Kanye West addressed his suggestion that the 13th Amendment should either be abolished or amended on Sunday.
West shocked many of his Twitter followers earlier this weekend when he said “We will provide jobs for all who are free from prisons as we abolish the 13th amendment,” which is the amendment that abolished slavery.
this represents good and America becoming whole again. We will no longer outsource to other countries. We build factories here in America and create jobs. We will provide jobs for all who are free from prisons as we abolish the 13th amendment. Message sent with love pic.twitter.com/a15WqI8zgu
— ye (@kanyewest) September 30, 2018
Kanye was later spotted by TMZ outside a Manhattan restaurant that evening where he began discussing the origins of the Constitution and gave a nod to the conspiracy that suggests Abraham Lincoln may have been black.
“What I was saying is that the 13th Amendment is really slavery in disguise,” Kanye said. “And it’s something that we need to look into, so I’m opening up the conversation, right?”
You can watch the full video below:
The section of the 13th Amendment in question reads:
“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”