George Floyd's family are reportedly considering suing Kanye West over false comments he made about George's tragic death in a recent interview.
The controversial rapper is accused of making "slap in the face" comments over George's death in Minneapolis in May 2020 by the bereaved family, it has been claimed.
Ye sat down with N.O.R.E. for an interview on Drink Champs where he made the remarks.
During the 43-minute interview, the Bound 2 rapper made reference to a new documentary about Black Lives Matter called The Greatest Lie Ever Sold.
Ye repeated an opinion from the programme's creator, influencer Candace Owens, that, from her point of view, George "actually died as a result of a drug overdose and other pre-existing conditions like heart disease".
Quoting sources, TMZ reported that civil rights attorney Lee Merritt said: "The Floyd family is considering suing Kanye for his statements on his death".
According to the outlet, they said his comments were a "slap in the face" and Mr Merritt called Kanye's remarks "false" but noted "they can't technically be defamatory since [George] has passed."
The Mirror has contacted Kanye's representatives for a comment.
The revelations come after the rapper entered into an agreement to purchase social media platform Parler, just one week after he had his Twitter account restricted.
He is acquiring the company in order to "create an un-cancellable environment where all voices are welcome", according to a press release issued by the company.
George Farmer, Parler’s chief executive, said he welcomed Kanye's purchase of the social media platform.
He said: "This deal will change the world, and change the way the world thinks about free speech.
"Ye is making a ground-breaking move into the free speech media space and will never have to fear being removed from social media again.
"Once again, Ye proves that he is one step ahead of the legacy media narrative."
"In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves," Kanye, 45, added.
The news comes after the musician had posts removed from other major social media platforms including Twitter and Instagram.
Kanye had his Instagram account suspended after a now-deleted post which involved 'anti-Semitic tropes', reportedly accusing Sean "Diddy" Combs of being controlled by "the Jewish people".
Meta, which owns Instagram, confirmed to The Mirror they had "deleted content from @kanyewest" for violating their policies. They also placed a restriction on his account.
