There’s a moment in the new Ye documentary, In Whose Name,in which “Weekend Update” co-host Michael Che confronts the rapper after his infamous 2018 pro-Trump show-closing rant. That bit — which was cut from the broadcast but widely circulated online — included Ye calling out an unnamed Saturday Night Live cast member for being what he described as the go-to Black person when it comes to talking about disgraced comedian Bill Cosby.
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“You can’t always have, every time you have a Black subject matter like [Bill] Cosby that you have to have a Black comedian talking about him,” West said