Friday, September 02, 2005
Best Week Ever?
So, how about that Kanye West, hmm? He releases his sophomore album (to rave reviews, though I don't believe it was that stellar) and then he loses his shit spectacularly on live TV at a Hurricane Katrina concert. Standing next to an extremely uncomfortable Mike Meyers, Kanye ignored the teleprompter and ranted:
I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family, it says they're looting; see a white family, says they're looking for food... and you know, it's been five days because most of the people are black... and even for me to complain about it, I would be a hypocrite, because I've tried to turn away from the TV because it's too hard to watch. I've even been shopping before I even given a donation, so now I'm calling my business manager, right now, to see what is the biggest amount I can give, and just to imagine if I was, if I was down there, and those are, those are my people down there, so anybody out there that wants to do anything that we can help with, with the setup the way America's set up to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off, as slow as possible... I mean, this is... Red Cross is doing everything they can... we already realize a lot of the people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way, and they've given them permission to go down and shoot us
George Bush doesn't care about black people.
I can't tell if his career is over or if he will be applauded for speaking the truth, but damn if I don't have a soft spot for that Cosby sweater wearing fool.
Mallory at 9/02/2005 09:52:00 PM