Kanye West has slammed people for trying to “tear down” Michael Jackson, following the 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland which spoke in detail of child sex abuse allegations from Wade Robson and James Safechuck, something Michael always denied before his death in 2009.
Kim Kardashian’s husband Kanye has slammed people he deems to be trying to tarnish Michael’s name in an interview with i-d magazine.
He said: “We should have something that says we can’t allow any company to tear down our heroes.
“Not on [website] The Shade Room, not on social media and especially not in documentaries.”
The 43-year-old praised the Thriller hitmaker, saying he was doing “covert, super gangsta stuff, like he’d just pop the needles off”.
Kanye West has defended Michael Jackson after the Leaving Neverland documentary (Image: Rick Davis / SplashNews.com)
Kanye said: “He kissed Elvis Presley’s daughter on MTV. Black culture used to be… we used to be fronting all night, but Michael was doing stuff that was different to what we were programmed to understand as being what we should do.
“He bought The Beatles’ back catalogue. That was Mike Jackson, right there.”
Michael Jackson died in 2009 at the age of 50, but had been charged and acquitted of child molestation allegations.
Michael Jackson was acquitted of child molestation charges before his death in 2009 (Image: Getty Images)
However his controversial friendships with young boys were brought into the forefront of people’s minds again last year when Leaving Neverland aired.
Both Wade Robson and James Safechuck alleged that they were sexually abused by Michael Jackson when they were children.
Of course, Michael was unable to defend himself following the reignited allegations.
However his family hit back and compared the the highly publicised claims as a “public lynching”.
The King of Pop was often referred to as “Wacko Jacko” due to his questionable actions throughout his life.
Kanye, who has also been criticised in the past for social media outbursts or controversial political statements, likened himself to Michael too, saying: “I’m like, every time the media isn’t happy with me it’s like, ‘Here they go.
“‘They’re gonna come and Wacko Jacko me.’ Which, in some ways, they’ve tried to do.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
