{"id":32787,"date":"2024-02-20T09:33:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T14:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=32787"},"modified":"2024-02-20T11:45:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T16:45:01","slug":"kanye-west-calls-himself-the-new-jesus-on-sexually-explicit-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/02\/kanye-west-calls-himself-the-new-jesus-on-sexually-explicit-new-album.html","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Calls Himself the &#8216;New Jesus&#8217; in New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_32838\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32838\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/02\/kanye-west-01_credit-DFree-Shutterstock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32838\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/02\/kanye-west-01_credit-DFree-Shutterstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DFree \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rapper Kanye West is facing backlash after calling himself &#8220;the new Jesus&#8221; on his new album &#8220;Vultures 1,&#8221; which includes a song called &#8220;Carnival&#8221; that&#8217;s reportedly filled with sexual violence and obscene language. West, who is now known as Ye, released the latest album on Feb. 10 as a collaboration with Ty Dolla $ign, which was infused with profane language.<\/p>\n<p>The 46-year-old rapper recited during his song, &#8220;They served us the porn since the day we was born \/ Anybody pissed off, gotta make &#8217;em drink the urine. Now I&#8217;m Ye-Kelly, b\u2014, now I&#8217;m Bill Cosby, b\u2014 \/ Now, I&#8217;m Puff Daddy rich, that&#8217;s Me Too me rich.&#8221; After more verses filled with crude sexual references and a reference to pop star Taylor Swift, West states: &#8220;I&#8217;m the new Jesus, b\u2014, I turn water to Cris.'&#8221; The rapper mentions actor Bill Cosby and R&amp;B singer R. Kelly, who have both suffered from adverse reputations after sexual assault allegations were brought up against them.<\/p>\n<p>Cosby&#8217;s criminal conviction was later overturned, but he was found civilly liable for sexual assault. Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs is another celebrity who has formerly had sexual assault convictions brought up against him. West calling himself the &#8220;new Jesus&#8221; prompted criticism from Christian commentators on social media and responses from others seeking to defend the rapper. Christian rapper Bryson Gray tweeted, &#8220;Kanye fans getting mad at Christians for calling him out only comes from emotions. We are holding him to standards that he has publicly set for himself. Cool, you don&#8217;t care how inconsistent he is. That doesn&#8217;t change the facts, though.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_BWYyRicB8w?si=Diw3tn5Lcqz9Ibzx\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In recent years, West has claimed to have found a Christian faith. Before controversy surrounding\u00a0anti-Semitic comments\u00a0plagued his reputation in the last two years, he released music with Christian themes. He also began hosting &#8220;Sunday Services,&#8221; which drew thousands for live events at American megachurches that starred different famous Christian leaders and Christian celebrities.\u00a0West recently made headlines after having a lower-budgeted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_BWYyRicB8w\">Super Bowl commercial<\/a>\u00a0promoting his Yeezy fashion line. He was also\u00a0spotted at the game\u00a0wearing a crucifix mask from designer Alexander McQueen.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisers have previously been urged to drop the rapper over\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/kanye-west-criticized-for-anti-semitic-remarks.html\">anti-Semitic<\/a>\u00a0remarks that he made that have drawn the ire of many, including conservative commenter Ben Shapiro and Jewish advocacy groups. In December, a few weeks before the release of his new album, West\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/kanye-west-apologizes-in-hebrew-to-jewish-community.html\">issued an apology<\/a>\u00a0in Hebrew to the Jewish community. In a social media post, the rapper &#8220;sincerely&#8221; apologized to the Jewish community for &#8220;any unintended outburst caused by [his] words or actions.&#8221; He maintains that he didn&#8217;t mean to demean anyone.<\/p>\n<p>West stated, &#8220;I am committed to starting with myself and learning from this experience to ensure greater sensitivity and understanding in the future. Your forgiveness is important to me, and I am committed to making amends and promoting unity.&#8221; In 2022, West appeared to compare himself to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/kanye-west-makes-biblical-self-comparison-to-moses.html\">Moses<\/a>, the biblical figure who received God&#8217;s Ten Commandments and led the enslaved Israelites out of Egypt. &#8220;No one asked Moses how much he slept,&#8221; West had written on his Instagram story, with the post displaying white text over a black background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapper Kanye West is facing backlash after calling himself &#8220;the new Jesus&#8221; on his new album &#8220;Vultures 1,&#8221; which includes a song called &#8220;Carnival&#8221; that&#8217;s reportedly filled with sexual violence and obscene language. 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