Perhaps Kanye West was making a point.
Exactly a year Peta branded him an ‘idiot’ for wearing fur, the controversial musician stepped out in his statement animal pelt coat once again.
Wearing head-to-toe fur and sun glasses, Kanye West was shuttled around New York for a series of business meetings.
Don’t tell Peta! Kanye West proudly wore a massive fur coat yesterday around New York City
The Gold Digger rapper has a penchant for pelts, and on December 31 he took to Twitter to post the cryptic message: ‘Fur Coats and s***.
But Kanye has run into trouble in the past over his fondness of fur.
In 2009, pop star Pink openly criticised Kanye for his love of fur.
Where’d you get that coat?! Kanye’s fur looks like it cost a fortune, as does his man bag which appears to be made of snake skin
She said she was sitting near Kanye at Stella McCartney’s Paris fashion show, where guests included the vice-president of Peta and noted vegetarian Paul McCartney, when the rapper started complaining that more of the clothes needed fur.
Backlash: Kanye and Amber Rose wearing fur last January in Paris
‘Kanye West is the person pissing me off right now’, she told FHM Australia.
‘He just wouldn’t shut up about how he loved fur. I mean, he’s saying this to me, the Peta guy and Paul McCartney!
I was just so grossed out by him. I’m like “You’re an idiot!” ‘
Then in January of 2010, Kanye and then girlfriend Amber Rose were snapped at Paris Fashion Week wearing flamboyant long furs, causing a backlash by Peta vice president Dan Mathews.
‘Kanye can’t help making himself look like an idiot, whether at an awards show or a fashion show,’ he said.
‘He and his girlfriend look like pathetic creatures from a shabby roadside zoo.’
Kanye seems to court controversy at every corner.
In November he lost his cool during an interview with Today Show host Matt Lauer when producers cued a clip of his confrontation with Taylor Swift at the 2009 VMAs.
Then it was revealed that his media trainer quit after just three days of working with the headstrong musician.
But the controversies don’t seem to matter to Kanye’s fans.
In fact, they might be helping.
He released his fifth CD My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in November, which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 496,000 copies in its first week.
Kanye may be also savouring this latest round of attention, as he has a joint album with Jay-Z coming out next week.
