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Kanye's Bully Album: Michael Jackson Lookalike Stirs Controversy

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Kanye Wests latest album, Bully, and its controversial music video for Father featuring Travis Scott, have sparked debate. Directed by his wife, Bianca Censori, the video features a Michael Jackson impersonator, Fabio Jackson, in a church setting. Critics argue this is another calculated move by Kanye, blending symbolism, shock, and old controversies tied to Jacksons past allegations. Despite backlash from his antisemitic posts, Kanyes fanbase remains loyal, with the video gaining one million YouTube views in just eight hours.

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Kanye's Bully Album: Michael Jackson Lookalike Stirs Controversy

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Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Kanye's Bully Album: Michael Jackson Lookalike Stirs Controversy. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

It's March 31st. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, driven by AI, what everyone's talking about. Kanye West dropped his 12 studio album, Bully, this week, paired with a music video for the track Father Featuring Travis Scott. Directed by his wife, Bianca Sensori, the clip unfolds in a simple church setting where Kanye sits in a pew and a Michael Jackson impersonator lurks. In the back, fans zeroed in on the performer right away, identifying him as Bobby O'Jackson a popular lookalike with hundreds of thousands of online followers, dressed in a matching beige suit. Critics are piling on, saying, this fits Kanye's pattern of stirring trouble, fresh off his anti-Semitic posts from 2022 through 20. 25. That drew massive backlash and lost him deals. He apologized publicly earlier this year for those remarks, but insiders called the video another calculated move, blending symbolism, shock, and old. These tied to Jackson's past allegations.

The clip racked up 1 million YouTube views in 8 hours, proving Kanye's fan base stays locked in no matter the drama. He still got that commercial grip.

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