Kanye West And The Game Receives Backlash From PETA For Skinned Monkey Photo Used To Promote Their Song Collaboration

Kanye West and The Game are under fire after being called out by PETA for the graphic image used to promote their song.

On Thursday, Kanye and The Game both posted a photo of a skinned monkey to Instagram to announce their upcoming collaboration.

“MY LIFE WAS NEVER EASY,” both of the rappers captioned the post.

https://www.instagram.com/kanyewest/p/CYsdoD1rLjV/?utm_medium=copy_link

It didn’t take long for PETA to make a statement regarding the rapper’s photo choice.

On Friday, PETA’s president Ingrid Newkirk tells Billboard, “The photo is reminiscent of the monkeys PETA has found. Sometimes heads, sometimes hands, sometimes the whole body in meat markets around the world. And it makes it clear that when you remove the fur you can’t miss that there’s a person in there. That they are fellow primates, and do not belong to us to abuse for any purpose. Not in laboratories, roadside zoos, movies, or meat markets.”

The disturbing image of a skinned monkey that @kanyewest shared serves as a reminder that there’s no real difference between humans & other animals.

Their lives aren’t easy when we abuse & kill them for food, experiments, clothing, or entertainment. #EndSpeciesism pic.twitter.com/ApA8McboJy

— PETA (@peta) January 14, 2022