Kanye West compares himself to God and discusses abortion in controversial new interview

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Kanye West has sparked controversy in a new interview, by comparing himself to God and weighing in his thoughts on abortion.The rapper – who now goes by Ye – discussed the topics during a new interview alongside his recent collaborator Ty Dolla $ign.

Taking place shortly after their divisive headline set at Rolling Loud 2024 last Thursday (March 14), the two sat down with Big Boy TV for an 80-minute discussion.Both Ty Dolla $ign and West covered a wide range of topics, although it was their comments on religion that was the biggest talking point in the chat.Ye has embraced Christianity in recent years, and has shown his faith in past releases including ‘Donda’ and ‘Jesus Is King’.

However, According to his new comments, it looks like he has become somewhat less devout lately, claiming that he has had some “issues with Jesus” (via Indy100).“There’s a lot of stuff I went through that I prayed and I ain’t see Jesus show up,” he began, going on to say that he dislikes people turning to prayer rather than taking physical action.“The main thing that really that I don’t rock with, is it’s just always like, ‘I’mma pray for you.’ [but] you can actually physically do something yourself too, more than just pray.

We’re so in this mentality that that’s all that needs to happen but we ain’t praying our way out of prison.”Kanye West says he has issues with Jesus.