Speaking in a recent interview with Showstudio, rapper/fashion designer Kanye West said he believes he’s being discriminated against by the fashion industry because he’s not gay.
“I feel like I got discriminated in fashion for not being gay,” the 38-year-old said during the two-hour live interview.
‘In music, you definitely get discriminated in music if you are gay. It takes amazing talents to break down barriers, Everyone thought that when Frank Ocean dropped that it was going to be bad for his career. I feel like it’s so cliché to speak about him as it relates to this subject, but there are people who broke the ground and he broke the ground. The people that break the stereotypes make history.’ He continued.
He also added: ‘The first thing I thought about was a black radio show host maybe possibly making jokes because the black culture is generally homophobic, Then it was like, “F–k what people say. F–k what people think.” I feel proud to be in a family that has so many people breaking ground for generations to come. I’m still getting acquainted to what’s politically correct [to say though].