Kanye West says he hasn’t been canceled but for a pair completely different causes — and he additionally explains why he is not backing down from a few of his antisemitic statements.

We acquired Ye Monday at LAX — after he’d returned from Tremendous Bowl festivities in Vegas — and the man talked to us a couple of bunch of matters. As his lastly launched new album “Vultures” hit #1 on iTunes, he marked that success by digging into why he survived his “cancelation.”

Test it out … Kanye tells our photog he weathered the storm final 12 months, and got here out the opposite aspect maybe much more profitable than ever … a minimum of in his eyes.

That is debatable, in fact, as a result of he misplaced out on a variety of enterprise offers, to not point out tons of of tens of millions of {dollars}. And but, Kanye thinks he is landed on his toes fairly properly … and he explains why.

Kanye says he is acquired a couple of various things in his utility belt which have helped him stay fashionable, even in a mainstream capability … and he says a variety of it has to do with the actual fact he is extremely proficient with distinctive, fascinating concepts.

After all, his devoted followers additionally love that he is outspoken … one thing KW’s properly conscious of too. All that’s the reason he says he is been capable of survive a modern-day teardown.

He cites his feud with Adidas in making this level, and in addition lays out why he was in Europe for therefore lengthy final 12 months. It was truly extra enterprise than pleasure in any case.

Anyway, Kanye says enterprise is booming for him but once more … regardless of the trade’s finest efforts. That is how he sees it anyway.

You may inform from this interview, he is in full us-versus-them mode proper now. He assaults the music trade and document labels, saying the streaming construction is not honest to artists — and vows to talk up on these points on behalf of all artists.

Apparently, he even places himself in the identical boat as his archenemy, Taylor Swift! Sure, he speaks her title, and never in a disparaging means.

As regards to antisemitism … he provides a non-apology apology for a few of his hate speech however believes different feedback have been spot-on.

He additionally cites an oft-used protection of his as to why he cannot be antisemitic.

Watch it for your self, however actually the one apology he provides is to the Jewish youngsters who needed to hear a “grown-up dialog.”

One final thing … Ye dodges any actual place on the Israel-Gaza battle — stunning, maybe, contemplating all his assaults on Jewish individuals — however, says there are extra urgent points in his hometown.