I've been sitting on this ever since Kanye made the death con 3 comment, I've not wanted to voice my opinion so far because, in all honesty, I was worried it may be misconstrued as support for this new horrendous stance he's taking. But since his recent antics I've been even more disgusted by him and just wondered what other people's stances were.
Kanye has said on multiple occasions that the owners of record labels rip music artists off, along with film directors and actors, etc - he's not the only musician to say this either. He created stemplayer so only he profits from his work, which I agree with and other recording artists have also made similar comments. Taylor swift also had issues with her record label and apparently made comments stating she felt the owners were selling her future.
I think when the death con 3 comment was made he was in the midst of arguing with gap and Adidas and probably thought, 'whilst I'm at it the record label execs that are trying to rip me off can also have a piece' however, the second he brought race or religion into he instantly loses all credibility for what was originally a very valid claim.
I think since he's received all this backlash he's now relishing the attention he's getting and is coming out with more and more ridiculous, inflammatory and quite frankly, dangerous comments. Whilst it's undeniable his mental health is in serious decline and he's in desperate need of treatment, he can still distinguish right from wrong. I don't understand why religion had to be brought into it...