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“Art is therapy,” the musician wrotein an Instagram post.

“Art is protected as freedom of speech.

Art inspires and simplifies the world.

Art is not a proxy for any ill or harm.

Any suggestion otherwise about my art is false and mal intended.”

The video, posted last week, includes claymation imagery and also features rapper The Game.

We see a close-up of Davidson’s face, where he seems teary-eyed and in pain.

I hope Pete Davidson is okay and has excellent security.

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Kanyes new music video is of him decapitating Pete Davidson.

Can we stop calling actual death threats art?

Despite actions that many observers consider alarming, he still has vocal supporters.

“As dark as it is, it’s beautiful,“one fan wrote of the Eazy video.

“He’s an artist expressing his grief.”

LOL Kanye dropping this Eazy video on the day of his divorce is beautiful.

As dark as it is, its beautiful.

Hes an artist expressing his grief.

Art is subjective, its ok if you dont like it

So what led to the Eazy video?

Here’s a breakdown.

Kim had appeared on Saturday Night Live a few weeks earlier.

Pete Davidson publicly called Kardashian his girlfriend for the first time last month in aninterview with Peoplemagazine.

West released the song Eazy on Jan. 15.

He captioned it, “The internet has still not found a decent picture of Skete.”

The artist has repeatedly referred to Davidson as “Skete.”

Some posts were less amicable.

All of these posts have since been deleted.

West also posted a screenshot of a text exchange between him and Kardashian to Instagram.

Parts of the visually and thematically dark music video also show West holding a decapitated head.

Another panel adds, “Jk, he’s fine.”

“A truly generous, tender and funny spirit, he treats everyone around him with respect.”

For the record, Pete Davidson is one of the nicest, sweetest guys I know.

A truly generous, tender & funny spirit, he treats everyone around him with respect.

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