Rapper Kanye West caused a stir at Paris Fashion Week with a t-shirt slogan. The 45-year-old wore a long-sleeved T-shirt with the slogan 'White Lives Matter' on Monday. Kanye West left it open what he wanted to express, as reported by the industry journal "Variety" and the music magazine "Rolling Stone".

The saying was also seen on the catwalk. The anti-racism organization "Anti-Defamation League" classifies the sentence as a racist reaction to the "Black Lives Matter" movement, which campaigns against violence against black people.

His accompaniment to the Paris fashion show also caused a stir on the Internet: the rapper posed holding hands with the right-wing political commentator Candace Owens. She also wore a "White Lives Matter" shirt. She is known as the Blexit founder for her public criticism of the "Black Lives Matter" movement.

The rapper keeps expressing himself politically. Kanye West was one of a few popular artists to publicly endorse former US President Donald Trump. In 2018 he met Trump at the White House wearing a baseball hat with his campaign slogan "Make America Great Again". In 2020, West ran for the office of US President himself. However, due to missed registration deadlines, he did not make it onto the ballot in most states.

West often causes a stir with bizarre messages on his social channels. According to media reports and his family, he has had mental health problems and bipolar disorder for years.

Sources: dpa, world