Mathew Knowles, the daddy of Beyoncé, stated he hopes Kanye West will get “help.”
On Tuesday, the rapper now often called Ye posted disgraceful remarks on social media containing an ableist slur to assault Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s youngsters, Rumi and Sir, who’re 7 years outdated. He has since deleted the put up, which made nationwide headlines.
“WAIT HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN JAY Z AND BEYONCES YOUNGER KIDS,” Ye wrote on the time. “THEYRE RETARDED NO LIKE LITERALLY AND THIS IS WHY ARTIFICAL INSEMANATAION [SIC] IS SUCH A BLESSING.”
The put up continued, “HAVING RETARDED CHILDREN IS A CHOICE.”
Whereas Beyoncé’s mom, Tina Knowles, seemingly reacted to the slight by quoting Scripture, her dad had a extra direct response.
“People pay a price for being stupid, especially in the music industry,” Mathew Knowles advised TMZ on Friday.
“I’m hopeful Kanye gets the type of help he needs, in terms of mental health,” he added.
Ye introduced in 2018 that he had been recognized “with a mental condition,” later revealed as bipolar dysfunction. The rapper claimed earlier this 12 months that he had been misdiagnosed, nonetheless, and has autism as a substitute — and stated on the time that he hadn’t taken his medicine.
The “Real Friends” rapper named Jay-Z on Friday as one of many “12 rap kings,” and famously stormed the stage on the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards to champion Beyoncé. However he seems to have absolutely fallen out of favor with the couple following Tuesday’s put up, and a supply advised Web page Six that Jay-Z and Beyoncé have even thought-about taking authorized motion.
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Ye, whose earlier works garnered near-universal acclaim, was kicked off X (then Twitter) in 2022 for threatening to go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.” He has since praised dictator Adolf Hitler and bought swastika-emblazoned T-shirts.