Rapper Kanye West speaks during his meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)        (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Kanye West opened up about wearing the controversial MAGA chapeau (Pic: Getty)

Kanye West has opened up on what information technology felt like wearing the controversial MAGA hat, and discussing his political views so publicly.

The Gilded Digger rapper found himself supporting Donald Trump over the last few years – despite non following politics – leading to a lot of fans expressing their cloy.

And lifting the lid on the controversial Make America Bully Again cap, the 42-yr-old explained it stirred up feelings near racism in general.

In a new aboveboard interview, the dad-of-four – who confessed he's non registered to vote – said: 'I'm a black guy with a scarlet [MAGA] chapeau, tin can you imagine?

'Information technology reminded me of how I felt every bit a blackness guy before I was famous, when I would walk in a restaurant and people would look at you like you were going to steal something.'

Ye likewise revealed his frustrations with fans attempting to 'put him in his place' when it comes to politics, assuming who he supports due to the colour of his skin.

Rapper Kanye West, left, shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. West, a recording artist and prominent Trump supporter, is at the White House to have lunch with the president and to meet with presidential son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner who has spearheaded the administrations efforts overhaul the criminal justice system. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Kanye shared his support for Donald Trump (Pic: Getty)

'"This is your identify, Ye, don't talk about apparel,"' he continued to WSJ.

'"This is your place, Ye, yous're black, so y'all're a Democrat."'

Kanye's comments come subsequently he found himself back in a row with Taylor Swift, over his 2016 song, Famous.

While it feels their feud is never-ending, new leaked footage of the infamous phone call they had over a song lyric emerged on social media, drudging the whole thing dorsum up again.

Information technology centres around the rapper'south use of the word 'b***h' to describe the You Belong With Me vocaliser and whether he asked her permission to employ the derogatory term in the rail.

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Kim Kardashian defended Yeezy over his row with Taylor Swift (Picture show: WireImage)

The lyric in question includes: 'For all my Southside n***** that know me best. I experience like me and Taylor might still have sexual activity/Why? I made that b***h famous.'

Yeezy has kept placidity on the matter, but wife Kim Kardashian was having none of it, putting Taylor on blast in one case more.

'@taylorswift13 has called to reignite an old exchange – that at this signal in fourth dimension feels very self-serving given the suffering millions of existent victims are facing right now,' she began a Twitter rant.

'I didn't experience the need to comment a few days ago, and I'yard actually really embarrassed and mortified to be doing information technology right now, just considering she continues to speak on it, I feel I'm left without a pick but to respond because she is actually lying.'

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 26: Taylor Swift attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Kim took aim at Taylor in a Twitter rant (Picture: Getty)

Kimmy insisted her merely event with Taylor was that she believes the Reputation singer 'lied through her publicist', arguing that 'they clearly spoke'.

Explaining their dispute was about the 'tone of the conversation' rather than the song lyrics, she continued: 'At the fourth dimension when they spoke the song had not been fully written yet, but every bit everyone tin come across in the video, she manipulated the truth of their actual conversation in her statement when her team said she "declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic bulletin."

'I never edited the footage (another lie) – I but posted a few clips on Snapchat to make my signal and the full video that recently leaked doesn't change the narrative.'

She as well said her husband documented his 'musical journeying and process' with every anthology and notes Taylor did the aforementioned with her recent Netflix documentary Miss Americana.

'Kanye has documented the making of all of his albums for his personal archive, nonetheless has never released any of information technology for public consumption & the call between the ii of them would accept remained private or would have gone in the trash had she not lied & forced me to defend him,' she stated.

'This will be the last time I speak on this because honestly, nobody cares. Sorry to diameter y'all all with this. I know you are all dealing with more serious and of import matters.'

Well, she's not wrong near the 'serious and of import matters'…

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