Denmark Vesey: Kanye West • "Fuck Tha Police"

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Kanye West • "Fuck Tha Police"

Hip-hop star Kanye West was arrested at Los Angeles Airport this morning, the Associated Press is reporting. West was arrested on suspicion of vandalism and battery, after an altercation with the paparazzi allegedly resulted in more than $10,000 in broken camera equipment. West's manager was also arrested.

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Anonymous said...: Where in your right mind to you get "Kanye * Fuck Da Police" out of this incident? Seems like he tried (unsuccessfully) to scamper off before the police could show up.

Why not "Damn That was Dumb Kanye"? Celebrities, especially one so touchy about getting his props as Kanye tends to be, not wanting their pictures taken while they are out in public seems a bit counter-intuitive to me. Seems like the more your picture is taken, the more of a celebrity you are. Your job then would be to make sure you aren't doing things in the public that might lead to fucked up pictures and videos of your celebrity ass.

But as an abject apologist of all things hip hop, I'm sure you view this as yet another example of the Black man being supreme and powerful enough to commit a crime against the property and person of another person, or as you might say, assert his authority over all things concerning himself. Power To The People, indeed. The power to do dumb shit is certainly something to cheer about.

I wonder who the older Black woman behind him is? You see her don't you? The one who is imploring him to restrain himself. The one who he is disrespecting by acting so undisciplined in her presence and disregarding her pleading. When did we stop respecting our elders so completely? Is that an integral part of your hip hop? Can we not at least hold him accountable for that?; Sep 16, 2008, 12:19:00 PM

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