What does the pope have to do with Yeezy's show And other disputes

The YZYSZN9 fashion show held yesterday in Paris was as polarizing as only Kanye West can be. But aside from an opening monologue full of Pindaric flights, a chorus of children probably from Donda Academy including North and Chicago, and a plethora of celebrities disguised under layers of clothes and silicone headphones to simulate baldness, the real scandal was the shirt worn by Kanye at the event. A simple black T-shirt paired with a pair of strictly socked Burberry flip-flops, on the front the big face of Pope John Paul II, on the back the words "White Lives Matter," classified by the Anti-Defamation League as a "hate slogan" and a symbol used by white supremacist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Aryan Renaissance Society.

photo by Aymane Alhamid
photo by Aymane Alhamid
photo by Aymane Alhamid

It's hard to say whether the shirt seen era in Paris will ever see the light of day, as will the entire collection, but West's gesture of wearing it during an event seen by hundreds of thousands of people had the consequences everyone would have expected. On TikTok, there are plenty of videos criticizing West in which many fans also say they are exhausted by the provocative attitude of the rapper who meanwhile threw gasoline on the fire by writing in Instagram Stories "Everyone knows that black lives matter was a scam" adding an additional layer of absurdity to what went on yesterday. If, however, you simply want to take home a commemorative Jubilee shirt to carry on your Church Core - or good altar boy - spirit, you can take a trip to eBay to find what's right for you.