(Video) Watch Kanye West “Slavery Was A Choice” Debate with TMZ’s Staffer Van Lathan

(Video) Watch Kanye West “Slavery Was A Choice” Debate with TMZ’s Staffer Van Lathan

Damn Kanye…Why you had to take it there! Kanye West is really digging himself into a deep hole with all his recent statements.

The interview started off with a question about the Make America Great Again hat West was photographed wearing last week but quickly turned into a whole other animal. From scientology and slavery to his admission he was once addicted to opioids, ‘Ye commanded the TMZ newsroom with an impassioned approach to the interview.

“I’m not coming up here to justify anything,” he said. “You can’t tell me nothing. I made the song. You can’t tell me what I’m supposed to do.”

During his diatribe, West said slavery for 400 years sounded like “a choice,” which caused an uproar in the newsroom. TMZ staffer Van Lathan confronted Ye about his views and said seeing West wearing the MAGA hat hurt black people.

“I think what you’re doing right now is actually an afterthought,” Lathan said. “”Kanye, you’re entitled to your opinion, you’re entitled to believe whatever you want, but there is fact and real-world, real-life consequence behind everything you just said.”

He continued, “And while you are making music and being an artist and living the life that you’ve earned by being a genius, the rest of us in society have to deal with these threats to our lives. We have to deal with the marginalization that’s come from the 400 years of slavery that you said for our people was a choice.”

Check out the video above the view the full exchange. Kanye West Vs TMZ