Kanye West has been known to voice his fair share of philosophical teachings, but apparently none of them came from the pages of a book.
Speaking in a new interview with the Alo Mind Full podcast, the acclaimed rapper and producer declared he’s never read any literature.
“When you said I hadn’t read this book, I actually haven’t read any book,” he told host Danny Harris. “Reading is like eating Brussels sprouts for me. And talking is like getting the Giorgio Baldi corn ravioli.”
After Harris discussed his love for a particular book — although he didn’t share its title — West offered some food for thought.
“There’s two people: the man who thinks they can and the man who thinks they can’t. And they’re both right,” he said. “That’s what you were saying, but that was like a simplified version.”
The Alo Yoga co-founder agreed with Ye, adding: “Yeah, the one who wins the race is the one who believes they can. The oak lies in the acorn.”
Elsewhere in the interview, West talked about how he believes the world will be a lot like George Lucas’ Star Wars franchise in the future.
During a discussion about robotics, the Donda hitmaker said Star Wars is his “college” and admitted he has “a tendency to be paranoid of robots.”
“When I see the way those robots are working in the factory, I walk through that space and know that in the same way we have a position of influence now, 10 years from now, 20 years from now, we’ll have a position and influence,” West said. “And some of the people that are very influential now will still be influential then.”
He continued: “But the world will be a lot more like all the ideas that George Lucas channeled in Star Wars. He was channeling. Like, how do you invent Pixar? That’s a lesser-known thing that George Lucas went and put people together to invent Pixar.”
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Meanwhile, Kanye West’s Donda Academy kicked off a new school year earlier in September and more information has been revealed regarding the institution’s curriculum, which includes parkour classes.
According to Rolling Stone, a day in the life of a student at Donda Academy will find them participating in full school worship, core classes of language arts, math, and science as well as lunch/recess and enrichment courses made up of world language, visual art, film, choir, and parkour.
A pair of sources relayed to the publication that parents of the students agreed to sign non-disclosure agreements to have their kids enroll. Tamar Andrews, a Donda consultant, described the NDAs as an “informal agreement.”
I’m not surprised by this at all.
For once in my life I agree with Kanye on something. The world needs to stop confusing people who DONT LIKE to read with people who CANT read. Traditional black and white text books are boring as fuck. But I enjoy reading news articles on music, culture, and history. I notice its women who like to read novels books for fun. Men would rather live it than read it.
Just say you can’t read, no one will judge you
A lot of guys read books/novels for fun. You should try it.
You’re just an ignorant piece of sh!t
Yeah, more like Illiterate Talk OG lol
I love both reading and Maple Bacon Brussel Sprouts.
Yet this is the guy people want as president smh
Apparently not since he ain’t get much votes lmao
nah wait pause you mean to tell me that that ignorant plastic bag full of mcdonald’s soft serve HAS NEVER READ A BOOK! nah FOH it wouldn’t totally explain why he’s such a mind-warped lil queen bitch!
Kanye, aren’t you a Christian/Christ believer and you never read the bible? How does that work?
Are you stupid? They have niggehs that read that shit live every Sunday bruh! Don’t gotta read to take in the LORD!
I’ll tell you one thing: Having a good feeling for music does NOT make a man a genius. Even the Gza – DA GENIUS HIMSELF – turned out to be a dumb flat earther. Can you believe that ish??? Read a book or two, idiot. Preferably on on MENTAL HEALTH.
„KANYE WEST CLAIMS HE’S NEVER READ A BOOK“ Somehow this doesn‘t surprise me. It usually is the stupidest people that are the loudest.
He’s so stupid that he’s runs multiple multi million dollar businsess… listen, I dislike Ye, and hate the Kardashians. Paris Hilton too. People always say “theose Kardashians are so stupid”. No. You’re stupid for buying into the facade they put on to the world. They’re actually ruthless businessmen and women. They know how to play the game, and are rich media spectacles for a reason. They aren’t like “Bhad Babie”. They’re actually intelligent.
THIS FAT DOWN SYNDROME DUDE ACTING LIKE WE AIN’T KNOW THIS…AND I LIKE BRUSSEL SPROUTS. GOOD SOURCE OF PROTEIN. MAYBE HE SHOULD PUT THE CHEESEBURGERS AND CHICK FIL A DOWN AND TRY THEM.