Kanye West is good for business. This applies to his own album sales, which now include the recently certified platinum My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It also applies to the business of selling magazines and increasing Web traffic. West recently addressed the various rumors and his relationship with different media outlets.
“This shit takes the air out my lungs sometimes from blogs to news reports…enough already!!!” he wrote. “All I do is focus on my work.”
West was specifically referring to a report that he bought a $180,000 gold and diamond watch from Tiret. Many media outlets, including HipHopDX, ran the story. However, West says that not only is the watch nearly a decade old, but that he never purchased it.
There’s a new lie everyday… a new media spin… I never got a watch with my face on it!!! A company tried to give that to me 9 yrs ago!
Other recent rumors include the tabloid fodder that he instigated some kind of Twitter feud with Britney Spears because her single “Hold It Against Me” edged out his Jay-Z collaboration “H.A.M.” 
as the country’s top-charting single. West also ended any gossip of him going the Lance Bass route and training to be an astronaut. West has gone on record as saying he rarely does interviews, opting instead to use the direct formats of Twitter and UStream. He did a brief press run for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, however his interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer and the following tweet indicate that will most likely be the exception as opposed to the rule.
When I said the comment about Brittney I was giving her props for being #1 not dissing her at all!
“If the media wants to make a story…just say I have atrocious spelling and terrible grammar. If you don’t give ‘em a story they just make one up. I’m just trying to focus & stay creative! Keep bringing dope shit to the world!”
Fuck the media…… KANYE FOR KING!
Kanye is a devil worshipper. He says it himself in the “Devil in a new dress” track. Fuckin’ asshole!
Don’t pay attention to the rhetorical question just this……. please don’t ever reproduce.
then so have 80% of rappers. do us all a favor and stop listening to hip hop!
It is because of people like this that people around the world are thinking that people in America are slowly but surely becoming intellectually retarded. Like come on you guys just believe anything some guy on TV says and you guys just want to be also exactly what you see on TV, cant you see they just trying to control your thoughts and push it in a direction that the media thinks is the direction you should be thinking, please wake up and see what is going on!!!!!!!
Oh and like Kanye I have to explain myself (fucken media) that this is not me saying Americans are idiots, but saying why people might think that way from the ignorant comments being made.
If you’re going to a hip-hop threads to find intellectually sound specimens of Americans, then they are the idiots. What do you expect? I love hiphop but it has some of the most retarded fans ever.
On topic though, fuck the media…go kanye.
guess that’s the type of skin you have to wear sometimes in that industry boss thug
taylor swift should thank kanye for doing that to her
white people try so hard to look black rap musik or hip hop was created by black people… so when another race does it … it looks funny… white people always trying to be black… you wiggas watch to many movies… these rappers that u white people listen to … half of yor favorite rappers dont even like white people… the biggest joke of all time in musik history is (vanilla ice)everybody makes fun of him…. and yo tell me why u see a white boy with a doo rag on… that shit is to funny… eminem rockin a doo rag and shit lol he cant get no waves in hiz hair … and dont say eminem is hood or gangster … he grew up in fucking 8 mile in a trailer lol lol lol ..thats why he’s not a real lyricist … thats why most of his raps are about playing and joking… he raps about killing his mom and how he hates his wife lol… now nas is a real lyricist.. he’s a good storyteller … when nas raps …you get hyped up because u can feel what he’s talking about.. nas puts you right there at the scene when he raps … who the fuk can relate to wanting to kill their mom and their wife .. thatz corny white boy shit… eminem trys so hard to act black …trying moving his body like a black person lol lol lol lol lol .. white people please dont try and dance like us or dress like us …… it looks to funnnnnnnnnnnnny
you’re an idiot.
not u again..get the fuck out of here nobody wants to read what you have to say.your a weirdo for real.
why the racism you ugly fucker!
Just because I am a fan of black culture does not mean I want to be Black, who wants that fucked up credit score and police discrimination? Not me. Funny is the fact you say most black people hate white folks, yet we support them by buying their albums and going to their shows more than their own people.
On the subject of lyricism, if you want to talk about great lyricist, how bout Slug or Eyedea of the Rhymesayers? And while you say eminem is whack because he raps about hating his mom and his wife and how fucked up his life it I say thats dope because its realistic shit. He spits about what he knows and fuck the dumb shit. I guess he could just rap about selling crack like all the other rappers, its funny how there is 20 million dope dealers and only 1 million users….
Now moving on to the so called wiggas….first off I probably grew up poorer than you, I’m from a trailer park, I grew up living with a single mom cause my pops left, we lived on food stamps for a while and I ate government milk and cheese….so now you tell me just because your black that you’ve had a harder life or that your more deserving of this music? I listen to it because I can relate to the poverty and struggle in the music, it uplifts me and gives me inspiration….so I guess that makes me a cracker with a doo rag on…..
wetback
hey Scottie Minor wetback
its funny cause scottie is lookin a lil white in his facebook pic there,
scottie minor is you wearing makeup????
Scottie is one uneducated asshole
This clown shoe has Mariska Hargitay (that chick from Law and Order) twice in his likes on facebook. You might not like us crackers but you sure do love our women, haha
who let this pediphile have a computer? And white, nigga you ain’t dark at all, white boys are darker than you. YOUR PIC SAYS IT ALL! This is black music, not puetro rican music, white boys can spit some hot shit, I ain’t ever heard a good puerto rican since Big Pun. You need to quit watching BET and go learn your own culture, you the most confused one here, clowning white people when you white as shit.
Everybody here hates you, they hate your posts, and I personally hate your parents for not using contraception. You are a walking condom commercial. THIS COULD BE THE RESULT IF YOU DON’T USE A CONDOM!
FUCK KANGAYE & THE ILLUMINATI…HIP-HOP DIED YEARS AGO…HIP-POP IS ALIVE!!! FUCK HIPHOPDX FOR SUPPORTING THIS FAGGET…FUCK GAY-Z TOO!!!
lol fuckin illuminati… retard ass nigga
This nigga is a straight up pathological liar!! How the fuck did a company want to give you this watch 9 years ago, when you only blew up 7 years ago??!! Fuck outta here!
Well, Kanye was a major producer for Jay-Z and Roc-a-Fella back in 01-02. And you know Jay, being a multi-millionaire and all, probably requested that watch to be made for him and Kanye didn’t want it. Maybe that’s how it went down.
You probably right my dude. I actually thought of that right after posting that shit.
if he runs on the stage, he’s gettin critisized
if he congratulates that people, he’s gettin critisized
so what the hell do they want him to do?!
They, just like I, really just want him to SHUT THE FUCK UP!
He’s tired of the media “twisting his words” and being criticized. Well, Mr. Kanye West, do what you do best and PRODUCE! All of the rapping, which you think you’re so great at, along with all of the public drunken rants and temper tantrums you’ve been throwing during the course of your career is really not you.
You’re a producer. Do that and do the world a favor…close your rat trap, you whiny bitch!
Look at him now, crying on Twitter. “Oh stop, please. I’ve had enough. No more rumors.”
Shit, wasn’t even that serious to begin with. If he bought a 180k watch with his face on it so be it. Kobe bought a ring worth 4 mill. Baby got earrings that cost about 1 mill a piece. It happens. If he bought it or not he should just let the rumors be and continue to make music. Then handle the rumors cordially later. But, in typical Kanye fashion, he throws a hissy fit about things on twitter.
Dude needs a good publicist. His mouth has been nothing but trouble for him.
Co-sign.
No body will have nothing to say if you STFU. Stop getting on this award shows and making and a## out of yourself. Be humble and just do your music.
WTF@Gimme a Break… – Ok now what the fuck, what do you mean he needs to get a good publicist, its called freedom of speach MUTHAFUCKA, oh shit sorry i forgot that you guys lost that other there in the US, my bad haha go on with your so called “freedom” bahahahahahahahahahaha
@WTF!!!!!…Kanye’s free to say whatever he wants to say and do what he wants to do. But a good publicist would advise Kanye to choose his words more carefully. Being in the public eye, your words and actions are what you’re characterized by.
So if he’s tired of being painted as a raging egomaniacal sissy, then he either needs to stop acting like one or hire someone that can prevent him doing so.
That’s standard practice in Hollywood. Don’t you know that?!
shit id get pissed if people were always making shit up about me no matter what it was. plus saying the watch has his face on it was probably attributed back to them criticizing his ego or whatever. Plus, he’s been doing so many interviews where he apologized and talked about how he is trying to be more humble. You people still criticizing him know just as much as these media fuckheads do and by that I mean very little. Dont call me a dickrider for naming the facts and my opinion either.
If Kanye had real “power” he wouldn’t be worried about what people think about him if he did buy the watch.
It’s nothing really.
Cry baby.
Half the people screaming Kanye is an illuminatist have no idea what it means, They just parrot responses, that they’ve heard someone else. Get a brain of your own for once.
Well said. They hating on Kanye that’s all.
kanye’s a fag, watch the the throne bout to be garbage
Look sorry for the people i have offended…… I just hate having a fat face and a silly mustache!
Scottie Minor you look like a rapist go back to mexico ugly fuck shave your gay latin mustash
Scottie Minor you look like a rapist go back to mexico ugly fuck shave your gay latin face loooooooooooool
Wiz Khalifa’s Black & Yellow was one of the hottest songs of 2010 for sure but everybody is going nuts over Rising Icon of 2011.
The Gift-Red & Black
Viewers are calling it the hottest
song on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCk79SBe3mU
that is just plain garbage, get a real job.
Yeah Ye, leave the Brittney diss to Eminem
what a fagg !!
this watch thing did not surprised me, it matches with his gay ass personality
i bet he just realized how this watch thing was stupid so he declined himself with such a gay statement
same with the britney story ! he just want to avoid another taylor swift “drama”
kanye = gay
Scottie Minor is trolling on Rap Basement as well, just saw the dumbfuck’s face on there too. Smh.
G.A.M. = Gay ass mofo
white people try tooooo hard to be black… listening to rap musik and shit…. you can not relate what we go through… white boys that do live in the hood is flunkees.. they would do anything and i mean anthing to win the black guys approvol lol lol lol…… i seen white boys do anything in the hood to be cool wit a black homey … them white muthafukers will shoot a person just to win the respect of a black person…. stupid white flunkees… once again hip hop iz for black people… i mean u can listen to it hip hop all day … but can’t understand… that would be just like me going over to cmt.com country music site and leaving comments on country music… i cant relate to what those people are singing about(driving pick ups) (hunting)… white people get off our dick …. next time you be at the mall or around way ,,,and you see a white boy wit a doo rag on and and golds in hiz mouth… laugh in his face….. you even got white dudes out there using the term (what up my nigga)like they black and shit… i just seen one of my homies smack da fuk out of a white dude for saying (what up my nigga) a lot of you black dudes be lettin that shit ride…. white people cant do shit for theirselves… where does rock n roll come from (the blues)something created by black people… elvis even said he learned from blacks musicians…. not even to mention… the person who sold the most records of all time is!!!!!! (michael jackson
that has to be the stupidest and most ignorant comment I’ve ever read. Your an idiot even tho there is some truth to your comment most of it is retarded. Most rappers today try to make most of their music easy to relate to by everyone not just black people. It’s 2011 dumbass not 1995.
two things
1st : your comment was funny for a light skin dude like you
2nd : this type of shit you just wrote proves exactly how uncomfortable you are with your own self to talk shit like you do about white people
3d : you dont help progress and evolution but chaos and hate between communities : now that’s hip-hop mentality right here (–> it’s ironical in case your bitch ass did not catch the tone of this sentence)
4th : in january 2009, the US had its first african american president coming from an interracial union between a kenyan father and an irish american mother. this event alone proves you how mentalities are evolving and how people are sick with this racist thing
and 5th : well, just shut the fuck up the next time you want to make such a stupid comment like that
this dude has posted the same thing on every thread of the website, dude is just looking for attention, probably needs a hug or something.
hahaha… if you can even read, you ‘Spook’, you are officially soaking yourself to the white man’s culture.
Praise to Vice-President Cheney.
And, from M.J to Lil’ Kim… White skkin is priceless.
The Beatles have out sold Michael all time….. Also you stole your mustache from Mario, a white cartoon. It’s guys like this that keep the hate alive and keep white guys like me using the word FAGGOT…lol
this wigger is begging for attention !
@illactivity23
BIG HEADED
wow scottie is back lol
its funny how its always these bitch ass mulattos whos moms is white that got the most shit to talk bout white people. Why you talkin like your from the projects? Lookin like richard pryors stunt double stfu nigga