Did Kanye West Go Too Far With This Lyric About Parkinson’s Disease?
If Kanye West didn’t stir up controversy then he wouldn’t be, well, Kanye West.
The Good Music rapper recently received major backlash from the American Parkinson Disease Association over a lyric from his new album Yeezus.
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The 50-year-old organization called out the 36-year-old for a reference to Parkinson’s Disease on his track titled “On Sight” — where he raps, “A monster about to come alive again / Soon as I pull up and park the Benz / We get this b**ch shaking like Parkinson’s.”
“We find these lyrics distasteful and the product of obvious ignorance, ” APDA VP Kathryn Whitford said in a statement.
According to TMZ, Ye’s camps has yet to respond to the uproar.
Listen to the song below and tell us if you think Mr. West went too far.
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