Kanye West Is Officially More Popular With White People According To Recent Poll

Kanye West may believe he’s out of the “sunken place” but judging by a recent tally, it looks like he’s still there. A new CNN/SSRS Poll shows West is more popular among white people than non-white people.

The poll states 23 percent of people who identified themselves as white said they had a favorable opinion of ‘Ye, while only 20 percent of those who said they’re non-white feel the same. Meanwhile, 53 percent said they had an unfavorable opinion of West overall.

Interviews were conducted from May 2 to May 5, 2018 among a sample of 1,015 respondents. The landline total of respondents were 402 and there were 613 cell phone respondents.

The poll comes just weeks after West went on TMZ Live and made the statement that 400 years of slavery sounded like “a choice.” Of course, this caused a flurry of controversy and subsequently spawned the hashtag “#IfSlaveryWasAChoice.” 

Prior to that interview, Yeezy made it clear he still supports Donald Trump, even posting a photo of himself wearing a Make America Great Again hat. He described both himself and Trump has having the same “dragon energy,” and referred to Trump as his “brother.”

West also aligned himself with conservative political commentator Candace Owens in a tweet stating he likes how she thinks. Owens then appeared with him on the now infamous TMZ Live interview.

Throughout the firestorm of contentious tweets, West dropped two singles, “Lift Yourself” and “Ye Vs. The People” featuring T.I. The former was deemed more of a masterful troll track for its non-sensical “scoopity poop” bars, while the latter was more of a debate on Trump between the Grand Hustle mastermind and Yeezy.

West is reportedly back in Wyoming wrapping up several albums he promised to deliver this summer, including Pusha T’s King Pusha, Nas’ next album and his own follow-up to 2016’s The Life Of Pablo. 

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Yo Gotti Concert Interrupted By Fatal Shooting Outside Venue

Kansas City, MO – Things reportedly took a violent turn outside of a Yo Gotti concert in Kansas City, Missouri on Friday night (May 11),

According to Fox4KC, Gotti was on stage around 11:30 p.m. local time when gunfire erupted outside the Uptown Theater, leaving one person dead.

As Fox4KC reports, a fight broke out inside the venue before spilling out to a parking lot across the street from a venue.

TMZ obtained audio of the 911 call following the shooting. Police and emergency medical responders pronounced the victim dead upon their arrival.

Gotti was in town as part of The Rake It Up Tour, which continues on Saturday (May 12) in San Bernardino, California.

No information about arrests or suspects has been released. It hasn’t been confirmed if the people involved in the shooting were actually attending the concert.

HipHopDX reached out to the Kansas City Police Department but didn’t hear immediately back. 

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Coco Austin Promotes Sex Positivity With NSFW ManyVids Photo Shoot

Coco Austin — actress, model, dancer and Ice-T‘s spouse — posed for an exclusive cover shoot for MV Mag‘s May issue.

ManyVids, a tech company based in the Adult Entertainment Industry and specializing in the development of live-streaming, cloud and real-time communication software, launched its in-house magazine — MV Mag — in 2016.

The publication showcases interviews and photo-spreads of ManyVids models as well as other features dependent on the theme of a specific issue. The theme of MV Mag’s 15th issue issue is “sex-positivity” and MV has selected Austin as its champion.

When asked what sex positivity means to her, Austin proclaims, “Sex-positivity is in every person, every possible being. You don’t have to be a certain way to feel sexy, you just have to be confident.”
When talking about the perceived double-standard between men and women displaying their bodies in a public manner, she explains, “Look at those male bodybuilders lifting weights. They want to show off…they’re not going to cover up…[but] there’s a lot of people that think females who show off their bodies in a certain way are ‘nasty.’” Austin refutes this, choosing instead to own her body and be proud of it. “It’s actually about showing off what you worked so hard to accomplish. I’m just confident when it comes to my body and how I dress.”

Check out issue #15 of MV Mag here and scroll down to see some shots from Coco Austin’s feature spread.

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Quality Control’s City Girls Drop Debut Album "Period" & "I’ll Take Your Man" Video

JT and Yung Miami, otherwise known as the Miami-based rap duo, City Girls, have officially released their debut album Period on Quality Control Music.

At 16 tracks deep, this is the girls’ debut project for the Atlanta-based label behind artists like Migos and Lil Yachty.

Although the duo is brand new, they have already garnered media attention with their previous single releases, having been described as a strong force of opposition against the “boy’s club” mentality prevalent in Hip Hop.

Check out the stream, cover art and tracklist for Period as well as the official “I’ll Take Your Man” video.

 

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Kamaiyah Denies Being "Angry Black Woman" Following Connecticut Airport Arrest

Windsor Locks, CT – Kamaiyah had a few choice words for the media following her arrest at Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport on Friday (May 11). After posting bail, the Bay Area rapper hit Instagram to address the incident.

“Fuck the media trying to paint me as a angry black woman like I’m not out here constantly giving to the youth,” she captioned the photo. “as least y’all all learned one thing today black women don’t play about their bonnets #OutOnBail #4hunnid.”

The local news outlet WFSB described the 26-year-old as “irate” and “aggressive.”

Fuck the media trying to paint me as a angry black woman like I’m not out here constantly giving to the youth as least y’all all learned one thing today black women don’t play about their bonnets ???? #OutOnBail #4hunnid

A post shared by ill yaya (@kamaiyah) on May 11, 2018 at 8:54pm PDT

In her Instagram Story later that night, Kamaiyah shared a text exchange with her mother, laughing off the entire situation.

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Kamaiyah was taken into custody early Friday morning after she refused to take off her head gear during a security checkpoint. She reportedly used “vulgar language” toward the TSA agents and a trooper on the scene.

She soon posted bail and was told she’d have to appear in Enfield Superior Court on June 6 when she’ll faces charges of interfering with police and second-degree breach of peace. 

(The original version of this article was published on May 11, 2018 and can be found below.) 

Kamaiyah was reportedly arrested on Friday (May 11) at the Bradley International Airport in Connecticut.

According to WFSB, the Bay Area rapper was attempting to go through a security checkpoint when the alarm went off.

She reportedly became irate after TSA agents asked her to remove her head cover so they could inspect it but she refused to take off the item. WFSB reports she used “vulgar language” toward the TSA agents and a trooper who was on the scene.

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She was eventually handcuffed and escorted out of the airport.

The 26-year-old is facing charges of interfering with police and second-degree breach of peace.

Her bond was set at $5,000, which she posted.

The Before I Wake artist is expected in Enfield Superior Court on June 6. 

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