'm a gay myself and even i can be extremely homophobic sometimes due to my culture's upbringing and all. People used to mock other gay people back when i was a kid and i knew that i was "different" even from a young age but i didn't automatically think that i was a gay. I still have a lot of unlearning to do and i have to work on myself because i still to this day have internalized homophobia.

[@Blonded_Eclipse]

@A growing up in difficult environments can make it hard to unlearn certain “habits”. Everyone’s environment growing up is different, and its hard to speak for someone else’s experiences

[@all-caps3927]

how can you be gay and internally homophobic at the same time. that's literally impossible

[@mamaluigi1438]

How are you holding up

[@solitude1x]

🫂🫂🫂

[@Heeroy2]

Lol when people think the word "fam" is a new word

[@nothingtoseehere449]

Sōma Yukihira white people

[@imjustkidding6626]

When people think "yolo" is a new word invented by Drake... SMH

[@puweh]

glemmstengal ｌｏｌ ｋ.

[@lovely2889]

Mitch Baker no

[@bmorefan6112]

@@nothingtoseehere449 black people

[@BayareaGuy06]

I think after the fact his mother died in 2007 he blamed himself for her death because he paid for her to have plastic surgery so after that his life went down the toilet. I think he's a good artist but he has problems. We all have problems. We're all human. We're all flawed. Nobody is perfect. This video really makes me respect him more as a person.

[@nme.00104]

💯💯💖💝

[@BreahRobinson]

His mom had a breast reduction

[@ayrtlamrin2264]

Accurate, he does in fact blame himself for his mother's death. It was after her death that he started acting the way he does and the way we know him today and also his bipolar condition got worse.

[@stza16]

I don’t have problems.

[@patriciorodriguez1020]

And he married a kardashian on top of that

[@ChewyMovesQuick]

I miss the old kanye

[@aashycoconut]

Same

[@bootyjiggle5695]

@@tmrwtoaswell yeah he is his own person but the anti semitic shit and praising hitler and the nazis are a whole diff typa low. Stop defending him

[@user-friendly-clip-show]

More like the gay Kanye Takin that D Kanye Rofl

[@trashsombra4411]

hitter west

[@xMXWLx]

its the same kanye

[@lilymonsterbold]

he has his problematic moments but this is one of the best and most important messages he's sent

[@melaninprincess.5237]

A lister Elite how-

[@dez-m]

Very true

[@jobansand]

Try seeing some of his full interviews or one of his full speeches at BET

[@communityEsc]

He makes great points. I’ve been saying this, people use “gay” to dismiss something when they don’t have a solid critique for it. They use it as an opposite for whatever’s deemed good.

[@tamie341]

GAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

[@FrannieFibgert]

keep in mind this is 2005, when like everyone in rap was using homophobic slurs to genuinely send hate not for a 1 line or shock, genuine homophobia.

[@blxckhippie4371]

Masculinity is so fragile especially black masculinity black men were emasculated & disrespected for so long because of slavery & racism they feel hyper masculinity is the only way to get respect as a man this is why I feel homophobia is so common in the black community this mentality is so harmful to men young & old not only does it keep men from expressing their emotions it creates difficult relationships amongst black men & women just my opinion on the subject

[@kaydgaming]

This is that smart shit. I like this.

[@user-xm3gp9zs5v]

100%

[@leirsdeirs6212]

Spot on

[@landcruiserfan4206]

We have to start having conversations about this. Start talkin to your male friends about emotions

[@Natalie-wk9iw]

Four years later and I totally agree! Many black parents enforce this relationship on their sons and this is why they’re so depressed

[@LindaMitchell]

I was just talking to a friend about this interview yesterday. I love that Kanye called out homophobia in the industry.

[@mateosanfitz9625]

fuck yeah!!!

[@enstarsvevo5329]

This is really relevant now with the DaBaby situation.

[@florian3298]

dababy aint even

[@ujan-pd6tz]

Nah nah nah

[@peterdrippin6165]

It's crazy how nice of a guy he is he literally had manson and dababy on stage at his donda listening party despite their past conduct being very terrible if the allegations against marilyn are true and he is proven guilty in court he needs to be behind bars and what dababy did was probably in good fun and maybe he tried too hard to be funny even though in very bad taste i want to believe that he was most likely joking and he did not mean any harm after all he could have said the f word and be done with it but he didn't

[@dingusmyers]

@@peterdrippin6165 you do realize how relentlessly defending dababy makes you look to us in the lgbt community, right? if you think that we look at what he said on stage and the bullshit he said after the fact as "good fun" then you are fucking insane.

[@peterdrippin6165]

@@dingusmyers Nah he wasn't trying to say anything bad he was just too insensitive he could have said much worse if he was trying to be homophobic

[@jackmcmorrow9397]

I didn't know they said fam in 2005.

[@felixbitorobbins5682]

white people didnt lmao

[@kingky0te108]

Yeaaaaah... Because offending one poor little country singer and generally being mentally erratic is exactly equivalent to the genocide of thousands of Jews. /s

[@kingky0te108]

+Swayze Express hate don't work here bruh it's all love.

[@kingky0te108]

+Swayze Express I think we got better ways to spend our time than to act bitter on the Internet, right?

[@wowjelol1265]

LMAOOOOOO

[@WakeSideLife]

Kanye is actually a fucking genius. It's just to bad he's so fucking aware of it.

[@Rabbit086]

LMAOOO

[@cth9000]

stop.

[@DarkYoshi9999vr]

are you serious?

[@PerfectSnowball]

It must be very yeezy to impress you

[@smokelakes]

This video is some very basic stuff. Good stuff, but basic and worded very simply...

[@BG-qi5gw]

Bring this Kanye back please

[@Schiels229]

One of the smartest and most correct things he's ever said. Respect.

[@professorXcross]

within the 4 interviews I've seen of him*

[@iammrbeat]

I always loved Sway.

[@bobshoe8426]

What's up Mr. Beat?

[@MaxSnowDude]

@@Rockadela_ e girls really be ruining your life lmao

[@millevenon5853]

@@Rockadela_ fuck off

[@jerf2121]

wtf are you doing here lmao

[@kuramen5095]

mr beast give me mony

[@jd5726]

Sway looking like Frieza in his third form with that big ass hat 😂

[@emanuel5944]

Lmaooooo I’m dead

[@realitytvoverdose]

💀💀💀

[@OfficialTravvyTrav]

Yoooo you gotta chill fam 😂💀

[@owaiskhan7063]

I was gonna type this shit but then saw your comment. Deaddd! Ayo ppl, take this comment to the top yo

[@bape7372]

😂😂😂😂

[@kalibalsaeid9137]

Kanye speaking about homophobia, and people STILL find a way to hate on this guy

[@askesis]

It must be because George Bush doesn't care about black people.

[@askesis]

Or maybe it's because Kanye thinks he is a god (his own words, repeatedly). Or maybe it's because because he stormed the stage at the VMAs and ruined Taylor Swift's moment, or maybe it's because he consistently makes an ass out of himself. There's plenty of reasons to hate on Kanye, even if he had this one small moment of redemption. Don't act like the resentment towards him is undeserved.

[@kalibalsaeid9137]

Askesis when he said he was a god, he didn't mean litteraly. go and listen to the whole bit for yourself, I won't make the insult of explaining to you

[@devanteandrews8698]

Kanye has countless moments of "redemption" he does what we all think, and is bashed for it. Taylor swift has benefited greatly as you can see from that event, so it's not like she's in poverty somewhere. While he does "make an ass out of himself" he's showing you how raw a unfiltered a person can be and still get out their dreams. He's all for the little man getting his success at the end of the day, and he brings himself up with his arrogance because that's all he ever had. You either love him or hate...don't talk like you know him.

[@askesis]

I don't talk about him like I know him, I just know what he has done in the public for the world to see. Yea, he's raw and unfiltered; I never accused him of being fake. Are you actually justifying him crashing Taylor's speech because it didn't kill her career? That seems to be what you are implying. And I vehemently disagree with the notion that "he does what we all think." I, for one, certainly don't think like he does, so that disproves that point right there, and I'm going to take a risk and go out on a limb and say I'm not the only one. Kanye WAS a homophobe, he admitted it himself. And if one of his family members didn't just so happen to be gay, he would almost certainly still be a homophobe today. He chose to see things differently because he didn't feel like he should hate his family. But I'm not even trying to hate on him about this instance, because realizing his mistakes late is better than never realizing them; I'm hating on him for all the other stupid shit he says and does.

[@janiezimbobway8659]

New found respect for Kanye.

[@abhinavkumar2156]

Man really saw his legacy and said. Let me ruin it to the point of no return.

[@parsifal40]

Not the same person this was when he was still Sane when he was still himself, we can hate him based on his current shit but if i bash a dogs head in and he acts stupid hurts and harms people that's to be expected,

[@so.beats.]

I love how on 2:53 he says "Don't throw me off, I really wanna say this". Kanye is legendary.

[@Jonesmarc1]

people shouldn't be surprised it's been pretty known kanye thoughts on homophobia in hip hop he talked about it on his other interview with sway as well

[@DarkEliteEric]

marcus jones 'Ye been an ally. He's Boy George thanked him at the BRITs he talks about it on his VH1 Storytellers, in an interview with Qdeezy. 'Ye just real.

[@KP-ul2ep]

+marcus jones It semms that most people only concentrate on the negative side of Kanye. I honetly just discovered this, I never knew he was an ally.

[@MrTheDestro]

I love how sway just let him express himself without feeling the need to interject.

[@pawwap97]

I was intently listening until the failed John Mayer hug made me burst out laughing.

[@AlexTheCrayChick]

who is that in ur pic??

[@pawwap97]

Me, one of my friends, Scott Hoying and Mitch Grassi from Pentatonix.

[@DarkEliteEric]

get a room :p

[@AlexTheCrayChick]

+Payton Williams oh it looked like fob

[@pawwap97]

Lol nope, I wish tho

[@Superman30970]

You know when a celebrity dies, and you just go through all of their old shit when you hear the news? That’s what I’m doing now. Because this Ye is gone, he’s dead

[@Juexis5]

RIP Kanye West

[@popo-ih3jg]

That goes so hard

[@laeebcitycenter]

I miss the old kanye

[@creativename1072]

Wrong. He never changed.

[@JiF28]

Bro leapt forward a decade in 2005 and leapt back 8 decades in 2022

[@isaiahromero9861]

So accurate. It just makes me sad. If we still had this kanye, the world would be a slighlty better place than it is now.

[@creativename1072]

Cope

[@moreofawave]

This is when Kanye's mind was still clear. I hope he gets better.

[@slimep2201]

Same. It makes me sad to see him like this.

[@MORNINGSTAR190]

@@slimep2201 🤡🤡🤡

[@zarategabe]

Me too

[@slimep2201]

Terrian 🤠

[@bbleticia8030]

why would you say this? he has always been who he is, just because he wasn’t diagnosed until his late 30s does not mean he hasn’t been dealing with his mental illness all his life. most people diagnosed with bipolar disorder aren’t diagnosed until their early 20s. how dare you say his mind was clear back when you agreed with his statements & imply his mind isn’t clear now that his opinions have shifted.

[@CarnageCandyy]

This is so important because some many people try to say that saying those things isn't a big deal and they're not homophobic or they're just joking. But it does have an effect not only can it hurt people who are gay but also create homophobs

[@Kyran1996]

As someone who's autistic and seeing more and more people using that word as an derogatory very much like how 'gay' was used (especially now that the 'R-word' is less commonly accepted as an insult these days), I wholeheartedly agree. It makes me feel less than human when I see something that's a part of me that I can't even control used to put people down or just say that something is stupid and bad, but I've grown up with that sort of thing, so I'm somewhat used to it. What worries me is that as "autistic" sees more common usage as a synonym for something bad, younger people will grow up ashamed of what they are, feeling like they somehow did something wrong just by being born as they were. When I was a kid, people were exactly as Kanye describes here and trying to fit in, I adopted that same offensive language, calling things 'gay' and the aforementioned R-word (phrasing it as such so KZbin doesn't get mad at me). But I stopped talking like that once I realized that it negatively impacts real people and I didn't want to hurt people who did nothing wrong. It took a minute to change my vernacular, but it wasn't that hard. When I speak up about this, people tell me I'm being too soft or sensitive. Just like with homophobia, that criticism is rooted in this unrealistic standard of masculinity that doesn't allow room for feeling compassionate for others. Yeah, I'm sensitive. It's better than being insensitive, so I don't see how it's a bad thing. Not being cruel to each other (especially to those who don't deserve it) is the bare minimum and it should be the standard.

[@jasminem812]

Oh wow, I had no idea he felt this way. That's really beautiful, especially for the time period he said this in

[@DarthScorpio11]

In 2008 Obama ran on supporting traditional marriage and same sex marriage didn’t become a Democrat platform until 2011. We all consider the Democrats to be champions for the LGBT, so Kanye was saying this before the “champions for the LBBT” even supported them. A bit ahead of his time

[@SteloPacino]

This is why I will always fck with Ye, people forget how passionate he used to be on social issues. The past few years maybe even more like 10 years he’s been metal I’ll but that doesn’t mean we should give up on him. Pray for him 👏 Don’t slander someone who’s obviously ill

[@stefanc4308]

The fact I am gay and only ever heard how crazy Kanye is ect but to hear him say this in 2005 speaks volumes much respect.

[@andrewkalule5163]

God loves you repent

[@Builder44708]

@Stefan-- Same. I'm with you 100%

[@tchf.8866]

​@@andrewkalule5163god really wont make him straight bro😭🙏

[@o_o-lj1ym]

“To me that’s exactly what they did to black people” I don’t understand how he was able to make this connection, but he cannot make the same connection for his anti-semetism. Bigotry follows the same narratives, and he was clearly capable of realizing this. Idk what happened to him.

[@kiramaticc]

It's clear he hasn't been in the right state of mind for a while and and has fallen down the alt-right conspiracy rabbit hole. Anyone who says how he's acting right now is always how he's been has never listened to him talk or his music over the years. There's a reason why so many people are disappointed and sad to see him spew the type of hatred he's spewing right now: it's because he didn't used to be like that. He was always arrogant sure, but he wasn't always an anti-Semite and a literally Nazi.

[@JET7C0]

@@kiramaticc Honestly, I had a friend that took the same path - he was a really smart guy, but was troubled in a lot of ways: his dad had killed himself when he was like 20, and then he got hit by a car while riding his bike and was in the hospital for like six months doing rehab, almost died, etc. The last few years he started to legitimately get into stuff like "pizza gate" and other obviously stupid "far right" conspiracy garbage - stuff in the past you'd never think he'd get into and was too smart for. The problem with someone in that state of mind is if you try to push back on it - even just trying to rationally and calmly debate - they seem to just take it as further evidence you're one of the "sheep" or whatever, so they just double down even more. It sucks.

[@duxdog]

@@JET7C0 Kanye's been unmedicated too and he's said before that conspiracy theories mess with his bipolar, dude needs help that he will not take and it's sad

[@GQ2593]

Maybe because his antisemitism is not based on prejudices, but motivated by intimate knowledge of the music industry. Just like white supremacy there's jewish supremacy in parts of our society.

[@scottwillie6389]

He was younger in this video and had not yet found Christ. The Ye of today is far more enlightened and would rightly reject the false equivalency between black people and gay people.

[@paix]

I remember this and it was huge for giving me confidence as an ally.

[@Nikita_Rupasov]

This man is not following trends. He sets them

[@JB-pl1iu]

Can someone please bring THIS Kanye back? Because I refuse to believe that the one that now praises Hitler is the same person.

[@Lucid-1111]

Bring yourself back from 19 years ago. 🙄 God you're dusty old comments are annoying

[@Covertghost]

he's still the same dude, you just don't want to hear it now genius says shit you don't want to hear, that's what they do and maybe 20 years down the road you look back and you're like damn, he was talkin some shit a lot of it will hit the wall, but some of it will be beyond the society

[@MrTotBalls]

This was before his mom passed away. After she passed, Ye’s bipolar disorder severely worsened. It doesn’t excuse his actions but it’s clear he is not all there mentally.

[@chiTownN1]

he has a mental illness

[@JayDoogie]

He didn''t praise Hitler. You just misinterpreted his message.

[@sjcflawless]

This date and interviews was a turning point for MTV. This is when the network started to show support to the LGBTQ community. It was a slow process, and now you could watch the network and see so much support!

[@jbak87]

Actually, the sea change of attitudes worldwide towards the LGBT community began in late 2010, sparked by the discussion generated by Tyler Clementi's suicide.

[@sjcflawless]

Jaybee Yep, thats when the real action started!

[@thefreehealer792]

I really admire him, not just as an artist but also as a HUMAN, period! The fact that he is a rapper and he actually spoke against homophobia in Hip Hop is extremely powerful. I've never seen any other rappers who's done that in the music industry. I'm more of a rock music type of person but he is probably the only rapper i really truly respect in the music industry. He definitely has balls and he isn't afraid to express himself. I wish more rappers would be like him 😔

[@wadih5391]

I think Tupac if he was still alive he would also have broached the subject but otherwise you're right

[@zppp]

@@wadih5391 tupac was a sexual abuser

[@tchf.8866]

​@@wadih5391yeah didnt he already say something about lesbian or bi women in one of his songs?

[@abeltesfaye_]

Wow. This is amazing. It makes sense now that Kanye was the one to tell Kim to accept Caitlyn and was initially the most accepting in Cait's transition. I'm a black woman and the high rates of homophobia in our community needs to come to an end. We're all human beings at the end of the day.

[@Kyran1996]

I didn't know about that, but that's actually really sweet (though it should be the standard, so it's sad that it comes as a surprise in the first place). I wish more people had that mentality. People are so quick to be close-minded and ridicule what they don't understand or what challenges their preconceived notions of what's socially acceptable, but that's no way to live. That's why it's so refreshing to see people like Kanye using their platform to spread compassion and simple understanding. It's also what drew me to bands like Flobots and Rage Against the Machine, who tried to spread similar messages in that time period and tried to call out bigotry in the music industry and hip-hop in particular. Looking at it now, we've certainly come a long way since then, with some of the biggest artists being LGBTQ+ and allies.

[@zamazondo3408]

Coming from a guy who’s just became an adult (18) this world was destroyed by adults, the same people who’ll tell you they love you and then go ahead and hate people for their race, religion and sexual orientation.

[@jcblazer0470]

Society is built off of those adults so they have certain standards and want better for future generations.

[@joseluissanchezjr]

Yea pretty much.

[@ianstrong2530]

Kanye being a goat who woulda guess it. Ye is one of the most misunderstood artists in the world. His heart is gold and his abilities are 10fold that of the average human. He has done music, production, design, fashion, agriculture, religion and he is still going.

[@auguste573]

He's awesome, his issue, wich a rapper named TI brought up is Kanye is so removed from certain realities he some times takes sides with things without realizing what it is. Don't care what your Trump opinion is, but, TI challanged Kanye and Kanye said "I don't know his policies i like his persona, he like me" and TI said but Kanye, you are hurting people and he responded "What!? Im hurting people?" There's an breakfast club interview with TI where he goes on and talks about a 4 hour long debate with Kanye. The interviewer also revelaed that Kanye texted him saying "Am i hurting people?" and that's why in 2019 he denounced Trump on a Forbes interview. Kanye is sweet, if you ever been to one of his shows where he always rants for like 20 minutes, you can tell he's like a clueless genius with good intentions. And im also so Glad you know about his ventures!

[@leosthes364]

This was progressive for the time. Just like his music, Kanye was never afraid to push the envelope and say what he truly believed, unlike some artists in the industry whose ideals and moral are dictated by media and corporations. Its never late to open your eyes and accept people for who they are, but it's obvious when someone like Kanye speaks from the heart and when a mainstream artists just regurgitate what everyone else is saying, with no critical thinking of their own.

[@Deivid-bn6yw]

Unfortunately when he speaks from the heart right now it’s a very cold heart

[@N0A.vision]

This the Ye that inspired me most, you could see it in Kanye’s eyes he was different then. The death of his mother changed everything for him. Really hope this man finds true peace and sanity.

[@Deivid-bn6yw]

It’s crazy how he shifted. How do you go from trying to build up your community in your home town, showing black people they can be successful and fighting against homophobia in the hip hop industry BACK IN 2005, an issue that’s only now seeing a shift and then go and spit in the face of all of that by straight up praising one of the most awful people on the planet and saying all these terrible things, trying to tear down communities instead of building them up.

[@scottwillie6389]

He found Christ and figured it all out. The "new" Ye would still condemn the anti-homosexual lyrics of hip hop because it comes from a place of degeneracy (glorification of "thug" culture) rather than a Christian perspective of helping people achieve salvation. If you are rapping about the evils of homosexuality while still talking about "banging ho's", killing people, and getting in the drug game you are still very much on the wrong track. Only Christ can provide a unified and cohesive world view and Ye finally realized that and is now walking the correct path.

[@DouglasQuaid999]

@Scott Willie yeah man there was some failure artist in the 1930s I think that got hated on for worshipping a Palestinian Jew I mean come on fellas!

[@chiTownN1]

mental heath

[@ivandebekker3468]

Kanye has not been the same since his mom died. Reminds me a lot of Brazilian footballer Adriano. Dude was a baller, but after his father died, he never managed to recover from it.

[@Coal-RubL]

@@scottwillie6389thats cool and all but god aint real lmao be nice to people fullstop, not cus some dumbass lore says to

[@zfrankhauser4292]

I used to love Kanye, stuff like this is why I respected him and loved his music. Seeing how he's gone from this to his constant mental breakdown with Kim and Pete and how he's acted awfully towards them, it just hurts.

[@Regeous]

This man has always been ahead of his time. The courage it took during this period in hip hop to come out and say this can’t be overstated

[@fuziontonygaming]

Ooohhh man, there was such much f bombs and homophobic disses during that period.

[@sakshamtyagi9652]

Kanye West's is one of the most tragic stories of our time. The guy is a musical genius and a genuinely good person and only thing bigger than his intellect was his ego but his mother kept his ego in check for him. Keeping him grounded. Ever since her demise, he has been on the downward spiral and now I think he hit the rock bottom . He has lost everything. His fans, family, friends, empire, reputation, every single thing. His ego picked out every single good thing and ruined it for him.

[@scottwillie6389]

Actually, his mother's death spurred him to finally embrace Christ (as his mother always wanted). Out of tragedy, came salvation.

[@sakshamtyagi9652]

@@scottwillie6389 his embrace of Christ clearly didn't do him any good. The closer he seemed to get to him, more shittier a person he became.

[@lahabitaciondeterciopelo913]

​@@scottwillie6389He said he loved hitler not Jesus.

[@quitefranklysamanthatheres1018]

This was legendary at the time

[@nawrboyclovis5630]

He looked alive in his eyes at this time

[@yoitmeree]

To those that wasn't alive then or really young then, that was a really bold statement. In my opinion, until gay marriage was legal and you seen more gay people in TV shows last decade, the 00s was brutal. Coming out the closet was a big deal. I went through that exact scenario Kanye's talking about. I wasn't about to hate my cousin, so all that blinded hatred died down to me. Idk why it takes for a family member to come out for people to see that being gay is just a love interest preference. Though I'm glad we're progressing as a society and learning slowly but surely to mind our fucking business

[@bumbleeistheequeen4052]

say again to the people in the back

[@yoitmeree]

Bles I’m not even going to talk about the Kanye part cause I know nothing about that, but how about you ask a gay person how they felt back then or are you speaking up as one? And since were editing comments, yes that was my personal issue I had about gays, that's the point. Gays are being mistreated because of other people personal issues. What's next brodie?

[@Ibrahero312]

This Kanye is gone, he’s never coming back 😔

[@dogmanyt1053]

Ngl, when I was younger I used to be homophobic and called people gay as a joke, now I’m a bisexual I look back on how much of a shitty little kid I was back then. I love Kanye, and I always will. Kanye fan for life.

[@theultimategamer213]

i miss this kanye. i hope to see him in a better place in the future

[@coolporyg0n]

the man we saw in this interview is completely dead now

[@sonnywright4259]

Somebody tell whoever tried cutting ye off that he wasn't finished expressing his thoughts!!!

[@donutlover6045]

I don't agree with a lot of what Kanye says or does but I am very impressed by this, it showed a new level of maturity in him that I've never seen before. Love it

[@evilgirl9379]

This is old you DUNCE! The man stand for what he believes in, even if it’s not a popular opinion at the time? What exactly has he said or done that is wrong, he killed someone🤷🏾‍♀️🇳🇬

[@Treetops27]

He's pretty progressive

[@djatlasmusik]

kanye always been this way mature and true, peole just make up les about him. he is just very outspoken and misunderstood

[@xavieryu3821]

one of kanye’s most based moments

[@vardets1032]

cringe

[@xavieryu3821]

@@vardets1032 L

[@forgetthemiracles5]

@@xavieryu3821 based would be Kanye saying that we shouldn't be promoting homosexuality in movies, music, tv etc

[@xavieryu3821]

@@forgetthemiracles5 ratio

[@forgetthemiracles5]

@@xavieryu3821 ratio?

[@briantirado4437]

Where did THIS Kanye go???... I mean he kinda still is the same in some ways when you hear him speak as a person and not a hip hop artist or clothing designer, but nowhere as near as how he used to be.

[@thebionicledude]

His mom dying messed him up

[@isaiahromero9861]

^^^ his mom dying really did fuck him up, he also has bipolar disorder, and when you add extreme fame and praise to that equation it's just not pretty. That's not a valid excuse for his behavior obviously, but it's just really tragic to me

[@ChewyMovesQuick]

Power changes people

[@niles8102]

One of the few rappers back then, speaking against homophobia. We are gay, but let us live. Let us be us. We are humans. Just like you.

[@ykosiris3125]

True but you don't need to force everyone to be the same as you. Peace

[@tchf.8866]

​@@ykosiris3125No one is forcing you to be gay bro😭🙏 I will never get why people think that

[@gaila.9852]

I really appreciate Sway for allowing Ye to express himself without interruptions.

[@barneyjuniorYT]

This is why I loved Kanye, I hope one day he gets the help he deserves. He became the very thing he swore to destroy and that's really depressing to say.

[@iluvtacoz123]

seriously bro. It's fucking sad to see how hard he has fallen.

[@Rage-sq2qt]

Yet some people still worship him. Hell I’ve spoken with a couple people who actually think he’s a God💀

[@bobbydubay]

Sway kinda looking like he's actually got all the answers 🧠🧠🧠🧠

[@dheezer9919]

Another example of Kanye being ahead of his time, sad that this video still applies in 2021

[@fuziontonygaming]

Well he’s an outsider compared to his peers, he’s just been ahead of the game honestly. He may be doing antics. But when he’s right, he’s right.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Damn, this statement would be considered unpopular and "lame" back in its time. No wonder Kanye's old lyrics are timeless.

[@liltree8382]

CheesecakeLasagna it always will be lame and not cool Kanye’s a bitch

[@fuziontonygaming]

@@liltree8382 You’re the exact person he was talking about in this video. He really is ahead of his time.

[@3ikyy]

@@liltree8382 nah u are

[@Ria-sd2ex]

We've literally cycled backwards. To now rappers are celebrated for homophobia. Homophobia is just the norm all over again.

[@seriousblakk]

Sigh I know ppl change but I really admired this kanye. This was powerful back then and this is when I knew he could stand in his own shit and was still outselling all the other homphopic rappers.

[@l4ndst4nder]

I love DMX, but you have to keep in mind that “Where The Hood At” came out in 2003 and was insanely popular. Kanye was absolutely right that homophobia was a huge problem in 2005

[@biofilms22]

I want this Kanye back

[@aubreyskipper9642]

Evatrice spotted

[@Softw4re]

Maybe kanye needs to step back and take a look at this video from 7 years ago and see that he has strayed so far from this

[@georgej4936]

Respect to Kanye for addressing this shit.

[@will3890]

Wow, and this was way before the lgbt movement really started taking off. I love seeing people with completely independent thoughts from society not be afraid to let them be known

[@irr35i5tibl3]

This made me emotional because I remember when I was so drawn to Kanye and his msgs, in his music. Some of the songs really hit me hard. I felt him as a human who was decent and refreshing. Before I had even seen this interview, without him addressing homophobia in his music, Kanye gave words that inspired me to fight through what was going on. 🙏🏽

[@Majeed.]

it's good that he's learned and became a better person & it's great that he's addressed this topic

[@lightingrod5907]

Kanye was deadass ahead of his time

[@Tfististhis]

I got hated on for not finding gay jokes funny that’s crazy to think about

[@thebeastwithin6978]

Damn, this Kanye dude should start a clothing or shoe brand. It’d be pretty cool

[@Aerochalklate]

He should collab with pornhub and lil pump

[@Samantha-gg1vi]

I wonder if he ever made it big

[@scdc9628]

Samantha I mean he has potential but I don’t think he is going to make it...

[@mfdoomnyc1471]

He Should name his First born South

[@evilgirl9379]

Kanye is ahead of his time🙏🏿🇳🇬❤️

[@papiasbanda3360]

A few weeks ago I heard Kanye exec produced Montero, and I thought that was great! Now after watching this interview, it has a whole new meaning to me. Mad respect for Kanye and Lil Nas X.

[@shanenolan85]

Funny cause I've been a hip hop fan for a looong time and thank you Kanye for being one of the first mainstream hip hop artists to speak out on this issue! 💯🙏🏿