The artist formerly known as Kanye West has stirred controversy for claiming George Floyd died from a fentanyl overdose — not the fact that Officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed face-down on the asphalt.
West, who legally changed his name to Ye last year, appeared on the Drink Champs podcast on Sunday, where he claimed "They hit him [Floyd] with the fentanyl. If you look, the guy's knee wasn't even on his neck like that." Fentanyl is an illicit opioid that has dramatically driven drug overdose deaths in the last decade. The episode has since been taken down, with the podcast hosts describing Ye's comments as "false and hurtful."
