Kanye West: ‘I never wanted any association with Blexit … I’ve been used’

Published October 30, 2018 9:42pm ET



Rapper Kanye West said Tuesday he is not the designer of the “Blexit” shirts encouraging black people to leave the Democratic Party, rejecting reports that he was the man behind the idea.

In a pair of tweets, West said Turning Point USA communications director Candace Owens was wrong to mention his name when she announced the new product line.

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