Kanye West's Yeezus Album Sparks Controversy Over Parkinson's Reference
Kanye West is taking heat from the American Parkinson's Disease Association for lyrics in one of his new songs of his latest album, Yeezus, that negatively addresses the issues and stigmas surrounding Parkinson's disease.
The groups slammed West as "ignorant" and "distasteful," over the use of the debilitating disease on one of his tracks of his highly anticipated album.
In "On Sight," from his new album Yeezus, which was released Tuesday, West raps:
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"A monster about to come alive again / Soon as I pull up and park the Benz / We get this b**** shaking like Parkinson's."
This is not the first time West has been cited for using lyrics that illicit strong rebukes from various groups and organizations.
Kirk Franklin, gospel musician and choir director, recently spoke up about his thoughts on West's Yeezus album.
Franklin, 43, recently appeared on Shade 45's radio show "Sway In The Morning" where he was questioned about his thoughts on 35-year-old West's album title possibly being blasphemous.
The gospel musician refused to use the radio show as an outlet to bash West and explained that speaking on a microphone was a powerful responsibility. Franklin said he would rather speak to West personally about the matter instead of addressing the issue of his album title on the public radio show.
"I think the microphone is a very powerful tool and you can use it to build people up or you can use it to kill people," Franklin said on the radio show. "And so if my job on earth is to always be a light in somebody's life, than I would want to use the tool to always communicate in a way that I'm going to uplift someone then I might not always do it through this tool which is the microphone. That may be heart to heart ... that may be a phone call or when I see somebody in person."
