Kanye West slams Issa Rae's 'SNL' skit and says he's 'praying for her and her family'

Kanye West has shared his opinion about Saturday Night Live after he was mentioned in Issa Rae's SNL skit. American rapper has accused NBC show of 'using black people to hold or black people back'. West took to his Twitter handle yesterday to slam SNL's October 17 episode which was guest hosted by Insecure actor and creator. 

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Kanye West says his 'heart goes out' for Issa Rae after her SNL skit

October 17's Saturday Night Live episode was hosted by Issa Rae alongside marking appearance of Canadian pop star Justin Bieber. Justin performed two of his latest releases titled Holy and Lonely at SNL, whereas Issa Rae presented a skit, which was called 'Your Voice Chicago'. In her skit, American actor played  role of lawyer that represents NAACP ( National Association for Advancement of Colored People) at made-up morning talk show wherein she discussed upcoming election. 

During her skit, when Issa Rae's character was asked about political candidates, she stated that she will be 'voting for everybody Black'. Towards conclusion of skit, Kenan Thompson, who played anchor of made-up show, stated that as  show resumes after its commercial break, y would talk about candidates running for President of America, i.e. Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Kanye West. However, as soon as Kenan mentioned West's name, Rae's character rolled her eyes and quipped, "Kanye? F him".

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w, Kanye West has reacted to Issa Rae's SNL skit and stated that his 'heart goes out for her' in his recent tweet. West tweeted writing, "I've always said SNL uses black people to hold or black people back". He continued, "My heart goes out to Issa Rae I’m praying for her and her family". 43-year-old also added, "I kw that twenty years of service that I’ve paid in entertainment field has furred our ability to be more successful (sic)" along with a screenshot of a Google search for Issa Rae.

Check out his tweet below

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Although Rae has t yet responded to Kanye West's tweet, she took to micro-blogging platform to express that she had a blast appearing on latest episode of Saturday Night Live. 35-year-old shared a streak of pictures from her appearance on SNL and wrote, "Had a blast! Thank you@nbcsnl and thank y’all for watching! (sic)". Take a look:

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(Im credit: Issa Rae Twitter and @Kanyew.est Instagram)