Kanye West took to Twitter earlier today to blast NBC’s “The Today Show” after an interview with Matt Lauer that ‘Ye called “…a fucking set up.” During the interview, the Chicago emcee was apologizing for his outburst against former President George W. Bush during a Hurricane Katrina fundraiser, when the show’s producers began playing a clip of ‘Ye’s 2009 incident during the MTV VMAs. He went on to accuse Matt Lauer of conducting the interview under false pretenses and attempting to coerce emotional answers out of him. Kanye even went as far to saying that he’s “…do[esn’t] do press anymore.”
Below are a select few of the dozen or so Tweets ‘Ye posted today about the incident. A complete list of his Tweets can be found on his Twitter page.
I went up there to express how I was empathetic to Bush because I labeled him a racist and years later I got labeled as a racist….
While I was trying to give the interview they started playing the “MTV” under me with audio!!!!!!!
I don’t mess with Matt Lauer or the Today Show … and that’s a very nice way for me to put it!
HE TRIED TO FORCE MY ANSWERS. IT WAS VERY BRUTAL AND I CAME THERE WITH ONLY POSITIVE INTENT.
Very judged very scrutinized very criticized! I want everyone to know I have lows all the time but I make it through them!
I don’t trust anyone but myself! Everyone has an agenda. I don’t do press anymore. I can’t be everything to everybody anymore.
He played clips of Bush and asked me to look at his face while I was trying to talk to him. I wish Michael Jackson had twitter!!!!!!
Maybe Mike could have explained how the media tried to set him up!!! It’s all a fucking set up!!!!
Stupid fucked up kid who can’t handle fame and was too spoiled to see he ain’t that powerful at all.
Sad… Kanye’s carrer was great in the beginning. Now is a completely lame.
UR STUPID AS S***
kanye shut the fuck up.. make the music and shut the fuck up you whiney little bitch
GO KANYE WEST. I now am a Hater of the Today Show just for doing that, i vow to never watch it again “hello good morning America”
you guys are crazy. kanye is one of like 5 relevant rappers. he has earned the right to say whatever the fuck he wants on his twitter page. if you dont care what he has to say then dont follow him on twitter or DX. end of story. im sick and tired of cats reading articles and being huge haters. you clicked this link because you think kanye is interesting. just admit that you love controversy and drama, and shut the fuck up!
I clicked the link to tell DX readers Kanye is a fag.
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He’s nothing more than the black Liberace.
He’s a bad example of what a black man should be.
Skinny jeans anyone.
He’s just a cog in the machine to sell us out.
He’s doing a great job at it.
because he wears skinny jeans hes a bad example of what a black man should be?
as much as I think his recent stuff is garbage he is not a bad example to anyone.
yeah he’s self-centered, what black athlete isnt? what black entertainers arent?
he does have good work habits, motivation and drive. something alot of black people now days dont have.
How is Kany West crying bout summin news anymore???
You know what news flash would shock me??
“KANYE WEST HANDLES HIS BUISNESS LIKE THE GROWN MAN HE IS”
If I ever see that headline, I’ll be in shock…… I’ll probably have to check your sources to because it will be so left field and unbelievable
I find it ironic how those people who are criticising Kanye complaining on twitter are doing the exact same thing, about him, on this comment board. So when a rap superstar does it, it’s “whiny” and “bitchy”, but when some wannabe gangster sitting at his PC does it, then it’s okay.
I dunno man, speaking for myself, I aint no wanna be gangster, who would wanna be a self destructive idiot doing things to put his freedom in jeapordy
I just think Kanye is a spoiled Brat….. I’ve seen 10 year olds handle themselves better in public then this guy
Guss it all boils down to parenting or summin…. Personally, I think a few fair ones in the backyard would give this guy some character, he cries over the most trivial things
Dude lost me a few years ago when South Park dissed him and he posted that long rant bout how his feelings were hurt
Gimme a break, lol
*criticising Kanye FOR complaining…
he betta be rollin deep if he got sumthin to say to al roker. that dude you dont fuck with. al roker is untouchable
Honestly fuck the today show. Kanyes putting out some of his dopest music ever with GOOD fridays and actually sounds like hes getting his shit together and these cocksuckers just want controversy. In the words of the famous Dr. Rick Marshall, “Suck It, Matt Lauer!”
I miss when Kanye was strictly about the music. The fame just kept slowly getting to his head more and more.
College Drop-Out > Late Registration > Graduation > 808’s
I hope TDF is a sign that he’s coming back with some real music, at least bring it back to LR’s level
and screw The Today Show, hit up The Colbert Report haha
he got an album coming out.. its alll publicity..
what do you expect kanye to act like? you guys will never be in his position to know it… he has gotten TWO PRESIDENTS acknowledging him. hes a big ass megastar wheter you guys like it or not…. how the fuck is he gon act like a normal human being?????? impossible i tell you. i have a thousand dollar in my pocket i can barely act normal… stupid ass bloggers dont have NO UNDERSTANDING.
what do you expect kanye to act like? you guys will never be in his position to know it..d. he has gotten TWO PRESIDENTS acknowledging him. hes a big ass megastar wheter you guys like it or not..d.. how the fuck is he gon act like a normal human being?????? impossible i tell you. i have a thousand dollar in my pocket i can barely act normal..d. stupid ass bloggers dont have NO UNDERSTANDING.
Damn douche that sand out your twats and stfu. Kanye has a rollercoaster of a reputation, no lie, but he’s just tweeting about how the show tried to take advantage of the Bush issue which is huge. It was huge for Ye to even put Bush on blast like that. It was idiotic for him to bust that Taylor Swift stunt, but that’s the past. Stupid fuckin’ media networks love to drag on controversy and they fucked up for trying to play him.
unstable ass, hormonal ass nigga.
know what the ill part about this is, is that i respect this guy music (the runaway movie was ill)but this is precosely the reason i never liked him as a person always going on some childish rant. smh i don’t think that nigga will ever grow up.
forget about hate.. cop kanye and lloyd banks HFM2 nov 22!! support real hip hop
lol @ kanye “handling it like a grown man”
He acts like a spoiled kid ,a big arrogant crybaby when it doesnt go his way
He´s lucky that he got talent …
He reminds me of dame dash ,just worse
yee, he got some serious problems
You lucky the album is gonna be flames Kanye or I wouldn’t put up with this bullshit
Kanye
The most overrated rapper in history.
See the Pusha T video and you will quickly realize he’s not even top 50.
Pusha destroyed him and he’s no where near one of the best in the game.
By the time this decade is over rap will be the music choice for gay people.
Kanye is leading that charge. He’s “demasculating” hip hop.
The media keeps pushing the message. It’s cool to be gay. What’s next. It’s cool to be a pedophile.
Man, Kanye himself says the reason he knows how Bush felt about what he said because people called him racist after the VMA shit.
Then he gets pissed and calls it a setup when he goes on TV and they make the comparison he made himself? Waaaaa!!!!
HAVE TO REPOST THIS —–>HATERS READ PLZ
you guys are crazy. kanye is one of like 5 relevant rappers. he has earned the right to say whatever the fuck he wants on his twitter page. if you dont care what he has to say then dont follow him on twitter or
DX. end of story. im sick and tired of cats reading articles and being huge haters. you clicked this link because you think kanye is interesting. just admit that you love controversy and drama, and shut the fuck up!
‘he has earned the right to say whatever he wants on his twitter page’ – u dont ‘earn’ the right to say something, anyone can say anything anywhere! in real life let alone on fuckin ‘twitter’
Is this designed to be a win win? Kanye gets media attention…helps his career?? “W” gets the whole Katrina problem diverted to a personal battle…hmmm!
I think that West did what he needed to and his sensitivity was real, and I would have felt the same things. When President Bush said that was the low point of his presidency I immediately thought that if I were in his shoes the low point would have been the deaths of American service men and women in Iraq and Afghanastan. Maybe he is a bit racsist. The Katrina thing needed someone like West to speak out as he did to get the attention of those who were not doing what needed to be done. People need to understand that West is empathetic, and emotional and an excellent entertainer and give him a break! I am a 62 year old white woman who lived during civil rights. I am proud that Obama is in office and working hard to fix the mess he inherited. His reaction in President Bush’s shoes would have been more diplomatic. Interesting.
you’re so full of shit it’s coming out of your ears. o.k. Ms. 62 year old white woman…. what the fuck are you doing on a hip hop site then?
did you come here to find the latest J.Cole song?
Did you want to see the 30 for 30 ratings?
If you want to get your own point across that’s cool, but don’t bullshit like your an old white lady who scours the internet for rap blogs and to post comments about Kanye West.
Agreed, r.pgh. Also, if youre 62, you were like 5 when civil rights were going on so don’t bring that up.
really? you arent going to let a woman have her own opinion?
is she not allowed to be on a hiphop website?
youre talking all this shit, and you (at freezy and r.pgh) are promoting racism. so im guessing this is a blacks only website? where are the fucking signs?
give a person their opinion, thats all people have.
im an 18 year ld black dude just trying to get through college and dumbasses like you are keeping this country in the dark days.
get your segregation bullshit out of here. open up your fucking eyes.
Yo, really like what you said humanism but what they said was pretty funny and might have some validly.
Kanye said ‘Everyone has an agenda’- Yeah just like u ya fuckin ass. with all that bullshit satanic&masonic imagery in the power video! hidden messages in plain sight.
man..u need to shut ur disgusting hating ass up…if am not a fan, you will never see me on ur page…do the same bitch…
WTF did he expect to happen he went on the today show!! I understand what he talkin bout but thats how media is u can apologize and think its over but they will keep bring it up and he knew that…I mean did you think they was just gon talk bout his album? lol……..Cmon Son #Bresponsibleforuractions
Looks like Kanye West has got his own news channel on twitter now. I mean damn! How pissed to you actually get when your that rich.
Kanye needs to shut up and obviously get counseling!!!
This guy snaps for no reason. So fragile.
Surprise Kanye! thats what the liberal media does to everyone.
This article makes me want to give a shit. Literally……Where is the bathroom? I am literally prairie dogging as I type this. It probably wouldn’t be a good idea for me to go back up and read this again because it would probably make me shit in my pants……………………….UH OH *0_0*
I’m a big fan of the today show. I saw the interview and was very sadden by what I saw from mr.lauer. All you can do is admit when your wrong,do your best to try to make it right. If it is not accepted move on.
Honestly…tell Kanye to shut the hell up….
Kanye is a winey bitch….dude really needs some medication or some shit
kanye held his own. i would have been pissed too. hes come a long way, i understand his frustration. they were subtly implying answers toward kanye…like everyone remember the taylor swift incident so wtf do you have to play it again over kanyes response ?? just poking fun at him and trying to push his buttons
I mean why the fuck does Ye need to apologize to Bush’s bitch ass? I mean he fucked up, what Kanye said was RIGHT then and its RIGHT NOW! How arrogant of Bush to say that that was his worst moment as a President..dude please. What shoulda been your worst moment as a President was the slow response to Katrina and its victims, not what some Hip Hop producer said about you. That just shows how self centered he is as a person. Damn I wish the old Kanye would come back, when he said what he felt when he felt like it. But I have NO SYMPATHY for dude, cause he did this to himself. You wanna play PC and get on the Today Show thinking them white folks gonna forgive you? Then when they slaughter yo ass don’t start crying on twitter, maybe if you show them how much you just LOVE Greek culture and art (stolen from Afrika) then maybe they’ll like you then. Bush AND kanye need to sit they ass down somewhere…::end rant::
wow, your views are ridiculous. go back to your rock and keep hiding. the civil ar is over. we are in a new time, racism is over.
its only kept alive by morons like you. people who continue to believe everyone is out to get them. keep believing that. im sure youll go real far with that mindset.
and im sure you like president obama so much more, because of all that he has done. haha. yeah, bush is a racist? well then that makes obama an elitist and a racist, because if thats how your judging them then obama hasnt done a thing to help black/white/mexicans/asians. anyone. except for maybe, muslims?
Dear Kanye,
I got a formula
Make music
Put it out
Make your gwap
Shut the fuck up
Sincerely,
A fan who’s finding it hard to continue defending you
good statement.
kanye seems to be folding under media pressure. it shouldnt have been that hard for him to apologize to bush. the main reason why so many of us (black people) dont like him is because we are all looking for someone to follow. when kanye said what he said bush immediately turned into the devil.
obama sure seems to care about black people a lot more than bush did… SARCASM
Two things,
I loved the way Kanye checked that dude and told him don’t let it happen again. He’s strong enough to at least try to be in control of his own stuff. Which most people cant say.
At the same time, ‘Ye is hypersensative to everything. Not sure if thats good or bad…
I agree.
Kanye shoulda wacked that bitch. theyr oviusly racist themselves, the way the guy is speaking to kanye is so rude and how hes tryna twist kanyes words
Great post. It made a lot of sense. Keep giving us such insightful comments.
It’s a shame that you can not tell the truth in America. I have the same problem the racist always try to gang up on people who are straightforward and tell it like it is.
I cant see any racism in Kanyes behavoir. If you are not blind/deaf then you must see that Beyonces videos were much better
I don’t see why Kanye is acting like the victim. He is just being asked to explain his words. If he can’t explain his actions or justify them, he should apologize. However, if he can make a valid argument to support his past statement, he doesn’t need to apologize. Our system is about supporting your opinions with solid logic and support; he was embarrased because he couldn’t do this.
I don’t see why he needs to apologize either. If George Bush didn’t hate black people, it certainly looked like he did by the way that horrific situation was mis-handled. It wasn’t such a leap to make the assumption.
Then Kanye West should explain that, instead of feeling like he was attacked when to explain it. If you can’t defend your comments with solid reasoning, then they are meaningless.
The media does have a way of manipulating situations.. But, I don’t know if Matt Lauer was being as malicious as Kanye believes.
Put aside, his fame, his talent, Kanye West is a man, a person, a human being. If you are constantly criticized and ridiculed for your beliefs and/or your point of view, you are bound to break; it is human! I am not saying Kanye’s beliefs or his point of views are correct, but, we are all entitled to our own beliefs and our own point of views. For Christ Sakes, this man is always under the microscope! He apologized, he seems sincere, let Kanye move on, mend, get back to the man he once was, and bring his talent to the forefront, for himself and for his fans! We as people, as human beings in today’s rough time, need to believe and respect people, no matter who you are; stop rehashing the past, stop rehashing the mistakes. We should be helping one another, not bringing each other down. It seems that it is so much easier hurting someone, than complimenting someone; it is just down right sad. Kanye, Rock on with your Bad Ass, rise above the Bullshit, turn all negatives that come your way, in to a positive!
you know i commented earlier (not in kanye’s favour) but i only read the article and now i just watched the interview and it’s even more apparent, kanye’s a 100% bitch.
nothing about that interview was mature. he sittin there tryin to put words together to sound smart and politically correct and shit
“yo how i’m supposed to talk if your’e gonna run the thing…”
“please don’t let that happen again, it’s rediculous”
diva ass nigga, foh
you’re a 100% bitch fag. go suck a dick!
Matt Lauer is such a faggott.
Bush didnt say it was THE WORST moment of his presidency, he said it was one of them.
and thje only reason the Kanye comments have come back is because faggott Lauer is the one who brought that old shit up again.
Kanye might be a douchebag about little stuff like the videos being played while hes trying to answer. but he did ask them once already to please no do that and they did it again.
If they wanted to talk to him so damn bad why not try to please him instead of irritate the guy?
Lauer is nothing but an insitigator
sorry to say that, the world wants Kanye’s head on a pole.
Honestly I thought Kanye was going to go Ape Shit. They are lucky he didn’t slap dude like Dre did Dee Barnes. Bahahaha.
But he shoulda said more in person, to go and tweet it is kind of cowardly. Either way, Today Show was still in the wrong, but it’s TV so of course they are going to instigate.
Album is really good, not sure if it’s better than Graduation but it will take a while to figure that out.
As much as I think Kanye is a Byittch at times, I feel for him on this one. I think his words were ok. We all know Katrina was handled the way it was because of race…no question. All he was saying was that in that emotional moment, he felt Bush was a racist. That’s how a bunch of blk people felt at that time and honestly still do. I really don’t think NBC did anything wrong either though. I think Kanye over reacted. I just think he was getting kinda caught off guard with the questions and he was trying to think of the right stuff to say cause he was scared of looking bad. I just think he was unprpared for the interview.
honestly, race had nothing to do with katrina. FEMA has always sucked at coming after a disaster, so if you want to blame anything on it, blame FEMA. Its kinda crazy to me that people don’t take the time out to research a problem before blaming someone. IMO Bush and Kanye did dumb shit, but whatever, there are more important issues to worry about other than 2 grown men bickering at eachother
GODD DAMM M GLAD IM NOT KANYE
PLUS I WUDDA ANSWERD BETTER THEN
HIM ANYWAYS
I think Kanye is a little bitch sometimes, but the dude is obviously trying to mature as a person. Fuck the Today Show and good looks Kanye on trying to man up and apologize.
Be a man from here on out. Stay consistent, and get back to making classics (the first 3 albums anyway!)
Hes still trying to mature as an over 30 yr old adult man? Most men over the age of 30 that hold regular jobs and live on their own know how to not act like a 12 yr old girl…Whats Kanyes problem?
uhhh, sometimes? ahahahaha so what else does he needs to do for you to say all the time?
Man. Kanye is a serious drama queen.
Gay…no wait, i mean happy Fish strikes again!
Idk man what I fail to realize is why did Kanye’s words matter. You were the president of the United States Kanye is just a rapper. He holds no real power no office no real sway over people. To let a man get to you that doesnt know you or what you stand for makes you look like a bitch. For him ever to address it makes him look like a racist like he feels guilty. And on this show Kanye didn’t look sorry for what he said he looked like he empathized on the effect that it probably had on his personal life
honestly this comment isn’t well thought out… he apologized on countless other radio stations about the situation and wanted the today show viewers to not get facts twisted up and say it himself>>>yet matt laurer was provoking answers by playing clips and whatnot>>>u came up there 2 speak your mind bt a situation but yet ur being treated like a repremanded school boy which is biased and unfair interview
Honestly it is well though out when you’re the president you’re the president not some well paid rapper or a ceo of a company. To let a rapper pull you down who holds no real power is ridiculous within itself. What Kanye did was no different then what fox does to Obama on a daily.
Lol, everybody mad.
They cant even spell his damn name right.
You kids in America need to grow up.
These people are not great.
F the media 100%
Kanye is just a regular person, he does not have outstanding qualities where he should be on TV and in media all the time.
He simply is not a genius.
Everything you see from him other people work with him to produce, his music, videos’ performances, etc.
The media made this guy.
He does not talk with any sense of intelligence or influence he should not be on TV and worshiped by the media.
He is just a regular guy. Stop worshiping him and looking up to him. He is not better than anybody.
Lauer is a stuck up moron, he always tries to make his guests crack for a TV moment. He treats people like shit, and acts like he is better than them.
When Lauer asks do you regret what you said to Kanye, Kanye doesn’t answer directly.
This is the problem. He should have answered right away and said “Yes I regret it.” This is the battle that goes on between the people the media wants to call stars. They want to use the media to their advantage then point out the evils of media. You either do one thing or the other. You can’t do both, yet these people still try. Kanye wants to perform at the parade on NBC, yet cannot answer questions properly on the Today Show.
You kids need to wake up.
None of these people are great.
They are only on TV because of video cameras, TV studios, lights internet connections, etc. They are not on TV because they know how to talk to people and want to help people out. They are all puppets of media.
None of this shit should be supported, paid for, worshipped or looked up to. These are average regular people using technological advances to give them fake superstar status.
All of them are nobodies, JayZ, Beyonce, Gaga, Taylor, Lauer, movie stars, etc.
They don’t have talent or anything great to say, they just have marketing machines behind them.
Please realize this and do not support the media in any way.
The media is corrupt, they are trying to control the population in its thinking and actions. They keep talking about the same motherfuckers over and over again, and none of those people are doing a goddam thing for any regular people.
Stop looking up to these people.
They are not great.
They are fools in control of video cameras and mainstream media.
Agreed 100%
Anybody who talks like Kanye is not a person who is outstanding and should be on TV all the time.
He can’t answer anything and cannot give a straight answer.
He does not talk directly, takes to long to answer and keeps interrupting himself with stuff that has nothing to do with what he is talking about. He is literally talking in circles.
This guy should not be on TV in front of young people.
Lauer is a moron. He always questions people yet never answers anything himself. Dude probably could not answer his own stupid questions. He always plays the role of interviewer yet never has anything substantial to say about himself. Lauer is a stuck up moron.
None of this shit should be supported or paid for. The next time you pay for a CD, movie, etc. you are making it that much more difficult for REGULAR PEOPLE to take this shit over and put a stop to this bullshit.
Fuck the media, its all stupid.
Stop looking up to these people.
Stop supporting this garbage.
“He can’t answer anything and cannot give a straight answer.
He does not talk directly, takes to long to answer and keeps interrupting himself with stuff that has nothing to do with what he is talking about. He is literally talking in circles.”
… sounds like Obama
You are correct.
TAYLOR GANG OR DIE… Btw today show’s garbage haterss
ye….. stop fucking going on tv unprepped, you know what they want..expecially with the bullshit bush shit. You know why im mad??? that you are on tv apologizing for a statement you felt was true enough to say, we loved you for that, but this double back ass kissing of GWB is some bull shit!!! tell them muthafuckas no…i dont regret it. if they crucify you in the media… so the fuck what you’re an artist, and expression is your profession!!!! the fact that GWB can sit and say that’s the worst thing in his term is the disgusting fact. And the whole can ya’ll be quiet and the whole i dont need shit is played bro (and some premadonna shit to me).. i fuck with you on the music shit but grow nuts when it comes to standing up for yourself. the media has a job and its to pry into you.. you have to be smarter about it. how do you give us tresures in and on the creative side but flop when your humanity is put on display?? and stop with the MJ comparisons!!!!!! KANYE west it seems that you want to be loved by everyone and the truth is not everyone loves you..for whatever reason its called being a human being my guy,you have a genius album dropping soon and here we are talking about the bull shit. and if youre really mad drop the today show concert and stand up for urself. with that i say god bless you my guy. keep dropping G.O.O.D music and stay off talk shows.
He has to say that he regrets the statement because he is scheduled to work the parade on NBC, and if he does not answer saying he regrets it then he loses endorsements and performing gigs and could possibly lose a lot of money.
That is what you people have to understand. This is the media. You want the guy to say all these things, but you don’t realize that he wouldn’t be there in that position if he had been saying real stuff all along.
You people have to realize.
Lauer, Kanye, media, NBC, music industry, movie industry, interviews its all the same thing man. None of it should be supported.
You support Kanye? Great now you support George Soros.
You support JayZ? Great now you support Matt Lauer.
You support Gaga? Great now you support Saw and all those graphic horror movies.
You support Wayne? Great now you support Warren Buffet and Bill Gates and greedy multi-billionaires.
Its all the same shit, they all work with each other to make money and waste the public’s time.
Stop supporting it.
The movie or music stars act like they are anti-media talking real to the regular people. Its all bullshit. None of them are real. They all bow down to the media in one way or the other.
NONE OF THESE PEOPLE DO ANYTHING FOR REGULAR PEOPLE THEY ALL ARE TRYING TO DECEIVE YOU TO WASTE YOUR TIME.
thats stupid>>>becuase he said yesterday he isnt doin the show, he doesnt kno why matt laurer just promoted that…so ur whole comment/rant was basically not needed sry
Its all media man.
They all work with each other, then act like there are all these fake battles.
You want Kanye to do certain things correct?
Then he should be talking to YOU, not Lauer.
He should be hanging with his fans, NOT media.
He should be doing stuff with YOU, not NBC.
But he doesn’t.
They all try to make money off the media, it is their meal ticket, the only way they can make millions or be famous and that is what they want.
Why support it?
Why do regular folks pay money to these people?
They are trying to ruin regular people.
ALL of them.
Or they wouldn’t be on TV talking with Matt Lauer, they would be having a real conversaion with their real fans the people who actually want to do stuff with them.
Kanye doesn’t give a flying fuck about Lauer and Lauer doesn’t give a flying fuck about Kanye, but they BOTH give a flying fuck about how they look on NBC because they need money to pay their bills.
If they gave a fuck about YOU instead of TV interviews they would be talking to YOU and not on TV.
They don’t try to work with regular people they just try to manipulate them with video cameras.
These people chase money and are slaves to media.
They don’t give a flying fuck about regular people or doing anything productive with regular people.
Otherwise they would show up in your neighborhood, otherwise you would see them in public places that you go to.
You never do, you never see or talk to any of these people. So why support them?
Yes you can comment on blogs and stuff, but when it comes down to buying a CD or a movie ticket, man YOU ARE JUST RUINING REGULAR PEOPLE”S CHANCES to break through on this bullshit and stop this media bullshit.
All of it is connected.
The music industry will get money from the movie industry when they do not do well and vice versa, the TV stations and corporations prop up and support movie and music so they can make money.
Its all connected.
Don’t ever give $1 to any of this bullshit ever.
If you go out and buy a Kanye CD, some of that money someway somehow will go to supporting Matt Lauer and the Today Show.
Its all connected.
You think you are supporting Kanye by buying his CD, but you’re not.
You’re just supporting the TV stations and corporations and all this media bullshit.
ALL of them are trying to make money off of YOU, without doing anything with YOU, so don’t support it EVER.
I know some of you are young and may not realize this, I realized this over 15 YEARS AGO!!!!
And have not bought a CD or movie ticket in 15 YEARS!!
I knew this bullshit years ago. You are only wasting regular people’s chances by supporting any of this garbage.
Don’t do it. Ever.
You have to understand that Kanye has been trying to make things right in his life lately and to relive those moments and bring up emotions that you are trying to put behind you.
I can understand if he was making the same mistake again and talking about it on the show and they rolled a clip of his mistake, but honestly Kanye has a good point. He was trying to express himself on a real level and skip the press and P.R. stunts.
He is being more careful about the way he carries himself and he doesn’t want to be put out there in a negative way. So I think him asking them to please not do that is a respectful request to make.
Then what was the point of doing the interview?
If he was really trying to make things right and move on he would be doing things with his FANS and the REGULAR PEOPLE and not talking to stuck up Matt Lauer and stuck up Today Show.
You pay Kanye, you pay Lauer.
You support Kanye, you support Lauer.
Its all connected.
you have to understand that any herb could click on your facebook link and know anythin they want about u clown, protect your privacy son
To me Kanye’s just being a real, he’s not afraid to voice his opinion in real time, something most celebrities often don’t do.
he’s not being real.
he’s catering to NBC.
If he was real he would speak with his REAL fans and the REGULAR PEOPLE.
Ye, u can barely complete a sentences homie and u the real racist for lovin a president just bc hes black! dam!
Your logic here is flawed……extremely.
Kanye is such a diva, pretty lame…
you retards defend the press ?
You are obviously the retard. Brainless. Do what people tell you black folks are supposed to do. You got preachers in the church running that game, and niggas on the street running it too. Kanye is a fucking dumbass. Period.
dude fuck the press and the media
Dude is acting like Marion Barry when he got caught smoking crack in a hotel with a hooker. “I’ll be god damn!”
Just cause you can make beats doesn’t make you smart…he’s a very emotional guy, which is fine, but he needs to prepare more if he’s gonna do stuff like this.
There is no “media set-up” or anyone trying to get him to look bad, he manages that on his own. West needs to stick to putting out albums and keeping his personal thoughts/private life out of the public. Anytime he’s on tv (and not in a music video) his vagina just keeps getting wetter, and everyone sees it.
we are not in the public eye so it really doesn’t matter what we say. most of us really don’t know how the business is ran its all hear say to us. so it does not matter because everyone on here is not on TV!
it does matter what we say, you’re post really doesn’t make much sense.
I was the first to comment here, and I’m a lil bit sorry.
After I saw the video, all I could felt was compassion: Kanye looks like he was about to cry all the time. Matt Lauer, or whoever was behind this pathetic interview actd like shit trying to make Bush the victim; “the most emotional moment during the interview”, “look at his face”. WTF? For what I know, 80% from the entire North America doesn’t gives a fuck about Bush anymore… please, correct me if I’m wrong.
I can’t stand Kanye’s downfall. It’s simply unbelievable. But I do understand why. Kanye was spoiled. That’s not a bad thing… I mean… It’s not his mother’s fault trying to make the best of him, but her sudden death affected him on huge levels. After that you know this superficial dick Kanye.
He’s not a powerful leader, but he could be. The problem is he ain’t prepared. May never be… Talking bout on twitter is not a good thing to do. If his mother was here, it’s a cliche, but we’d see all that media on his balls, this “abstract art” he’s doing, and teenage twitter shit.
I don’t know what more can I say… it’s sad all that is going on with his carrer and life.
as a huge fan of kanye’s earlier work, i agree wholeheartedly that the direction of his career and life is sad. that being said, just because you rap, and are a publicly visible person, doesn’t mean you’re qualified to speak on things like politics. props to him for manning up for his mistake, because his statement was as unjustified as he said it was, but hes straight up snobbish and feeling sorry for himself. he should have been prepared if he wanted to speak on the things that he did in this interview, then the twitter thing who knows man thats pathetic. i know he lost his mother and my heart goes out to him, but just have some self-respect and conduct yourself in a manner that would make your mom proud.
I figured Kanye would have been more prepared than that. I know he is not politician however I still figured he would have PR people coaching him prior to this interview. I can’t imagine Kanye West walking into NBC for an interview with Matt Lauer to discuss his comment that deeply offended a President of the U.S and not expect what happened. I’m personally not a fan of President Bush, but I am a fan of Kanye. I’m not in the music business and I do not deal with paparazzi and the media however I know I would have been more prepared than Ye. It’s hard to believe, considering the gravity of the situation, that Mr. West would just stroll right into NBC studios not prepared with at least a thought out apology.
kanye didnt have to come with a speech like tiger woods had after he got caught cheati g…it wuda been lifeless and emotionless. in the interview you cud see and feel his emotion when he was speaking and trying to articulate his opinion in good…then matt laurer had to play clips in order to get an idiotic or sad filled reaction he thought kanye wud have given him but it wasnt the case…to say “look how sad he is in his face, thats the saddest ive seen him” is just pure bullshit>>>4 bush to even claim kanye comments was the lowest point of his career ad have ppl jump all on it that is a pure joke>>>this man (bush) has created a war for nothing, lost thousands of lives, created tax cuts for the rich, made himself and his constituents richer, and he created the 2008 Recession…wtf did kanye do??? like ppl label him an ass, which is true alot of times…but his last couple of appearances this year cnt b labeled as an ass or primadonna…ppl stop backing up the popular opinion all the time, it isnt necessarily correct
cosign completely (took tha words right outta my head)
funny thing is…if he said what he ranted abt on twitter, on the today show ppl wud have his head and they would have claimed kanye to be even more of an asshole….so respect him for voicing his opinion to all HIS REAL FANS who follow him on twitter and get the true context of his words without the biased opinionative attacks
When are you idiots going to realize this. Kanye was pissed because they interrupted him on the today show, with a video of HIM interrupting Taylor!! He’s ridiculous and overrated and such a hypocrite. He thinks he is so superior but he isn’t. And when was his last hit song? yeah that’s right..he’s too busy worrying about politics and bush and hating on white people..just GO AWAY KANYE and let weezy and jay-z take your spot.
You still eating up his GOOD fridays, hypocrite.
i refuse to listen to him anymore. but good try 🙂
What a loser, he still doesn’t get it. Everyone isn’t out to get you homie, just do the interview & shut your stupid fucking mouth!
plain and simple they tried to make him back down to eat his words make him look stupid like ooo you see they just call people racist for no reason silly black people they so stupid!!!! no mother fucker yall the stupid ones i feel him for trying his hardest to not apologize yet still not lookk like the monster yall make him out to be i feel like george bush and a whole lotta of other white people dont care about black people why would you it doesnt affect you when did even one time in his fucked up presidency did that monster do anything to significantly boost our way of life never!!! instead he invaded other brown skinned countries killed innocent brown skinned lives and labeled it the war on terror!!! where the fuck are these wmd’s. do u understand the postition kanye is in he has to appeal to the white audience while still keeping it real because lets face it yall make him rich plain and simple matt lauer was being a puppet for n.b.c. and playing a small role in a much bigger plot to degrade our public figures whi dare speak out against the inequlites and injustices of government. oo and lill side note most of u faggots on hea commenting are lil white boys from suburbia with nothing better to do and have no idea whats really going on in these streets
can you stop? african american people want to be treated equal and then they go on these rants and rants about how no one likes them wahh wahh..well when they’re constantly pulling the “black card” on us “white suburbia people,” why should we sit here and take it? They all think we hate african americans..I see them as equal to us..so you should just relax and stop looking like a fool.
stop what u havnt made a valid argument against anything ive said u sit there in your upper middle class home on your computer in your room talking to becky and u have no idea whats going on in our neighborhoods u cant relate for even a second as to what it means to be black and lower class or just black for that matter so how can u judge someone for speaking from that standpoint when u dont have a clue he came frm the bottom just like those folkes in new orleans and when he seen the bullshit he remember that couldve been him 15 years ago so he reacted so fucking what excuse a black man for getting emotional and making emotional comments over the treatment of his people if u see us as equal then why dont u feel the same way cuz u dont see us as equal as a matter a fact u could care less about us and i dont blame u cuz i could care less about u and your family bottom line u need someone to talk about and make look like a bad black guy yall feed off of that so he just gives u what u want something to type and report and interview
What is your grudge against white people? I’m actually a 22 year old white girl, AT WORK, working to pay off my own bills and such. If black people have it so hard being lower class, why cant they prove everyone wrong and make something out of their life. No one is forcing you to be lower class, living on the streets. No, I am not a fucking rich girl. I have my own bills to pay, my own loans, so don’t go classifying me with white people that have crossed your path negatively in some way, shape, or form. That’s the problem with people in the world..they stereotype. Please don’t take my words as negative, as I am also trying to figure out the world. There is too much hate and I actually do care about other people believe it or not! sheesh!
peteroc, as a black woman, you’re making us all out to be crooks who live on the streets and are poor. I’m a well-educated BLACK professor at a college. stop lumping us all together in your twisted world that white people are out to get us blacks. Get over it. Be a real black man and stand up for yourself against the white people if they really piss you off so much. SMH
Dude, your a fucking idiot, that is all
He reacts to the fact that Matt Lauer practices aggressive questionning. He really tries to go after the “interviewe”, in this case Kanye, to try to pull out a reaction. I have to admit that in most interviews they do put clips of an incident in the background, but asking him to read the FACIAL emotions of George W. Bush while he was already apologizing for his previous comments was a little ridiculous. That was forcing Ye into a corner, almost asking him to feel worst then her probably already did.
No black card was pull out in this interview, Matt Lauer changes his questionnig method depending of the person he interviewed (all interviewers do), we all know Kanye’s tagged as being an a**hole. Matt Lauer wanted to expose it and didn’t give Ye the change to prove any differently. It’s just another step he has to get throught to get back on top…and he will.
it doesn’t matter what we say because everyone on here are spectators of kanye’s life. if our opinions really meant something he would of asked people on twitter if he should of went on NBC, besides that for anyone to say its all about pay offs i highly doubt matt lauer is getting paid off his album sells.
it always matters what people say.
your post is stupid.
Lauer won’t directly get paid off of albums sales, but he’ll get paid for the interview.
Kanye is a damn “moment whore”
quit cryin kanye, nobodys tryna set u up… its just an interview dont cry LMAO
That same media has given you your fame and riches ‘Ye. You can’t expect shit to be all roses. I mean, you are young, rich, iconic, and healthy…right? I mean…pardon me, but get the fuck over it.
WHAT THE FUCK KINDS SHROOMS IS HE ON? I need to try them. Paranoid Much Kanye?
fuck matt!