Kanye West, now officially known as Ye, recently shared a video declaring February "Black Future Month." In an impassioned six minute poetic speech, Ye describes the disparities he feels as a Black in the United States.
"America is made to enslave us, what they ever gave us?" he proclaims in rap-style in the video, posted on Instagram. "We'd improve. We didn't show, it's documented, now it's cemented, lack future it's time to invent it. If Ye said it, you know that he meant it. There's no more Black History Month, every February reminding us that we just barely can vote."
"We shouldn't have to be a tech genius, a basketball God, a musical wizard to be able to hold down your family," he added.
In the video, directed by Theophilus London, Ye declares February "Black Future Month 2022."
Donda 2, the sequel to Ye's 2021 album, is set to release on February 22.
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