A Kanye West impersonator has attempted to make peace with the Jewish community using a t-shirt they rocked at New York Fashion Week.
Baron Jay Littleton Jr., who goes by The Kanye Clone, walked in a fashion show on Saturday (September 9) at the Conrad New York Downtown hotel donning a “Jewish Lives Matter” blue long-sleeve shirt — which plays off Ye’s controversial White Lives Matter tee.
The Kanye Clone equipped a very Kanye-esque fit with black combat boots, leather pants and a “YZS” baseball cap mimicking Ye’s YZY brand.
“My intention behind it is that each culture can rally around each other,” Littleon Jr. told The Algemeiner. “All ethnicities matter. Black Lives Matter, white lives matter… I feel like because I look like Kanye West, I’m at an advantage to spread the message and to fill in the gaps that Kanye West is not able to fill in.”
Creators Inc. CEO, Andrew Bachman, who is Jewish, applauded the concept: “I just thought it was a genius concept… Kanye West has made antisemitic remarks, so taking someone who looks identical to Kanye West and making that statement is powerful and thought-provoking.”
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Littleton Jr. has embraced the Kanye comparisons and has been known as The Kanye Clone for nearly two decades. He even appeared as a Ye imitation in Drake’s “Energy” video in 2015.
“I would like to create a world where different races are wearing each other’s ‘Lives Matter’ shirts,” The Kanye Clone added. “Black people wearing ‘Jewish Lives Matter’; Jewish people wearing ‘Black Lives Matter’; Asian people wearing ‘Jewish Lives Matter.’”
Kanye West addressed the controversial Paris Fashion Week stunt from last year in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson where he defended the White Lives Matter tee.
“I do certain things from a feeling,” he said. “I just channel the energy, it just feels right. It’s using a gut instinct, a connection with God,…
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