Kayne West is one of my all-time favorite music artists. He is clever, cunning and creative. He has collaborated with many top artists and his records have done extremely well. Unfortunately his behavior has been raising some eyebrows and people are starting to wonder if he isn't becoming a liability.
Over the the past several years Kanye has said and done many questionable things, starting in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina where he appeared on a live on-air telethon simulcast on NBC, MSNBC, CNBC and PAX for Hurricane Katrina victims. During the telethon, West said "George Bush doesn't care about black people," after saying "America is set up to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off as slow as possible." He also said "the Red Cross is doing everything they can," and stated that he was going to see what the maximum amount of money he can donate is. West criticized government authorities and stated that "They've given them permission to go down and shoot us."
By now everyone has heard of the 2009 MTV Music Awards, where Kayne rudely interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for the Best Female Video Award. Soon after he was rumored to have an alcohol problem, which may have fueling his outrages.
Although, Kayne was rumored to be "laying low" and avoiding drawing attention to himself after the Taylor Swift incident, he just couldn't help himself after PETA issued a statement calling Kayne an "idiot" for donning fur during Men's Fashion Week in Paris. He issued the following statement on his blog defending himself:
“I’m briefly saddened by negative comments, but I have to remember those people are scared, incapable or just plain idiots. We are the f**king rock stars baby. It’s funny to me when fashion bloggers down our outfits and then super jock outlandish s**t on the runway but they dress mad prude and don’t live fashion.
“Very few human beings are strong enough to take constant hate. If we don’t do what you feel is the s**t, you beat us up verbally and mentally. At the end of the day, who are we hurting? Since Barack is president blacks don’t like fur coats, red leather and fried chicken anymore? Remember clothing is a choice. We were born naked! Fresh is an opinion, love is objective, taste is selective and expression is my favourite elective.”
Seriously Kayne? Not to classy! Just because you are a rock star doesn't mean you have license to act like an idiot!
