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Is this a brilliant publicity stunt?
Have the writing of Walter E. Williams legitimately changed his mind?
Have the Kardashian shrews ruined him?
Was Rep. Maxine Waters out of line for saying he "talks out of turn"?
Is Dr. Phil right that he's crazy?
What say ye?
CatMor
(6,212 posts)what I say is, please go away Kanye, we don't care.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)So, one vote for "shut up and sing," to quote the Dixie Chicks.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)I don't know, one way or the other, what he sings.
More of a Frank Sinatra/Tony Benet/Sammy Davis or Klezmer type myself.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)He seems to think it is a publicity stunt. I said, publicity stunt or not, if the Crips aren't in on it, they're going to, as I read, "f*ck his ass up".
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)Full disclosure, I am not a fan of the man's work.
But even so, he has always seemed to be incredibly narcissistic. I suspect this is more about him wanting the spotlight to be on him, whatever the reason.
obnoxiousdrunk
(2,910 posts)Insisting that the legal, centuries-long practice of slavery in America could never have limited his personal or artistic ambitions, Kanye West stated Wednesday that if he had been born into captivity, he would have simply escaped the plantation on his motorcycle the first chance [he] got. If that slave
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)I like the link re: "world suddenly concerned about black man's opinion."
Says more about the cult of celebrity age we live in, than anything.
Initech
(100,065 posts)But then when Kanye said "slavery is a choice" and went on Infowars suddenly they want more of this!
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)As Democrats we will not win elections if the black vote is divided. Period.
So they are trying to break that up.
As un-serious as Kayne may be, this is a serious issue.
Initech
(100,065 posts)What I was pointing out is that their hypocrisy is absolutely stunning here.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Would you expect anything less?
Initech
(100,065 posts)I mean they literally went on Fox News last night and said that Trump paid off Michael Cohen and nothing is going to happen. So that said I'm not surprised in the least that Kanye is a Trump supporter. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if anyone in that family he's married to is.
Fullduplexxx
(7,859 posts)Kanye might be trying to butter trump up to help facilitate this
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Completely new angle.
Fullduplexxx
(7,859 posts)Kim Kardashian West is working on a presidential pardon for a 62-year-old great-grandmother serving a life sentence for a non-violent drug offense.
ABC News confirmed that West has spoken with President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner about the pardon and release of Alice Marie Johnson, who has been in federal prison since October 1996, after she was convicted in a drug trafficking case.
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/kim-kardashian-west-working-jared-kushner-free-62/story?id=54880687