Kanye West Album Listening Party Controversy: Rapper Wears KKK Hood With His Children Present

Kanye West was once again accused of bad parenting as he showed up to the listening party for his joint album with Ty Dolla $ign wearing a Ku Klux Klan-style hood while his children were present.

According to reports, West and Ty Dolla $ign were promoting his upcoming album, "Vultures," which is expected to be released on Dec. 15.

West and Ty Dolla $ign were accompanied by Chris Brow, Kodak Black, Offset, as well as West's children, North, Saint, and Chicago.

The outfit choice was met with criticisms online, "Is Kanye West joining the KKK or what? That's disturbing."

Is Kanye West 'Problematic'?

According to Page Six, the Ku Klux Klan-style hood outfit comes after the rapper was embroiled in several controversies involving his anti-semitic statements.

The Ku Klux Klan, or KKK, was established in Tennessee in 1865; they are a group of white supremacists who terrorized African Americans, Jews, Hispanics, and other minority groups in the United States. The KKK is known as the "first organized terror movement in American history."

This new ideation that West seems to be sharing through his outfit choices comes after calling the Black Lives Matter movement a "scam," and berating his former collaborators from Addidas online

West addressed the criticisms against him by rapping about it in a song, "How I'm antisemitic? I just f-ked a Jewish bitch."

Netizens could not help but feel "disturbed" and "disgusted" with the rapper for exhibiting this behavior and showing off the outfit with his young kids present.

Kanye West's 'Downward Spiral'

During his tirade against the Jews, West also praised the Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler.

"Going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE ... You guys have toyed with me and tried to blackball anyone whoever opposes your agenda," West wrote.

"Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler ... [Nazis] did good things too."

After these series of Tweets, West was accused of becoming insane by netizens, and companies began dropping his Yeezy line from their stores.

TJ Maxx and Foot Locker stopped stocking their products, while Gap terminated their partnership.

"Vultures" will be West's first release since his "downward spiral," and it also happens to come after the release of "Jesus is King" and "Donda."

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Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign, New Album