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Kanye West: ‘The Music Industry And The NBA Are Modern Day Slave Ships,’ ‘I’m The New Moses’

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Kanye West: ‘The Music Industry And The NBA Are Modern Day Slave Ships,’ ‘I’m The New Moses’
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Kanye West severely criticized the music industry and the NBA on Monday, comparing them to a “modern-day slave ship.”

Similar to his previous hyperbolic statements regarding slavery and its relation to modern America, West demanded to see the contracts of everyone at Universal and Sony, likening himself to a “new Moses.”

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