Kanye West sparks outrage with insane casting call: No women or ‘fat people’

Kanye West has sparked outrage – again – this time with the specific requirements to join his “hooligan choir”.

Kanye West has sparked outrage with a call for volunteers for his new choir required to be “men and fit” and have “the skin complexion of Sean Combs and darker.”

On Saturday, the Yeezy founder posted via X that he’s “putting together a hooligan choir” to cover his 2024 “Vultures” album track “Carnival.”

The Grammy winner specified that “volunteers” must be “all males” who are “the skin complexion of Sean Combs and darker.”

The candidates also must have “shaved heads OR must be willing to shave head if approved.”

He also emphasised, “NO FAT PEOPLE” and “MUST BE COMFORTABLE WEARING SWASTIKAS.”

West, 47, also said the casting call would take place in Los Angeles and provided an address.

Several people were shocked by the “Heartless” rapper’s crude guidelines, with one user writing, “You’re really digging deep into the depths of societal toxicity aren’t you?

Kanye West, known for his often divisive statements, has sparked further controversy. Picture: Instagram/@jeen_yuhs

“I mean, excluding fat people and demanding specific skin complexion is quite something.”

“@elonmusk, you’re allowing this? This is going too far,” another netizen wrote, calling out X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk.

It comes as West and Kim Kardashian are feuding over the rapper’s new song that seemingly features their daughter North West, 11 and Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Ye, 47, shared the new track, titled “Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine,” on X (formerly Twitter) on the weekend, followed by screenshots of his alleged text message exchange with Kardashian, 44, where they fought over their oldest child’s involvement in the song.

In the alleged texts, Kardashian told West that she trademarked North’s name in an attempt to stop the song from being released, according to TMZ.

“I’m never speaking to you again,” West told his ex-wife.

Kim Kardashian and her daughter North West arrive at Theatre des Bouffes du Nord to attend Kanye West's Sunday Service on March 01, 2020 in Paris, France. Picture: Pierre Suu/GC Images

Per TMZ, Kardashian replied, “I asked you at the time if I can trademark her name. You said yes. When she’s 18, it goes to her. So stop. I sent paperwork over so she wouldn’t be in the Diddy song to protect her. One person has to trademark! We agreed when they were born I would get all of our kids names and trademarks. So [no] one else would take them.”

“Amend it or I’m going to war,” West responded. “And neither of us will recover from the public fallout.”

The rapper added, “You’re going to have to kill me.”

Sources told TMZ that Kardashian sent legal letters demanding a cease and desist over West’s new song with their daughter. An emergency hearing with a mediator and a judge was reportedly held, and while West allegedly didn’t join, he promised not to release the song.

The insiders added that Kardashian doesn’t want North linked to West’s recent controversial behaviour or Combs’ legal issues.

The Post has reached out to reps for West, Kardashian and Combs, 55, for comment.

Kanye West performs during Puff Daddy and Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour at Madison Square Garden on September 4, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Live Nation

In West’s new song, Combs is credited as Puff Daddy.

The music mogul’s son Christian “King” Combs, 26, and musician Jasmine Williams, whom West said is a Yeezy artist from Chicago, are also featured on the track.

“Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine” appears to begin with a voice recording of West and Combs talking on the phone.

“I wanna just thank you so much for just taking care of my kids, man,” Combs, who is in jail and awaiting trial for his criminal sex-trafficking case, seemingly says. “Ain’t nobody reach out to them, ain’t nobody call them.”

“Absolutely, I love you so much man,” West seemingly replies. “You raised me. Even when I ain’t know you, know what I’m saying?”

North appears on the song and raps, “When you see me shining, then you see the light.”

West previously advocated for Combs’ release from prison on social media last month.

“FREE PUFF,” West wrote on X.

“ALL THESE CELEBRITY N — S AND B*****S IS P—Y YALL A WATCH OUR BROTHER ROT AND NEVER SAY S–T,” he added.

West has been facing backlash for going on a days long anti-Semitic rant on social media and selling swastika T-shirts last month.

That followed his and his wife Bianca Censori’s appearance at the 2025 Grammy Awards, where the Australian model, 30, posed nude on the red carpet.

Kardashian, who shares four kids with West, has not spoken out publicly about her ex-husband’s controversial behaviour.

This article first appeared in the New York Post.

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