Hitting out: Stevie Wonder has blasted Kanye West for saying slavery is a choice, calling the idea 'foolishness' and likening it to Holocaust denial
It's safe to say that Stevie Wonder won't be calling Kanye West to say I love you anytime soon.The 67-year-old Soul legend has blasted the 40-year-old rapper for saying slavery is a choice, calling the idea 'foolishness' and likening it to Holocaust denial.
Wonder brought up West without prompting during an interview Thursday after a show at a West Hollywood club where he celebrated his upcoming 68th birthday.
'For 400 years, that sounds like choice': The 40-year-old rapper made the now infamous remarks May 1 in an interview with TMZ, as he is pictured at Trump Tower in New York City back in December 2016
'There's been a lot of talk about what was said by Kanye,' Wonder said. 'I want people to understand that the truth is the truth and a lie is a lie.
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