Kanye West rants about interracial dating, Lenny Kravitz, Louis Vuitton & more!
Here are some photos of Kanyeezington and his fiancée Kim Kardashian yesterday in NYC. These are actually from two photo sets, one day and one evening. That’s why Kanye’s clothes are different in some of the photos. What does their body language say to you? CB and I were discussing this early this morning – we were wondering what Yeezington is like as a fiancé, just how controlling and insane and rant-prone he is in private. I kind of wonder how Kim puts up with him, but then again… maybe being “legitimatized” by Kanye is worth it. I don’t know. But she does look sad and out-of-it a lot these days. Still, Kanye is all about the Kardashians these days. During a radio interview, he talked about how the Kardashians are important because… something something interracial dating. I didn’t get the full argument he’s making:
The Yeezus rapper discussed his music and his fashion with Washington, D.C.’s 95.5 WPGC (a Radio.com station) on Monday and that’s where he dropped the bombshell that he believes his fiancée Kim Kardashian’s family is changing how people look at interracial relationships.
“A lot of what the Kardshians do,I don’t think they get enough credit for what they do. They prep America to accept interracial relationships,” he said about the family he’s marrying into. Kim’s sister Khloe Karsdashian is married to Lamar Odom, an African-American, and her younger sisters have dated African-American men as well.
“I’m not talking about me, I can hope on a plane. I can date a white woman, I can date a black woman, and no matter what they say in the barber shop don’t matter, because I don’t get my haircut there,” he said and laughed. “For the people that do, though, there’s a white woman that’s getting talked down to by her friends because she’s dating a black guy. Now you’ve got a point of reference, that you can say, ‘Well, actually this couple right here, that’s dope.’”
He spoke a few times about his daughter, North West, and said that all of his business decisions he makes with her in mind.
“One of the reasons I left Nike. They did offered me a deal for Yeezy after seven years of power but there was no royalty connected to it. I can’t look my daughter in the eyes and say I’m giving the best years of my life in creativity and I see nothing from it.
During a different radio interview (with 92.3 NOW) yesterday, Kanye also went off on a tangent/rant about Louis Vuitton. He ordered his minions: “Everybody in New York City right now, don’t buy any Louis Vuitton until after January.” Apparently, he’s mad at the head of LV, Yves Carcelle, because Carcelle refused to meet with Kanye when Ye was in Paris. Oh, the high-fashion drama!!! But that’s not even all of it. During Kanye’s concert on Sunday, he went off on a rant about Lenny Kravitz too:
Kanye West wowed the Garden Sunday night — but interrupted the concert for a 20- minute rant against the fashion industry, calling himself “The 2Pac of this [bleep]” and the “No.1 rock star on the planet.”
In the middle of a blistering performance, West went on a bizarre diatribe about Lenny Kravitz — not realizing that Kravitz was actually there in the audience cringing. Before a crowd that included Leo DiCaprio, Idris Elba, Busta Rymes and John McEnroe, West raved, “It’s so funny when people compliment me and they say the word ‘genius’ as if that somehow separates me from other rappers in some way ... I need you all to realize that Jay Z is a genius, and Drake is a genius ... we are the modern day poets, obviously.”
He continued, “There wouldn’t be no song called ‘N****s in Paris’ without Lenny Kravitz, because he was the first n**** in Paris. Lenny has the best taste and the dopest crib in Paris ... he designs furniture and he had been working on a clothing line for a long time ... I said, ‘Wait a second, I’ve got a dream of doing a clothing line.’ You know what the billionaires told me while I was in Paris? They said Lenny wanted the same thing, like it was a joke... There wouldn’t be no Kanye West if it wasn’t for Lenny Kravitz. The only difference is I turn up on those n****s, I don’t give a [bleep] about looking cool or being cool, and this is no disrespect to Lenny.”
While an embarrassed Kravitz was heard saying, “He doesn’t know I’m here,” Kanye continued, “Have you heard anyone talk [bleep] about Lenny Kravitz? He’s a nice guy, he’s so well mannered. I envy people who are extremely likeable, I’m like, ‘Damn, I wish I could be likable like that.’ ”
Of designer Hedi Slimane: “He’s trying to tell the No.1 rock star on the planet where the [bleep] he can go! [Bleep] fashion ...I am going to tell you right now. I am the Tupac of this kind of [bleep].”
Yeezus bless the autotuned rants. I seriously can’t get enough of them. Remember when Lady Gaga used to say all of this crazy crap about how she was Art and Fashion and Life and everyone was like, “cokehead drama queen.” I feel like Kanye is doing that now while Gaga tries to figure out her next move. Kanye is out-Gaga-ing Gaga. Also: “Damn, I wish I could be likable like that.” Then stop going on autotuned rants, dude!
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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