Kanye West's 2018 Saturday Night Live Appearance
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Overview
Kanye West's 2018 Saturday Night Live Appearance refers to an appearance on the television show Saturday Night Live (SNL) by rapper Kanye West in late September 2018. During the show, West performed the song "I Love It" with Lil Pump while dressed in a Perrier sparkling water bottle costume and delivered a controversial speech praising United States President Donald Trump.
Background
On September 29th, 2018, West appeared as a guest star on SNL. During the show, West performed the song "I Love It" along with rapper Lil Pump, while the two wore costumes for sparkling and still water bottles (shown below, right).
During the show, comedian Chris Rock posted Instagram Story clips of West delivering a pro-Trump speech on the Saturday Night Live stage while wearing a Make America Great Again (MAGA) hat, which did not make it to broadcast (shown below).
Wowwwww only 3 people clapped. Chris Rock is laughing At
kanyewest</a> <a href="https://t.co/jAGP5OwKXD">pic.twitter.com/jAGP5OwKXD</a></p>— 2cool2blog (2Cool2Bloggg) September 30, 2018
Developments
That same evening, YouTuber Yeezsus Clips posted several clips of West delivering a pro-Trump speech during the SNL credits that were not broadcast on television (shown below). Within 48 hours, the video gained over 410,000 views and 640 comments.
The following morning, West tweeted that he would be hosting the show "before the year is out," along with Lil Pump's catchphrase "esketit" (shown below).[1] Within 24 hours, the tweet gained over 52,800 likes and 5,600 retweets.
Also on September 30th, Donald Trump posted a tweet praising West for wearing the MAGA hat on stage, which garnered more than 187,000 likes and 41,400 retweets within the same timeframe.[2]
That same day, Redditor carldude posted a picture of characters from the show Hey Arnold wearing fruit costumes titled "Kanye West and Lil Pump perform 'I Love It' on Saturday Night Live (September 2018)" (shown below, left). Within 24 hours, the post gained over 2,600 points (99% upvoted) and 15 comments on /r/fakehistoryporn.[3] Meanwhile, Redditor aedeye posted a photograph of West and Lil Pump dressed in bottle costumes prior to the performance to /r/hiphopimages[4] (shown below, right).
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External References
[1] Twitter – @kanyewest
[2] Twitter – @realDonaldTrump
[3] Reddit – /r/fakehistoryporn
[4] Reddit – /r/HipHopImages
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