During an appearance on Chicago radio station B96, G.O.O.D. Music rapper Kanye West took some time to clarify a handful of comments he made recently, specifically remarks he made about Jewish people in a November interview with New York’s Power 105.1. While speaking with the radio station Kanye said that, “Black people don’t have the same level of connections as Jewish people.”
During his conversation with B96’s Stylz and Roman, Kanye discussed his comments made about Jewish people last month and referred to his remarks as “an ignorant compliment.”
“I think that it was kind of like an ignorant compliment, Kanye West said. “I don’t know how being told that you have money is like an insult. That would be like if somebody complimented black guys and said, ‘All black guys got big penises.’ And then you don’t want to be the black guy who raises his hand and says like, ‘That’s not true. I got proof!’”
Kanye also addressed a recent comparison he made about his tour life and the life of a police officer or solider. During a radio interview with SaturdayNightOnline.com this month, ‘Ye sakd, “When I think about when I’m on the ‘Can’t Tell Me Nothing,’ and ‘Coldest Winter’ moment, like that mountain goes really, really high. And if I slipped…You never know. And I think about it. I think about my family and I’m like, ‘Wow, this is like being a police officer or something, in war or something.'”
While speaking on the comment, Kanye explained that he was putting police officers and soldiers in the highest regard with what he said. He also suggested that only the most controversial, “awkward” parts of his interviews receive the most publicity.
“In all the interviews that I’ve been doing recently, there’s so much motivation, inspiration, and insight,” Kanye said. “And what they’ll do is just take this one sound bite that sounds the most, you know, awkward in a way…I think that yeah, we can compare ourselves to whoever we want to compare ourselves. So, when I do the comparison of soldiers or police officers or on a different side, Steve Jobs and Walt Disney. What I’m saying is to not look at it like I’m some celebrity that’s just sitting back and not working and not fighting and not contributing something to society. Like no, this is a contribution. Even just my messaging I put myself at risk [in a way]…So, when I say a soldier or police officer what I’m saying is that I look at that as the highest form of contribution to society.”
Kanye’s comparison drew the attention of a police chief in Ohio who penned an open letter to the Windy City rapper. In his letter, the police chief referred to Kanye as being “as misguided as they come” and concluded his words to Kanye with, “Check yourself, before you wreck yourself.”
Audio from Kanye’s interview with Stylz and Roman can be found at CBS Local.
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It would be best for Kanye to shut his mouth before we see that he has died in a random car wreck
Is Kanye trying to sound smart again?
he really is a fool for comparing what he does to that of a police officer or a soldier in the war. someone wrote a long letter to him about how foul that was for a bitchmade dude like him to say.
“So, when I say a soldier or police officer what Im saying is that I look at that as the highest form of contribution to society.”
does this fool really think he contributes anything to society?
he got young men wearing skinny jeans and skirts looking like faggots. hes contributed so much!
He contributes art-music which gets many people through their mundane lives and brings joy to people who party and dance for release..he aint worthless like you.
responsible for raising the homosexual rate amongst young black men
Every single album he has released has been a classic in its own right. Yeezy’s? APC? Didn’t he also popularize high-fashion and high-art in mainstream Rap? He also made the way for Drake, brought us Kid Cudi, made hit singles, among a number of other things (“Ima let you finish,…But” meme). There’s only a handful of rappers that have imparted as much or more onto Hip Hop culture(For better or for worse). Don’t let hate cloud the facts
none of that sounds good to me. thats why he is terrible.
a plague on the culture.
I helped diversify the culture, nigga. If it weren’t for me, your wardrobe would probably be lookin like Tim Duncan’s right now. You wouldn’t have half the rappers you probably got on your iTunes playlist. You’d probably be tryna adopt some type of “gangsta” image or some shit, knowing full well you aint bout any of that. Get on your knees and give thanks to Yeezus, your lord and savior, bitch.
I rock with kanye and always have back when he just made soul beats and kept his mouth shut…now he talking too much…get off that high horse…ray j t-bagged and filmed himself sodamizing ur baby mother…your last few cds have been azz and now you are talking yourself outta future deals (fashion, corporate sponsors, etc)
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Art is a contribution to society, kids
it is….. art is the center of production… didn’t just come from Jesus
“That would be like if somebody complimented black guys and said, All black guys got big penises. And then you dont want to be the black guy who raises his hand and says like, Thats not true. I got proof!'”
This nigga on some other shit 24/7
Put some baby powder on your hand and slap yourself, Ye.
If a KKK member said blacks are in touch with nature because they spent all day out in a cotton field, is that a complement? Fuck you Kanye. and I have nothing against ANY race, I apologize for this foul response but I had to show Kanye’s remarks in another light.
point is you wrote that, not kanye or a kkk member
and used a disclaimer
we don’t believe you
Not nearly as severe, but good try. Kanye isn’t the black equivalent of a KKK member, so your point falls apart
im guessing youre white. You must think Kanye is as bad as the KKK otherwise that not a good comparison. While it was in poor taste, he didn’t say anything derogatory. Its not like he said Jews have all the money because theyre money hungry and penny pinchers. That would be extremely anti-semetic..but saying that most black people dont come from money like jewish people isn’t what i would say anti-semitic. Poor Taste definitely, but definitely not worth the attention. But whatever….
1. Miley Cyrus (lemme shake my ass for attention)
2. Kanye West (I’ma fvck with media since they fvck with me)
3. Kendrick Lamar (trolled Big Sean on his own sh*t)
4. Vlad TV & Lord Jamar (they love the attention)
cast your vote
(c) donnis mac
I cant make up my mind dude, Im supposed to hate cops but now that Kanye supposedly dissed them I feel compelled to defend them.
its ok you dont have to feel ashamed -Drake
Ye, you should be a wrestler, because your arrogance surpasses Rick Flaire’s
soldiers and security guards put thier life on the line.. i wanna support the police but their just bullies with guns sorry
you old cats get no pussy
another day, another article about a comment this stuck up drama queen has made.
remember when he was about the music
true
Has anybody here actually seen his tour this year? Because I thought he was crazy and ranting about nothing too, but then I got it afterwards. Web sites just take things out of context because it’s easy to pick on the dude after a couple of outbursts on tv.
My G I saw the yeezus tour in miami shit was the craziest live show I seen, fuck around the crowd was dying for the rant. Seeing him perform right after Kendrick you see how he’s mastered the art of the live show to the point where the songs actually sound better live than on the album.
can kanye just fuck off and die already sick of this attention seeking bitch
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Fuck tha police N fuck kanye too
To whom it may concern,
I believe there has been an undue amount of backlash concerning a remark, taken out of context and without discussion, of what Kanye West had said concerning Jewish money.
I would like to first inform you that I am sending this message from Canada, specifically a little west of the nations capital. Now I state this so that you can understand that this line of thinking resonates with a person from a separate cultural background then the Kanye West, almost seemingly removed from American culture and particular ideologies.
As I grew up I learned about both the Bible (I do not have a religion but I have deep faith and good respect of what all faiths mean to humanity, as a cohesive energy) and about my history as an African Canadian. Furthermore, I grew up with a sense of pride that I am of Haitian decent. Meaning, I come from the first civilization that repelled slavery and established independence from France, well before America had its revolution.
There has existed a black race for more than 200 years that should have, at this point, recovered from enslavement, produced a culture that bred proper representations of itself to go forth and solicit other countries to benefit from what the culture could produce. This also known as trade. This hasnt happened. There a numerous reason that could explain this but this is just a framework to pull from.
Move from a macro examination to a micro examination and I look at myself in the grand scheme of things. I am first generation Canadian, God bless the great White North, as I have an abundance of opportunities and yet, I cant access a lot of the results certain peers have had access to. Many of which are not excessive in acquiring, I would believe, are fully attainable. I continue to do my familys legacy its due respect as I continue to strive to thrive, so I am not speaking from a down trodden perspective.
One of the things I examined was my father in relation to say an Irish father. Family names have longevity and with that come a certain amount of respect. So when I look at the local shoemaker and that craft, which is a trade that may or may not have been passed down from father to son and so forth. However, that ability to connect with something from the past to continue to foster a future is powerful. There are fewer obstacles to start up as the experience and wisdom has been turned into a tradition to be used as a means to live by.
However, we could move away from the idea that the following generation would like to indeed commit to the same lifestyle of their patriarch and would like to go into a different profession or vocation. The access to resources becomes the gift, the benefit of not having to go through first time obstacles.
For example, a son turns to his father, the shoe maker and says, Dad, I would like to go to school to be an electrician. The father says, no problem, in fact, I KNOW someone who is an electrician who may take you on for the weekend. If you decide to pursue this as an education, I will provide you with what money I have available to START you off well.
I think of my father who did not have a Haitian network to tap into. I think of my father, who took pioneer steps, knew what he knew and emigrated to Canada. How does he begin his life? Learning a new language, learning new cultural norms, essentially having to integrate with no guarantees of identity or purpose in society.
Now what Kanye is saying, as I interpret it and put it into context of what I am seeing, is WE as a race, are not as structured, resourceful, or cohesive as other races (not yet), and of a particular example of a successful culture that exist among many cultures, are Jewish people. There is no contention of money or power or control but a reference to live one day in a similar fashion. Something identifiable and holistic.
I believe the essence of what Kanye says is that black people are not yet at a point where we can identify one another as people and find strengths and a reaffirmation of belief in self and that is due to a lack of leadership from the top. But that begets the question of where are our leaders?
Now, I can understand the sensitivity of seeing the Jewish name come from the person that is Kanye West (keep up the good work Kanye cause smiling our way through shit is just not productive anymore) in relation to money. I am glad that your culture is worth defending. I just feel Kanye was trying to use a very good example of what kind of people black people could be but we can only get there if it is openly addressed.
I am sorry that Kanye used a Jewish reference but I believe me there is an underlying respect for the Jewish culture in its ability to persevere and succeed and be relevant in a modern world, despite the history it came from and that success is all due to the choices Jewish people as a whole, employed, as a race, to ensure its survival.
It is entirely plausible that as this is being read, someone may feel that this my perspective is skewed or is not accurate but I will tell you that MY view on how life is and how I have observed networks that I wish my father had privy to, would have allowed me access to many more opportunities which would have allowed me to be able to do more than what I am doing at this point in time.
So Kanyes words resonates with me and I would hope that someone would gain a perspective and have a dialogue with him before publically declaring him to be any kind of hater. Heckif you wanted to take it to a base level, why do you think rappers take opportunities to thank Jewish lawyers in their songs. It is a form of recognition that Jewish people are who we would like to associate with. Not for their money, we can get our own but for their ability to so unified that they produce a culture of success and admiration.
In one way or another, we reference each others success to push ourselves further. It is unfortunate that the use of the word Jewish caused such a sensitive conversation to be had and all the while, the message that Kanye was trying to convey goes lost in the defence of a reference
Anwho, Yeez, have it my dude. Other folks who still want to feel negative ways about this can simply speak with a Jewish person who works with Kanye and ask them if Kanye is as ignorant as people are trying to make him out to be. Problem solved. Right from the source.
We are all multiracial and singularly cultural. If you cannot recognize the people that are working towards that end maybe you need to become uncomfortable and ask people why they may like the people they like or contrary and find TRUTHS with a willingness to release your perspectives you will grow. Conversely, if you are internet in blowing excerpts up to be grater the body of work as a whole, have a civil ADULT conversation as to why you do not like something. Use your energy well.
Thanks for reading,
T. Strong