Here is a question for you: is Kanye West a genius or is he an idiot? It's a question that will divide the ages, with those leaning to the "Genius" side citing his many bodies of incredible music and his influence on modern culture. However, in the last few weeks, those who tend to support the "idiot" side of the argument have been given plenty of ammo from Yeezy himself.

It would be safe to say that in the build-up to his latest album "Ye", Kanye has set about trying to divide the world through his bizarre tweets, outlandish claims and divisive opinions. Whether it's informing us that he's "nice at ping pong" or talking about the "Dragon Energy" that he and Donald Trump share, as well as saying that he admires the president, Kanye has left plenty of fans and social commentators scratching their head.

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However, while some of the tweets were laughable and easily dismissed as "Ye being Ye," some comments were simply unforgivable.

Appearing on TMZ, Kanye proclaimed that he thought slavery was a "choice," saying: "When you hear about slavery for 400 years... for 400 years? That sounds like a choice."

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The comment did go down well with anyone, let alone the most staunch of Yeezy fans - who couldn't find it in themselves to defend the words of their idol. However, on Twitter, one woman continued to stand by her husband's side. Kim Kardashian West - Kanye's wife - has had to protect her husband on many occasions, but she admits that the slavery comment was one step too far for her.

In an interview with ET at the CFDA Fashion Awards, Kardashian West said: "Did I scream about it? Did I cry about it? Did I fight about it? Yeah."

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West alludes to the drama in a track on his new album, in which he raps: "My wife callin', screamin', say, 'We 'bout to lose it all!' / Had to calm her down 'cause she couldn't breathe / Told her she could leave me now, but she wouldn't leave."

Kardashian West said the song, Wouldn't Leave, was the last one that he played to her.

"That's not stuff we put on social media, but we have those moments that that was the one song that he didn't really play for me until last minute, so I heard that last minute and it meant a lot to me," she added.

While The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star wasn't pleased with Kanye's comments, she did say that her husband is "the most genuine person".

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She said: "He might say things that might get misinterpreted and people don't see the context behind it, but I always know his heart, so I'm glad that it was really well-received."

The mother-of-three added that she feels that her rapper husband can often be misunderstood by others. "I know what he really means when he says something and I know people will too at some point," she said.

Kanye West has once again taken to Twitter, this time to thank his parents for "letting him live".

Per The Metro, the rapper is in the Caribbean with his wife, Kim Kardashian, and their four children in a purported attempt to heal after a tough few weeks for the family.

Today (7th August), the Yeezy designer wrote on Twitter: "Thank you God and mom and dad for letting me live," alongside a picture of him as a child with his mother, Donda.

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This comes after Kanye opened up about his relationship with his parents during his first presidential rally in South Carolina last month, and also touched on his views on abortion and Planned Parenthood.

Kanye aligned himself with the pr0-life movement, suggesting that every mother should be paid $1 million in order to prevent them from considering abortions.
"My mum saved my life. My Dad wanted to abort me… ‘My mum saved my life, there would have been no Kanye West because my dad was too busy," he said at the rally.

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He also claimed that he and his reality star wife considered not going ahead with their first pregnancy when expecting their eldest child, North, back in 2012.

"I almost killed my daughter," he said, tearing up. "In the Bible, it says, “Thou shall not kill”. I remember that my girlfriend called me screaming and crying, and I was just thinking, because at that time I was a rapper I was out there, [had] different girlfriends and everything… and she said, 'I’m pregnant'.

"And I said, 'Yes!' And then I said, 'Uh oh'. She was crying… and for one month and two months and three months, we talked about her not having this child. She had the pills in her hand.' I’m in the apartment where my wife was actually robbed, and I have my laptop up and I have all of my creative ideas, I’ve got my shoes, I’ve got my next song cover… and the screen went black and white. And God said, 'If you f**k with my vision I’m gonna f**k with yours'. And I called my wife and she said, 'We’re gonna have this baby', and I said 'We’re gonna have this child'.

On July 22nd, Kim issued a statement on Kanye West's mental health.

The reality television star took to her Instagram Stories today (Wednesday, 22nd July) to call for "compassion" and "empathy", as she discussed her husband's bipolar disorder. The follows the rapper posting a slew of tweets that prompted widespread concern.

"As many of you know, Kanye has bi-polar [sic] disorder. Anyone who has this or has a loved one in their life who does, knows how incredibly complicated and painful it is to understand," Kim wrote.

"I've never spoken publicly about how this has affected us at home because I am very protective of our children and Kanye's right to privacy when it comes to his health. But today, I feel like I should comment on it because of the stigma and misconceptions about mental health," the mother-of-four continued.

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"Those that understand mental illness or even compulsive behavior know that the family is powerless unless the member is a minor. People who are unaware or far removed from this experience can be judgmental and not understand that the individual themselves have to engage in the process of getting help no matter how hard family and friends try."

While the 39-year-old noted that she "understands" that Kanye is "subject to criticism because he is a public figure and his actions at times can cause strong opinions and emotions," she added: "He is a brilliant but complicated person who on top of the pressures of being an artist and a black man, who experienced the painful loss of his mother, has to deal with the pressure and isolation that is heightened by his bi-polar disorder. Those who are close with Kanye know his heart and understand his words some times do not align with his intentions."

Since making a name for herself on the back of a now-infamous sex tape, Kim Kardashian has continued to entertain, and occasionally surprise. Whether she's "breaking the internet" with nude Paper magazine covers, eating her own placenta, or undergoing a vampire facial (a process which involves injecting the blood from your arm back into your face), it's safe to say that Kim Kardashian has a taste for the controversial. However, it appears that the reality television star may have gone one step too far recently. While we all know that Kim exercises incredible control over her appearance and figure during her waking life, we didn't expect her to do the same posthumously. Yes, it's all about to get very morbid. [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/BeGqTELlKFp/?hl=en&taken-by=kimkardashian]] Kim Kardashian and Kanye West welcomed their third child via surrogate on Tuesday. The happy couple broke the news on Kim's website, announcing that they were "over the moon" with their new addition. "She’s here! We’re so in love," wrote Kim. "Kanye and I are happy to announce the arrival of our healthy, beautiful baby girl". And as is customary when expanding a family, Kim and Kanye have started thinking about updating their will. It's something that the 37-year-old opened up about in the most recent episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians - but rather than discussing distribution of wealth, and what personal tokens she would be dishing out to her relatives, Kim seemed more preoccupied about what would happen to her hair in the event of a tragedy. [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/BdocWhpF_qH/?hl=en&taken-by=kimkardashian]] While accompanying her mother, Kris Jenner, to earlobe reduction surgery (yes, really), Kim told her what would happen to her hair in the event of an accident. "I put in my will that I have to always have my hair done if I am like, cannot talk to myself, or like, communicate," Kim said, before assuring her mother that she'd do her the same courtesy if anything were to happen. "I will make sure that your hair is always done if you don’t know your name,’ she reassured Kris. "You’ll have great hair." Well, you know what they say - it's your family that always has your back. Now that Kim Kardashian has announced that her third child was born last week, and Khloe Kardashian has finally confirmed that she's expecting a child with her boyfriend, Canadian professional basketball player, Tristan Thompson, the world is just waiting on the youngest Kardashian-Jenner sister, Kylie Jenner, to reveal whether she is pregnant or not. The beauty mogul has continued to troll the press with news of her alleged pregnancy, and last week she was reportedly spotted in CVS sporting something that looks a lot like a baby bump. A brave fan snapped the candid photograph, and it sure looks like there's something under there - but whether it's just the burger she ate for lunch, or a bunch of stolen goods - who knows? In other Kardashian related news, Kim Kardashian has faced huge backlash over a video taken after her daughter's birth.

There's no doubt that Kanye West has never been the most humble guy. He really does have a pretty colossal ego. But when you're the guy who came up with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, maybe you can afford to be a little bit prideful.

Now, however, Kanye might have taken his arrogance a little too far even by his standards. He has just publicly declared himself: "the greatest human artist of all time" and reiterated his desire to be the President of the United States.

Check out Kanye's pro-Trump speech on SNL:

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Kanye made his typically-controversial comments in a new interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats One, to promote his upcoming album which is entitled Jesus is King.

At one point in the interview, Kanye stated: "Now I am unquestionably, undoubtedly, the greatest human artist of all time. It’s not even a question at this point. It’s just a fact. For the greatest artist in human existence to put a red hat on was God’s practical joke to all liberals. Like, 'Nooo, not Kanye!'"

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He also spoke about his plan to run for president, following in the footsteps of  Donald Trump. Kanye stated: "There will be a time when I will be President of the United States and I will remember … any founder that didn’t have the capacity to understand culturally what we’re doing."

Kanye also opened up about his ongoing feud with Drake, stating: "Me and Drake had this disagreement and he refused to speak to me for six months. That was so painful … You cannot be in service to God and be mad at your brother next door…I go to Drake’s house with no security and just leave my number. God is funny. Drake lives four blocks down the street from me. So that shows you that God has a sense of humor."

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'Jesus is King' is due to be released on Friday, October 25, with a follow-up scheduled for Christmas.

Kim Kardashian's Instagram posts have been flooded with comments from furious Taylor Swift fans following the singer's Time Magazine interview.

The 33-year-old pop superstar added yet another accolade to her already impressive year as she was named the magazine's 2023 'Person of the Year' on Wednesday (December 6).

During her interview with the publication, the 'Anti Hero' hitmaker opened up about the scandalous 2016 phone call leak between her and Kim Kardashian's former husband, Kanye West.

To refresh everyone's memories, back in 2016, West released an album called The Life of Pablo, which featured a song called 'Famous'. In this track, he refers to his altercation with Swift with vulgar lyrics, saying: "For all my Southside n***as that know me best, I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? I made that b**** famous".

The feud between Swift and West began in 2009 after the rapper jumped on stage during her speech at the 2009 MTV VMA Awards. Credit: Kevin Mazur / GettyThe SKIMS mogul - who posted footage of the call on social media - made it look like the 'Cruel Summer' star gave West consent to sing about her with obscene lyrics but Swift denied this in a social media statement, saying: "Being falsely painted as a liar when I was never given the full story or played any part of the song is a character assassination," per Teen Vogue.

Despite defending herself, Swift was widely slammed online and branded a liar, with both "snake", with #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty quickly trending on social media.

However, in 2020, a release of the entire phone conversation was leaked and showed that the original video had been edited down - proving the Grammy-winning musician's claims to be true.

Still, Kardashian took to social media at the time to share her belief that Swift was lying, tweeting in part, "@taylorswift13 has chosen to reignite an old exchange."

"I didn't feel the need to comment a few days ago, and I'm actually really embarrassed and mortified to be doing it right now, but because she continues to speak on it, I feel I'm left without a choice but to respond because she is actually lying," she added.

If you haven't seen the full and unedited call yet, check it out below:

The 'Karma' artist revisited the incident in an interview with Time Magazine and blasted at Kardashian for "framing" her with an "illegally recorded phone call" and sharing it on social media to paint her as a liar.

"That took me down psychologically to a place I've never been before," Swift told the outlet, adding that moved to a foreign country after the incident.

"I didn't leave a rental house for a year. I was afraid to get on phone calls. I pushed away most people in my life because I didn't trust anyone anymore. I went down really, really hard," she said.

At that time, she felt the scandal to be the end of her music career, sharing: "Make no mistake - my career was taken away from me."

Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian in 2015 - one year before the phone call leak. Credit: John Shearer / GettyAfter the publication, the mother-of-four's Instagram page was flooded with comments from angry Swifties.

One user wrote: "For someone [whose] Dad was a lawyer and [you're] trying to become a lawyer, you’d think that maybe you’d make sure you weren’t committing a crime by recording the phone call??"

Another said: "Kim what you did to Tay affected her mental state. Your words & actions have consequences [for] others. Make this right & you will get more respect."

A third added: "I love you but we need a real apology for Tay Tay. She deserves it. You said y’all moved on but nope. She haven’t."

Others simply put the snake emoji all over Kardashian's posts - which references Swift's song 'Look What You Made Me Do,' from her rebellious 2017 album, Reputation.

Credit: InstagramIn the years that followed, Swift's career and popularity grew - while many of her adversaries have suffered major setbacks, including the 'Gold Digger' rapper.

The billionaire is currently on the international leg of her successful Eras Tour.

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