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Kanye West compares himself to civil rights icon Emmett Till in 'lynching' rant

Kanye West has suggested he is the victim of 'modern lynching' as he shared a graphic picture of Emmett Till's dead body following the closure of his Donda Academy.

Emmett was just 14-years-old when he was kidnapped, tortured and murdered before being thrown in a river for allegedly flirting with a white woman in 1955.

His death sparked the US civil rights movement.

45-year-old Kanye, legally known as Ye, declared he is being 'economically' and 'digitally' lynched as he hit out at Ari Emanuel after the media executive wrote an op-ed about why businesses should cut ties with the rapper.

In Ye's latest social media rant, he asked Ari to find a school for Donda Academy students to go to and said his life has been "destroyed".

Kanye has gone on yet another social media rant (GC Images)

"Ari Emmanuel Can you find a place for the Donda Academy kids to go to school that’s properly zoned for a school?

"I got about 60 children that have no place to be as they look to transfer. They tried to dismantle our basketball team. Those boys are being penalized without reason," Kanye wrote.

He added: "This is what modern post social media #Blackmirror warfare looks like…the children are not even off limits," before saying he's suffering an "Economic Lynching," "Digital Lynching" and a bankruptcy of his "Social Credit Score".

Emmett Till was murdered at just 14 years old (AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

Taking aim at 61-year-old Ari, Kanye said: "You tried to bankrupt adidas and me at the same time. You tried to destroy my life after all the money I’ve made for the 'business' people."

He added: "At least as I burn to the stake in front of the whole world… // everyone now knows who they need to really be afraid of."

Kanye then asked Ari and his brother Rahm Emanuel, who previously served as the Mayor of Chicago, to "at least help these Children".

The rapper asked for help for his Donda Academy students (Getty)

He ended his rant by saying: "We bus underprivileged kids in from all over and they love it at Donda Academy.

"I see and understand just how powerful you are, but even the mighty Pharoah was no match for the power of GOD."

Kanye recently lost a host of lucrative brand partnerships with the likes of Adidas and Balenciaga after he shared a series of vile racist comments on social media.

He also lost his spot on the Forbes billionaires' list last week.

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