Natalyn Archibong is a former Atlanta city council member who initiated a strong campaign to have a Kanye West Day back in 2021. Now after Kanye’s rambles about George Floyd having died of a fentanyl overdose rather than police brutality, the ex-councilwoman terribly regrets having a part in the city’s day named after the rapper.
She wants to distance herself from Ye
Natalyn Archibong has said that she wants to distance herself from the rapper and producer after the anti-Semitic remarks as well as all of the drama that has circled around Kanye West recently after he resurfaced and has been apparently off the rails dishing out one controversial statement after another.
Kanye West was born in Atlanta
The former congresswoman was part of Atlanta’s city council last year and she mentioned that there were several reasons why back in 2021 she spearheaded the Kanye West Day initiative. First and foremost, West was born in Atlanta, Georgia, secondly Donda West attended Morris Brown College, and according to Natalyn “the proclamation was an acknowledgment of his substantial contribution to the arts.”
Kanye West Day was named the day he began his Donda tour in Atlanta on July 22, 2021
Natalyn has mentioned that she did not want to revise history, but if she’d known how West was going to react, she would have not taken the initiative to honor the rapper with a very important distinction.
It can’t be erased or repeated
The thing about having a day named after a person is that it can’t be taken back, according to her, and it can’t be repeated either.
Archibong also commented that the “July 2021 proclamation did not envision that in 2022, the artist formerly known as Kanye West would boldly make such ugly and hurtful statements.”