Kanye has a powerful voice, doesn’t care about Britney.
Earlier this month, rap superstar Kanye West lashed out over Britney’s Spears’ opening slot at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.
“Maybe my money’s not right, maybe my skin’s not right,” he stated after Spears opened the show.
Is he a hot head? Yes. Is he a brilliant artist? Yes. Is he someone you should get to know better? Absolutely.
“I think that I have a powerful voice and I might have misused it on that night,” the chart-topper told Access. “I think I said a lot of things that were true but maybe it wasn’t my place to particularly call those things out.”
The ’07 VMA’s wasn’t the first time Kanye spoke out. During the Hurricane Katrina telethon he said “President Bush doesn’t care about black people.”
Losing Best New Artist at the 2004 prompted another outburst by Kanye.
“I felt like I was definitely robbed and I refuse to give any bullsh** a** answer,” he said at the time.
And most recently, he told a New York radio DJ that the VMA’s “exploited Britney in helping to end her career.”
“Do you think MTV exploited Spears,” Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson asked Kanye.
“I don’t really care, honesty. That is my answer, I don’t care,” he replied. “I got problems of my own, you know what I’m saying? I got my own stuff to deal with.”
Kanye’s passionate comments don’t seem to be affecting album sales. “Graduation” debuted at number 1. In two weeks it has sold over 1 million copies.
“Do they expect you to speak your mind? Do they expect you to be outspoken and controversial?” Shaun asked.
“Well, I’m not even trying to be controversial. I’m not trying to be something that I’m not. I was always like the kid that got sent to the office for saying ‘Hey, the art teacher sucks!,” he said.
“Who did you say that to?” Shaun asked.
“To the art teacher. Then you know it was just kind of the MTV thing, just as a little kid. I think I have a little bit of a baby Tourette’s type thing happening. This is like no disrespect to people who have Tourette’s because I don’t want to be politically incorrect like I always am,” he answered.
