Kanye West spoke to the Oxford Guild Society at the University’s Museum of Natural History today (March 2) for about half an hour, according to Business Insider.
Students at the University live-blogged ‘Ye’s lecture, which covered a wide variety of topics.
BI reports that more than 1,600 students and administrators attended the event dubbed by the guild as “the biggest speaker of the year.”
While a full visual of the event is expected to be released soon, students provided commentary via Twitter of ‘Ye’s dialogue using the hashtag #YeOx.
Two of the University’s publications provided coverage. The Tab tweeted quotes from ‘Ye like, “beauty has been stolen from the people and is being sold back to them as luxury #YeezOx” and “people say I’ve got a bad reputation. I think I’ve got the best reputation in the building #YeezOx.”
An editor from the other student-led publication Versa, spoke to BI about Kanye’s monumental appearance.
“Everyone went crazy staying up all night to get tickets,” said Ruth Maclean, a philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) undergraduate. “Not every lecturer at Oxford is as exciting as Kanye. It was pretty surreal seeing Kanye in a drab lecture theatre in Oxford; 300 students sitting in awed silence as he went on a mad stream of consciousness was not really the usual situation you expect to see a world-famous rapper. I heard him say a lot of new stuff which you don’t really hear in public — he seemed to have a more political slant outside just music — in fact he barely spoke about music at all. He moved from one thing to another so quickly that your mind felt frazzled — art, philosophy, politics — and seemed to suggest a vision of the future where art and politics would not be separate — where creative endeavor permeated every area of life.”
Check Tweets regarding the event below:
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“Clothing should be like food. There should never be a $5000 sweater”… Nigga plz, you bought your 1 year old a 60k diamond tiara and spent close to a million dollars for GOLD FUCKING TOILETS. your wifeys closet is probably worth more than some third world countries with many items worth far more than 5gs.
He acts like he’s Mother Theresa. This guy just wants to talk about how hes this misunderstood genius innovator and saint being oppressed without actually actually accomplishing anything outside of music and his corny fashion that only gets looks because of his celebrity.
aka any fashion my g. It’s all about the brand recognition when you’re tryna sell clothes to a lot of people. you think ralph lauren is the only one that makes decent polos?
Ralph Lauren built his brand over the years by putting in work and making dope products. Kanye wants everyone to act treat him like Ralph without putting in any of the work just because he’s Kanye West Kardashian.
Well shit, if Chris Rock said it’s the best album in the last 25 years it must be true… LOL fucking clown.
“we have the resources as a civilisation to make a utopia, but we’re led by the most greedy and least noble”… You cant talk like this while appearing on ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’ every week. It makes you look fugazi.
“students provided commentary via Twitter of ‘Ye’s dialogue using the hashtag #YeOx.” – YOU COULDNT EVEN GET THE HASTAG RIGHT AND ITS RIGHT BELOW, #YeezOx, not #YeOX
Yall hate on him so bad. You just come to the comment section to talk shit about a man that doesn’t even know you exist. How about instead of talking shit about him work to make your voice bigger than his and spread your own message. “Niggas Talk More Than Bitches These Days…. Let That Sink It.” I guess Drake was right.
MAYBE WE DONT WANT OUT VOICES TO BE BIGGER THAN HIS, BEING THE LOUDEST NIGGA IN THE ROOM DONT MAKE YOU THE SMARTEST OR GREATEST
I couldn’t see my last comment, but Freeway is my underated GOAT
NONE of the greats, IN ANY FIELD EVER had to constantly reassure themselves and the public of their greatness and genius.
imgagine if someone like stephen hawking felt the need to constantly tell the world how smart instead of letting his knowledge speak for itself
OXFORD?? Isn’t that a prestigious rich school for English kids? Why doesn’t he go speak to some inner city youth in Chi-raq? Oh yeah, because Kanye West doesn’t care about black people.
a gr33dy m0ney hungry c@pitalist scum fake ass revolutionary with ya f@me wh0re wife
Obama called you a jack-ass he ain’t calling your home phone. And who still has home phone lines
This type of disorganized speech and thought is a symptom of Schizophrenia. Sad.