Loading ...I just saw this over on the Juice News site:
In a selfish and unprofessional move, Kanye West used a Red Cross benefit to benefit his own
personal platform Friday night during the NBC Hurricane Katrina Relief program. West’s comments
were later cut from the program when aired on the West Coast airing.NBC has issued a statement denouncing West’s comments.
The American Red Cross has also issued a statement.
Juicee News has found a video of Kanye West during his rant.
In a disgusting display, West strayed from his prepared script to offer an overflow of hatred from his mouth, taking the spotlight off of the matter at hand, turning the relief program into his own personal soapbox. Whether or not anyone agrees with Mr. West… it was clear that now was not the time to voice such harsh opinions
Just before being cut by NBC executives, West stated: “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”
West appeared on-screen with comedian Mike Myers, who was obviously shaken by West’s remarks. At one point Myers attempted to put an end to the tirade.
NBC beat him to the punch, cutting to a shot of actor Chris Tucker.
Other comments by West: “They’re saying black families are looting and white families are just looking for food…they’re giving the (Army) permission to shoot us…”
Previously best known for producing hit singles for Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, and Ludacris, Kanye himself worked on a solo album for a long period of time, having the release pushed back time and time again. Due to his appearance and overall style, West struggled to find a way to get his own voice on record. Multiple record companies put him aside due to the fact that West is from the suburbs of Chicago, not a former ’street hustler’ or even one that wears the orthodox hip-hop apparel. A car crash on October 23, 2002 left his jaw fractured in three places, with his mouth still wired shut and only weeks after having an encounter with death, Kanye West began recording “Through The Wire,” reliving his near-fatal accident. “Through The Wire”, which sampled Chaka Khan’s classic track “Through The Fire”, would eventually become his lead single from The College Dropout, which was released on Roc-a-Fella Records in February 2004.
Kanye West also has his own clothing line - “Pastel Clothing” , and his own record label - “GOOD Music” (an acronym for Getting Out Our Dreams), under which John Legend’s platinum selling debut album Get Lifted has been released, along with Common’s latest album - “Be”. Other artists on his label include GLC, Consequence, and Farnsworth Bentley.
On August 30th, 2005, Kanye West released his second album Late Registration. “Diamonds (From Sierra Leone)” (which contained samples from Shirley Bassey’s “Diamonds Are Forever”) and “Gold Digger”, were the first two singles from Late Registration. West announced that his 3rd and 4th albums will be titled “Graduation” and “A Good Ass Job”, respectively.
So here is the video in case you havent seen it yet:
Kanye West saying Bush doesn’t care about black people (3.8MB WMV)
While I have to say what Kanye West did here was uncalled for I also have to wonder just how much this is going to hurt the President’s already low approval rating. Some recent Gallup pool data shows some recovery in Bush’s approval rating but I can’t honest imagine this recent gain lasting for very long in light of the huge mess that New Orleans has become:
Polling Data
Do you approve or disapprove of how George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Aug. 30 Aug. 25 Aug. 11 Aug. 7
Approve 45% 40% 45% 45%
Disapprove 52% 56% 51% 51%
This is only going to get uglier in the next week I think. I can’t wait to see what Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson are going to start saying now after this event. The floodgates have been opened I suspect.
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