Anger at slavery comment

Rapper Will.i.am has criticised Kanye West’s suggestion that slavery in America was a choice.

West said in an interview with TMZ Live: “When you hear about slavery for 400 years... for 400 years? That sounds like a choice.”

Will.i.am told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “That statement was one of the most ignorant statements that anybody that came from the ‘hood could ever say about their ancestors, that slavery is a choice?”