Tounge Untied Kanye West

Recent actions from rapper Kanye West have solidified my theory that he really is arrogant with a smaller brain than the average human. It basically started on September 2 when NBC tried to run a clean, helpful telethon for Hurricane Katrina relief. When some presenters, well just Kanye, couldn’t grasp the concept of working together to help those in need, worthless words were spoken. He put his deep thought process into action and decided it was important for him to ignore his script during his segment and aimlessly ramble about how racist America is. The media is racist, the aid is racist, and most importantly, our own President is racist, according to the genius rapper with an inquisitive mind.

“George Bush doesn’t care about black people,” he claimed at the end of his clumsy rant.

What a wonderfully, wonderfully clever statement that was, Mr. West. I can’t, however, help but point out your fairly obvious jump at an opportunity to take a stab at President George W. Bush. As thousands of people suffer, it seems as though some people, the uneducated ones, still feel it’s significant to turn the tragic situation into a political one. It’s truly brilliant considering pointing fingers always made things easier.

Instead of helping these poor people that he claimed to feel so much for, Kanye only hurt them. It was sharp timing on his part; Americans who were offended didn’t send their support based on his ignorance. Even NBC was embarrassed by his childish outburst.

“It would be most unfortunate if the efforts of the artists who participated tonight and the generosity of millions of Americans who are helping those in need are overshadowed by one person’s opinion,” said an NBC representative.

The irony here is so sweet. It’s also funny to me that his sophomore album hit stores the week after the incident. There is no way that what Kanye’s actions were not a publicity stunt to promote his sad excuse for an LP. And sure enough, it ended up debuting number one on Billboard’s Top 100 chart. Congratulations, attention whore, it worked. When it comes down to it, the more Kanye West tried not to be racist, the more racist he actually became. His comments were put in the spotlight yet again for the world to see and he sadly can’t hide from it this time. Of course he could always act like the mature adult that he is and publicly apologize for his irresponsible behavior. Well, maybe not, it may be too much to ask from him.Bobby32