Kanye West Says He Was Discriminated In Fashion For Not Being Gay

Kanye West thinks he faced discrimination launching his fashion line for not being gay. “I feel like I got discriminated in fashion for not being gay,” he said during an interview with SHOWstudio on Tuesday. “In music, you definitely get discriminated in music if you are gay. It takes amazing talents to break down barriers…The people that break the stereotypes make history.”

These comments come after West presented his own New York Fashion Week show in September for his Yeezy II collection line and believed people were laughing at him for jumping into the fashion industry.  “Everyone is sitting laughing at me,” he said. “Me sitting here trying my absolute hardest and everyone is laughing at me.”

Regardless of the backlash, he still has fans of his work – especially his wife Kim Kardashian West. Speaking at a Givenchy’s Spring Summer 2016 show event, “Kanye sees what’s out there on the streets and just knows how to translate that into something that would look good on me,” she said. “Just helping me push my limits a little bit and trying new things.”