Kanye West talks to TMZ, stands by anti-Semitism and says he can't be canceled

Kanye West says he hasn't been canceled but for a lot of completely different causes — and he additionally explains why he isn't backing down from a few of his anti-Semitic statements.

We caught Ye Monday at LAX – after he returned from the Tremendous Bowl festivities in Vegas – and the person spoke to us about a lot of subjects. When his lastly launched new album 'Vultures' hit No. 1 on iTunes, he marked that success by discovering out why he survived his 'cancellation'.

Have a look… Kanye talks in our picture about weathering the storm final yr and popping out the opposite facet maybe much more profitable than ever… no less than in his eyes.

That's debatable, in fact, as a result of he's misplaced out on a number of enterprise offers, to not point out lots of of tens of millions of {dollars}. And but Kanye thinks he's in fairly good condition… and he explains why.

Kanye says he has a couple of various things in his software belt which have helped him keep in style, even in a mainstream capability… and he says a number of it has to do with the truth that he's extremely proficient with distinctive, attention-grabbing concepts .

After all, his devoted followers additionally love that he's outspoken… one thing KW can also be effectively conscious of. That's why he says he was in a position to survive a contemporary downturn.

He quotes his feud with Adidas in making this level, and in addition explains why he was in Europe so lengthy final yr. It was really extra enterprise than pleasure.

Both manner, Kanye says enterprise is booming for him once more…regardless of the business's finest efforts. A minimum of that's how he sees it.

You possibly can inform from this interview that he's in full us-versus-them mode proper now. He assaults the music business and file labels, saying the streaming construction isn't honest to artists – and vows to talk out on these points on behalf of all artists.

Apparently sufficient, he even places himself in the identical boat as his nemesis, Taylor Swift! Sure, he says her title, and never in a disparaging manner.

On anti-Semitism…he apologizes for a few of his hate speech, however believes different feedback have been spot on.

He additionally cites a typical protection of his as to why he can’t be anti-Semitic.

See for your self, however actually the one apology he makes is to the Jewish youngsters who wanted to listen to an “grownup dialog.”