Yesterday, fans got a glimpse of a young Kanye West in 1996 performing live on stage with his then-partner Phenom in his hometown of Chicago. Today, DDotOmen unearthed new footage of Yeezy while in elementary school delivering an original poem.
According to DDot, who received the video from one of Mr. West’s then classmates, the video dates back to 1990 when ‘Ye was 12 years old. In the video, Kanye can be seen delivering an original poem dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr., titled “His Name Means Love.”
“A man who fought for freedom, a man who fought for equality/Those who were against him were too blind to see,” reads the young G.O.O.D. Music artist. “This is what this man fighting for/So blacks, Jews, Spanish and Asians can put their foot in the door/Yes, we know that this man was great/That’s why his name we celebrate/And everyone lifts their voices and sing/For a man who let freedom ring/Martin Luther King is who I’m speaking/A man who’s name means love.”
The full video can be seen below.
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video dont even work. another stupid article from sean ryon.
You butchered the transcript, Sean.
How cool is that? Nice story.
in b4 da bullshit illuminati, satanic, demonic, devil worshipper, gayfish commentz from paranoid dumbfuck haterz. now come up wit sumthin original foolz!
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“A man who fought for freedom, a man who fought for equality/Those who were against him were too blind to see,” “This is what this man fighting for/So blacks, Jews, hispanics and Asians can put their foot in the door/Yes, we know that this man was great/That’s why his name we celebrate/And everyone lifts their voices and sing/For a man who let freedom ring/Martin Luther King is who I’m speaking of/A man who’s name means love.”
amazing for his age back then
“A man who fought for freedom, a man who fought for equality/Those who were against him were too blind to see,” “This is what this man fighting for/So blacks, Jews, hispanics and Asians can put their foot in the door/Yes, we know that this man was great/That’s why his name we celebrate/And everyone lifts their voices and sing/For a man who let freedom ring/Martin Luther King is who I’m speaking of/A man who’s name means love.”
amazing for his age back then and better than most rappers today
kanye was born 2 change the world.
And this kid grew up begging for acceptance and validation from whites…. hating his on skin and saying racist things against his own people like …. I only put light skinned girls in my videos….
brainwashed into hating himself BY WESTERN SOCIETY …. how did he let that happen???
Complete exaggeration. You people love hyperbole.
HE only put light skinned girls in his videos because THEY LOOK BETTER
that’s straight up defamation. kanye NEVER said that. you made that shit up
Fuck light skinned bitches and sensitive white folk!
Nigga’s the most underrated lyricist ever.
A lot of confidence for a child of his age.
You could see, even when he was 12 years old…he was a fag, nothing’s changed
K bye
You’re basing this on?
Be glad that the internet gives wastes of life like you a voice.
Lmao you’re a retard.
HIP HOP DX NEEDS TO FIX THE TYPO “1996” he as 19 NOT 12. KANYE WEST WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME, LITERALLY.
Obviously you need to re-read the article you stupid fuck…the only thing they might of messed up on is saying he was in elementary school when he was 12 yrs old
And go back to math class homie…if he was 12 in 1990 then he would be 18 in 1996
MY BAD DIDNT READ ARTICLE CORRECTLY AND FUCK YOU ALL.
THIS SHIT CRAY! Yeezy for prez
Young Yeezy
That shit cray?
That shits gay!
Holla!
Good ol’ conscious poetry spitting kanye west.
talent natured early = greatness
that kid sold out
FIRE
You gotta be pretty ignorant to hate on this. Very cool video, glad I took the minute of my time to watch it. On M.L.K. day no-less, thats whats up.
The train-of-thought of some of you guys is unreal, how you manage to turn a positive into a negative is beyond me. Get girlfriends or some good weed or something, it could help you mellow out and not be such douchebags…maybe..