Following his performance at Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards, Kanye West is speaking out about his closing set, calling it “grossly over-censored.”
Yeezus performed “All Day” and “Black Skinhead” with Allan Kingdom
and Theophilus London, but much of the performance was bleeped out when
it aired on ABC.
Kanye released a statement via his publicist addressing the
censorship. “Kanye West was grossly over-censored at the Billboard
Music Awards. Non-profane lyrics such as ‘with my leather black jeans
on’ were muted for over 30 second intervals. As a result, his voice and
performance were seriously misrepresented.”
“It is ridiculous that in 2015, unwarranted censorship is something
that artists still have to fight against,” the statement continued.
He also apologized to viewers. “Although West was clearly set up to
face elements beyond his control during the live broadcast, he would
like to apologize to the television audience who were unable to enjoy
the performance the way he envisioned.”
Billboard reached out to ABC and show producer Dick Clark Productions, but both had no comment.
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