Twitter Drags Kanye West For Wearing A 'White Lives Matter' T-Shirt

Kanye West wore a “White Lives Matter” t-shirt at his surprise Yeezy fashion show on Monday (October 3) in Paris, and Twitter went in on him.

The show was staged to showcase his Season 9 Collection.

At the beginning of the show, Kanye West gave a speech wearing the WLM t-shirt, a black T-shirt with the Pope’s face on the front, and “White Lives Matter” in big bold white letters on the back.

Some of the models in the show also wore WLM t-shirts.

Watch Kanye’s opening speech to his Season 9 Collection below:

Twitter did not like the optics of a Black man, whom many consider a musical genius with a lot of power and influence, wearing a shirt with that type of messaging on the back.

Scoop some tweets below:

So many folks are trying to excuse Kanye wearing a white lives matter t-shirt as just a troll move or marketing. Maybe it is. But it’s a dangerously dumb message to send for someone with his massive platform. I been off dude. But y’all go ahead labeling his foolishness as genius.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) October 3, 2022

Kanye West decision to wear a “White Lives Matter” shirt is disgusting, dangerous, and irresponsible. Some of y’all will rush to defend him. You should ask yourselves why… pic.twitter.com/YT4a6c9tKI
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) October 3, 2022

This is all that needs to be said in regards to Kanye West and his White Lives Matter shirt. pic.twitter.com/v2ykdgT4WN
— _Joesy_ ??‍♀️ (@015Serenity) October 3, 2022

Kanye west making Black models wear “ white lives matter” shirts is a culmination of his anti blackness and his immersion in white supremacy ideologies and methods. Disgusting pic.twitter.com/yIaVKPYEBB
— ꧁༺ӄɛɛք ȶʀɨɢɢɛʀɨռɢ ʀǟƈɨֆȶֆ ʍɛɢɦǟռ༻꧂ (@Blu_Alexia_) October 3, 2022

ye fans the second we saw that shirt pic.twitter.com/v5d23ssbbk
— Tilly (Kanye’s Lawyer) (@tillyksg) October 3, 2022

Kanye West was on instagram not too long ago talking about the Kardashians we’re corrupting his BLACK children… just to be wearing a White Lives Matter shirt pic.twitter.com/mesEFeDteG
— vivi? (@08_____02) October 3, 2022

Boosie calls out Kanye for wearing ‘White Lives Matter’ shirt pic.twitter.com/bNg4GHyduq
— SAY CHEESE! ?? (@SaycheeseDGTL) October 3, 2022

Kanye knew the only way we would pay attention to that circus-ass fashion show would be to wear a White Lives Matter t-shirt standing alongside Candace Owens.

We still don't care, but I hate how he's embarrassing and disrespecting all of the good things his mother stood for.
— Xavi-IceCreamConvos (@MsXaviB) October 3, 2022

every day kanye makes it harder and harder to defend him
— Corn ✧* (@upblissed) October 3, 2022

Kanye and Elon are some of the thirstiest egomaniacs alive. They need attention like SpongeBob needs water.
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) October 3, 2022