KANYE WEST IS A DICK

Courtesy of the Washington Post:


"I just know that the Grammys, if they want real artists to keep coming back, they need to stop playing with us. We ain’t gonna play with them no more. “Flawless,” Beyoncé video. And Beck needs to respect artistry and he should have given his award to Beyoncé and at this point, we tired of it. Because what happens is when you keep on diminishing art and not respecting the craft and smacking people in the face after they deliver monumental feats of music, you’re disrespectful to inspiration. And we as musicians have to inspire people who go to work every day. And they listen to that Beyoncé album and they feel like it takes them to another place. Then they do this whole promotional event, that, you know, they’ll run the music over somebody’s speech, the artist, because they want a commercial advertising. Like no, we not playing with them no more. And by the way, I got my wife, I got my daughter, and I got my clothing line so I’m not going to do nothing to put my daughter at risk — but I am here to fight for creativity. That’s the reason why I didn’t say anything tonight. But y’all know what it meant when ‘Ye walked on the stage."

---Kanye West


Source: Kanye ain't joking, article about Kanye being regrettably Kanye, in The Washington Post.


Of course my immediate reaction was: "good lord, who is this penis-head? And why is he 'famous', or even allowed to speak?"
Reason being that I deservedly sneer at most modern celebrities, and when the name 'Kanye West' first cropped up several years ago it was in connection to dickhead behaviour, and every time since then that I've heard or seen him mentioned, again, more dickhead behaviour.

Is dickhead behaviour really the basis for fame?
Sadly, this seems to be the case.
I am not famous.

But then, I am not Kanye West.
Thank goodness for that.


It took me a few moments to realize that Kanye ('The Dichead') West was not referring to Glenn Beck (who is also a dickhead), but someone else.

Which tells you how important the Grammies are.

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Normally I might include an image to lighten up the essay here, just to keep readers interested. But there are no suitable illustrations for a piece that mentions Kanye West and the Grammies.

Here's a dungbeetle:

Scarabaeus viettei (syn. Madateuchus viettei, Scarabaeidae); picture taken in dry spiny forest close to Mangily, western Madagascar.
From a Wikipedia article. Photo: Axel Strauß.





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