Kanye West Slammed Over Parkinson's Lyric

Amid all the congratulations on the birth of his new baby girl, Kanye West now has something less favorable to contemplate. The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) has frowned upon the Chicago rapper’s choice to use the disease as a punchline in “On Sight,” a track from his latest album, “Yeezus,” reports TMZ.

APDA’s vice president, Kathryn Whitford, said, “We find these lyrics distasteful and the product of obvious ignorance.” The lyrics at issue are “A monster about to come alive again/ Soon as I pull up and park the Benz/ We get this b---h shaking like Parkinson’s.”

Unfortunately, West, 36, isn’t the only rapper to use the disease as a punchline. Snoop Lion, formerly Snoop Dogg, used it in his track “Eyez Closed,” which features Kanye. (“My b---h bad and my diamonds still sparklin’, got the competition shaking like Parkinson’s.”)Tyler, the Creator also used it for his verse in Earl Sweatshirt’s “Couch” (“Got you n----s shakin’ like its Parkinson’s).

It also isn’t the first time West has received backlash from a national organization for his lyrics. After People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals bashed West’s clothing choices, the rapper said his “mink is draggin’ on the floor” in the song “Theraflu.”

“What’s draggin’ on the floor is Kanye’s reputation as a man with no empathy for animals or human beings,” PETA’s senior vice president, Dan Mathews, said in a release at the time. “He’s a great musician but doesn’t seem to have the fashion sense to design anything more than caveman costumes.”

The new dad has yet to respond to the criticisms he’s received from APDA.


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