[Stajack]

Kanye West Ruins Relief Show

(JND) - 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.

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.

Just before being cut-off 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.

[Keith in Iowa]

Deja View: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1476067/posts

[USNBandit]

You mean this friendly looking individual?

[satchmodog9]

Posted three times already and every time I read it I get pissed a little more.

[Squantos]

What is a Kanye West ? .. Her an the broom she flew in on....

[sgtbono2002]

Wouldnt be any sense in being a fool if you couldnt act like a fool.

[CO Gal]

Condi needs to b!tch slap this idiot.

[solitas]

Kanye West

I've never heard of it, but since it has apparently brought up the subject of 'race' in it's tirade it has opened itself up to examination along that line:

What. Color. Is. It?

[AbeKrieger]

I'd tell you what Kanye West is but it would get me suspended.

[peyton randolph]

West is from the suburbs of Chicago

Graduate of the Jesse Jackson poverty pimping school of racial and ethnic divisions...specializing in white Republican bogeymen.

[Dad yer funny]

we can hope that Kanye West has set fire to his career and it will go up in smoke , F**K that POS and everyone connected to his business ventures

[badpacifist]

they're giving the (Army) permission to shoot us..."

Or is it your music that gives your people the permission to shoot your people.

[msnimje]

This is what Fema and others have done in the past 4 days:

To date, Federal response activities include: The sheltering and care of more than 91,000 hurricane victims. FEMA is supporting state partners, the American Red Cross and voluntary agencies, in ensuring that victims of the storms are in safe shelters with essential life-sustaining commodities. As of today, people are in 275 shelters in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. The rescue of more than 4,800 people by FEMA Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) teams, the U.S. Coast Guard, and other federal, state and local rescue teams. All 28 of FEMA's US&R task forces have been deployed in response to Hurricane Katrina. Fourteen task forces and two Incident Support Teams are working in Louisiana and Mississippi and the remaining task forces are enroute. Eight swift water teams from California are also deployed making a total of approximately 1,800 US&R responding to this disaster. The deployment of nearly 1,200 National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) personnel to support medical facilities and hospitals in Louisiana and Mississippi which are not fully operational. Teams are staged near disaster areas for immediate and rapid deployment further into the disaster zone once it is safe to do so. NDMS teams are also coordinating the transport of medical needs victims from New Orleans to Houston. The coordination of nearly 16,000 law enforcement personnel including National Guardsmen, and federal, state and local police officers being sent to the stricken areas. Convoys of food, water and ice which are arriving hourly in impacted areas. The evacuation of thousands from New Orleans to Texas. FEMA has contracted for more than 650 buses to expedite the state-ordered evacuation. President Bush has authorized 100-percent reimbursement to Louisiana for debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance. The government normally pays 75 percent of these costs.

What have you done KANYE?

[BenLurkin]

Never heard of her/him.

[billnaz]

That's what NBC gets for putting some thug rapper on the fundraising show. I'm sure this caused a lot of dollars that would have been contributed to stay in pockets or go elsewhere.

Once again the dinosaur media shoots itself in the foot like a second lieutenant!

BTW, let me know when Nothing But Communists says something nice about President Bush. I just might start watching again.

[Howie66]

Just who the "F" is Kanye West?

More importantly, just who the "F" cares?

[stboz]

And the only people who can use the "n" word are, well,......

I give up. Beam me up, Scotty. There's no intelligent life here.

[Merry]

I am so glad that I didn't watch this poor excuse for a human being this evening. Is there any wonder why authority is not respected when you have "supposed role models" spewing hatred and disrespect. I have never heard of this person but will not forget his/her name. What a fool!

[adorno]

...with his mouth still wired shut

That's one mouth that should've stayed wired permanently. Ok, who removed the wires?!?!?!?!??

[Archon of the East]

Just another ignorant singer/ entertainer who was so smart he couldn't hack high school. Reminds me of Sean Penn and the rest of our HS dropouts whose only arguments are an appeal to raw emotion and little more.

[Dems_R_Losers]

Kanye got his NAACP talking points, I see.