At first I thought this was some sort of publicity stunt, but it's looking more and more like Kanye has run off from the plantation.
While I am certain there are many of Kanye's opinions and views I would not agree with this is a major break from the accepted role assigned to a black man by progressives.
IIRC this all started when Kayne tweeted he supported Trump because under Trump black unemployment declined. Then all hell broke loose on social media.

Kanye West Tweets Thomas Sowell Quotes
by John Nolte
1 May 2018

Music superstar Kanye West received some Thomas Sowell quotes via a direct message from someone and then published them on his Twitter feed.

Though currently retired, or at least semi-retired, Sowell is well-known conservative intellectual, an eloquent and informed writer and academic on culture, economics, race, and the welfare state. Sowell also happens to be a black man.

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Maxine Waters: Kanye Talking ‘Out of Turn,’ ‘Should Think Twice About Politics’
by Tony Lee
1 May 2018

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) reportedly blasted musician Kanye West on Monday evening for talking “out of turn” when asked about West’s recent praise for President Donald Trump.

“Kanye West is a very creative young man who has presented some of the most revolutionary material in the African-American community. … But we also think that sometimes Kanye West talks out of turn and perhaps sometimes he needs some assistance in helping him to formulate some of his thoughts,” Waters reportedly told Politico at an Oakland event with members of the Congressional Black Caucus that pushed for more diversity in Silicon Valley. “We don’t think that he actually means to do harm, but we’re not sure he really understands the impact of what he’s saying, at the time that he’s saying it and how that weighs on, particularly the African American community – and for young people in general. … And I think maybe he should think twice about politics, and maybe not have so much to say.”

West created a firestorm last week when he tweeted that the “mob” cannot make him not love his “brother” Trump.

“You don’t have to agree with trump but the mob can’t make me not love him. We are both dragon energy,” West tweeted. “He is my brother. I love everyone. I don’t agree with everything anyone does. That’s what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought.”

Trump thanked West for his complimentary tweet soon after Breitbart News White House Correspondent Charlie Spiering asked White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders last week at a press briefing whether Trump had recently communicated with the musician.

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