Kanye West recently made a surprise appearance at the 2019 Fast Company Innovation Festival to discuss his Yeezy brand. During the conversation, Ye threw a new name for himself on the table.
In a YouTube video of the interview, he said he may legally change his name to “Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West” — just for a little while.
“When people say it’s crass to call yourself a billionaire, I might legally change my name to Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West for a year until y’all understand exactly what it is,” he told Fast Company senior writer Mark Wilson.
Ye, of course, has a rich history of making outrageous statements during interviews.
During an appearance on TMZ Live last year, he proclaimed 400 years of slavery sounded like “choice” as part of an unbridled rant. It sent shockwaves throughout social media, prompting many of his peers to “white wash” him.
Perhaps one of the most memorable Kanye moments came in 2006, when he posed for a Rolling Stone cover story wearing a crown of thorns on his head and compared himself to Jesus Christ.
Kanye came full circle this year when he released his ninth solo album Jesus Is King last month, reconfirming his newfound Christianity.
Watch his latest interview in full above.
Boi just get started on that Sunday Service album God bless ?
Tf I had a prayer emoji and it turned into a question mark
This site is too cheap to allow the script to run the prayer emoji….. sadly
Kanye needs to focus on losing weight. Get your fat ass together before you start to tell anyone how to live. If you’re such a genius you’d figure out how to eat a balanced meal and exercise fatty.
he’s been hanging out with Rob Kardashian too much
that album was hot garbage dribble out the back of the garbage truck
Jesus is King was fire
You can’t threaten if no one cares!
Y’all be played by the media and this article proved Kanyes point If any of you actually watched the interview this was in the context of how the media lies to the public all the time to stop us from getting ownership and empowering urban communities to get economic freedom. Watch the interview, fastcompany innovation fest!
Blah blah blah blah media fake news blah blah blah.. wait a minute…..he stole my strategy
Anyone who calls Trump “Drumpf” just adds on to the whole salty liberal tears thing lol. Yall will never get over it, and you are 100x more obsessed with Trump than his own supporters are.
So does Bush now care about black people?
Kanye West doesn’t care about black people.
“Kanye West doesn’t care about black people.” <– best comment of the week
Sooo is Bush still in office??
blacks hate blacks so much more than whites do its incredible. so you dont agree with kanye so hes an uncle tom. hey snoop nice cooking show with martha stewart, hey snoop you have so many more white fans than black. this time change your name to Uncle Thomas Snoop. if anyone has been white washed its you hypocrite.
He’s deffo joking
Who cares.
Becasue boastfulness is a great Christian virtue.
That was actually one of his most on point interviews and he came across pretty intelligent, level headed and sincere. Super whack that the ridiculous name change is all y’all can glean from that especially when it was just said to try to make a point rather than toe be taken as a matter of fact announcement. Hope Ye follows through with the things he was saying. This planet is real fucked.
Agreed. It’s just popular opinion to not like Kanye West these days.
His being a pompous clown has nothing to do with it?
Lol who exactly is he “threatening”? Who gives AF.
grabbing a headline. isn’t this cat eighty million dollars in debt?
So many ego and contradictions in one name.
Go right ahead.
Get back on your meds, Ye…
I think he needs to take a little less.
This is just sad.
If this guy was in any other line of work he’d be referred and put in a straight jacket.