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Kanye West wears ‘White Lives Matter’ shirt at Paris fashion show

Candace Owens and Kanye West at the Yeezy fashion show in Paris.
Candace Owens and Kanye West at the Yeezy fashion show in Paris. Photo by Screengrab /Candace Owens/Twitter

Kanye West made a statement with a garment choice at the Yeezy fashion show in Paris on Monday.

The rap star wore a black sweatshirt with the slogan: “White Lives Matter” written across it.

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 Models wearing his clothing also sported the message, according to the Daily Mail.

Right-wing commentator Candace Owens also posed, along with West’s nine-year-old daughter, North.

The slogan worn on West and Owens’ shirts has previously been used by the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations as an attack against the Black Lives Matter movement and Black people more broadly.

Former ESPN presenter Jemele Hill said: “So many folks are trying to excuse Kanye wearing a white lives matter t-shirt as just a troll move or marketing. Maybe it is … But it’s a dangerously dumb message to send for someone with his massive platform. I been off dude. But y’all go ahead labeling his foolishness as genius.”

Will Smith’s son, Jaden, tweeted: “I can’t stand behind what Kanye’s saying. He doesn’t have the full support of the youth.”