Rapper Kanye West sat down with Tucker Carlson in an exclusive interview that aired on Thursday, where the entrepreneur discussed the controversy over his “White Lives Matter” t-shirt.

Carlson said that the liberal media branded him as displaying “extremist behavior”, to which West responded that he was warned about going public with his beliefs in the past.

Kanye West talks about why he’s pro-life:

“I really don’t care about people’s responses. I perform for an audience of one, and that’s God.” pic.twitter.com/Y7WjMiRRW4

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“[They] said that I like Trump, that my career will be over, that my life would be over. They said stuff like people get killed for wearing a hat like that,” he said.

West also broke down why his lanyard for the Milan Fashion Week featured an image of a baby’s ultrasound.

“It just represents life – I’m pro-life,” West said. “I don’t care about people’s responses. I care about the fact that there are more Black babies being aborted than born in New York City at this point, that 50% of Black Death in America is abortion. So I really don’t care about people’s response.”

“I perform for an audience of one and that’s God,” he said, noting that Americans should look into Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger’s history of racist and eugenicist comments as a member of the Socialist Party.

West said he wanted to become more expressive bout his beliefs during the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump, after he was told by his ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s family that supporting Trump would be ill-advised.

“[Goliath] thought because he was a sheepherder, that he didn’t have the skill set to take down Goliath,” West said. “And the thing that I have is the position I have, my heart. But the number one thing is we have God on our side. And for the people, even if you don’t believe in God, God believes in you,” West said.

Tucker Carlson asks Kanye West if he was manipulated by political forces throughout his life.

He says that not saying he likes Trump was a form of manipulation, and goes on to describe why he likes Trump. pic.twitter.com/pxqq33pcFz

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) October 7, 2022