Kanye West has been named a suspect in a police investigation after an incident captured on camera showed him confronting a woman for following him to photograph him.
According to TMZ, the rapper — who was believed to be leaving his daughter, North’s basketball game — thought he was being followed by a female paparazzi. Although it was not confirmed whether the bystander was a hired cameraman, Ye could be seen approaching the woman’s car where he confronted her.
“You didn’t have to run up on me like that,” said Ye as the woman filmed from inside of her vehicle.
“I wasn’t running. I wasn’t running – but Kanye you’re a celebrity,” the woman responded. To which Kanye doubled down, “If I say stop, stop with your cameras!”
As the two continued to argue, a passenger in the car recorded Kanye reaching into the woman’s vehicle and snatching her phone before throwing it into the street. Law enforcement from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department reportedly arrived on the scene around 4:30 PM, where they were provided with the video clip as evidence.
In a separate run-in with paparazzi on the same day, Ye explained that he felt his “human rights” were being violated by professional photographers on a regular basis. “Do you want me to be running up on your kid’s games like that?” Ye questioned a paparazzi, who replied “Aye bro, what do you want me to do? Everybody is here. Dude, you know how it is every week, bro.”
In a continued plea to respect his privacy, Ye responded, “I want to just see my kids without you photographing me.” When asked how he’d like paparazzi to interact with him in public, the fashion-mogul proceeded, saying “It’s called human rights.”
This latest encounter is one of many where Ye has found himself at odds with paparazzi. The Donda rapper recently shared that a series of encounters with celebrity photographers contributed to his mental decline, leading him to start taking medication.
“Do you know the first time I ever took medication, why it was? Because I got mad at paparazzi,” he disclosed to paparazzi, while leaving a tanning salon in Los Angeles on Tuesday (January 24). “You know which paparazzi it was? The same one that shot Britney [Spears]. My dad did photography for newspapers. It has to be some kind of balance, some kind of conversation.”
He added: “I can’t live in California in my life like I’m some type of caged animal to be judged in front of glass.”
The Chicago native made headlines earlier this month when he and Yeezy architect, Bianca Censori were secretly wed in an intimate ceremony in Beverly Hills, California two months after he finalized his divorce with Kim Kardashian. The pair were together for seven years and share four children together: North, 9, Saint, 7, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 3.
The divorce settlement left Kanye West responsible for paying 50 percent of their kids’ tuition and educational expenses, as well as covering half of the expense for their security details.
Both parties waived spousal support in their prenup, but if there are ever any disagreements over matters involving the kids, Kim and Kanye agreed to legal mediation.
If one of them doesn’t show up, the other will have full power in the decision-making.
Kanye been a celebrity for over 20 years. He should know by now that saying or doing dumb/controversial shit is going to attract the paparazzi and TMZ. Maybe he should stop running his mouth in interviews and he’ll have less experiences with them. There’s a reason why other famous celebs like Jay-Z, Drake or Eminem don’t have these problems as much as Kanye. They keep their mouth shut and keep it professional.
Ye was right. Lady in an SUV with her stupid little dog filming a troubled man picking up his kids. He asked her to stop and her defense was “but you’re a celebrity!”. Give this man who is struggling with mental issues some space.
Paparazzi don’t care if he has mental health issues. Their job is to follow and harass certain celebrities that attract attention and will give them stories. And one of those celebs is Kanye. He knows controversy brings him attention, and he just can’t help himself but to be in the headlines all the time. If he wants them to stop and go away, then he needs to fix himself and think before he acts. He’s been famous far too long to know that the press will be on his ass next time he does or says some dumb shit. And he always wants to play victim when they do. There’s no excuse anymore.
That’s not playing victim… it’s just being annoyed by not being able to live like a normal human being. I bet you would argue “since black ppl commit most crimes per capita, its warranted cops sit around and watch them move, so a black person being upset by that is irrational!”. Stfu. We are all human. I know people seek fame, but guess what? People should ALSO be respectful to them when they don’t want EVERYTHING they do with someone causing them down with a damn camera. Paparazzi is one thing. She isn’t one of em. She’s just a KAREN with a smart phone. These smart phone fucks that pull put their phone to video tape everything are sooooo damn irritating. Bet she posted it on TIKTOK of all places….
You say Kanye wants to live like a normal human being but guess what? He’s not going to and this is what he’ll have to deal with for the rest of his life. Eventually, Ye and his fans will have to admit that he is part of his own problem. The only ways he’ll live normally is if he gives up all his fame, money and celebrity status but we all know he doesn’t want to do that. Another way is to seclude himself from the public eye, no social media period and no interviews. Go the Andre 3000 route where he’ll be super lowkey and pop up on occasion. But again, he loves the attention and he’ll do anything to get a headline and get people talking about him. He needs to get help and fix himself period.
Good. Duck paparazzis and they cameras
Is she jewish by any chance? Even if she isn’t, don’t worry, the lawyers are and the jews control the entire law and justice system, so rest assured Ye will be slapped with some bullshit charge. Because he dared to criticize our master race, the jewish overlords. So it’s the jewish overlords vs a black man. Looks like the jews are the real racists here lol.
Jesus Christ is a jew.
Jesus Christ is Lord and Saviour
Okay? And? I’m sure you would realize there’s a big difference between BC Judaism and AC Judeism. But based on your comment, I have a feeling you don’t even know BC and AC.
he’s literally the dumbest dude in the world. doesn’t he know the ones taking pictures of him are the ones keeping him from a kidnap ransom? yes they won’t help when the shit goes down but they could provide evidence when his dead body pops up.
Don’t you know the one keeping him safe is Lord and Saviour? You’ll never understand what faith is. You’ve got none of it my friend. You’re smarter than the average idiot I’ll give you that but you’re lost because you don’t believe in the truth.
Yes, Jesus is definitely saving him from the paparazzi and cameras, I’m sure.