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Kanye West suggests ‘friend’ Trump used him: ‘All Black people are worth is an approval rating’

Rap star Kanye West called former President Donald Trump a friend and “my boy” in his latest interview, but also said he still feels used by him.

In a wide-ranging interview that aired Thursday night on Fox News Channel, Mr. West said that “older White people” are “quick to classify a Black person only by the fact we’re Black” and recounted one conversation with one older Whiteb person.

“Even Trump, a person we’d consider to be a friend of mine” isn’t immune to racialized using, he told host Tucker Carlson.

After a notorious White House visit on criminal-justice reform, Mr.