Yanno, even when Kanye West comes close to making me feel him…he just messes it up.
Not sure if you saw this, but a satire was written where Kanye said he was the new King of Pop, given the untimely departure of the incumbent (btw, I never heard of a search for a new King of Rock and Roll after Elvis died, but I hear this one now…as if it’s not a title made up by MJ and Liz Taylor).  Wendy Williams treated it as a news report — her great big bad, it must be noted — and folks ran with it.  In fairness to them, I can see how they can make that mistake; bad satire reads like news, and this is something Kanye just might do.
Well, Kanye’s tired of people lying on his name.  Please read it.  It’s short, and it’s difficult for me to get a good excerpt.  Long of the short — Kanye’s no longer going to defend himself against false reports.  But here’s the part I can pull out for you to check out…

IT MAKES ME FEEL BAD THAT OBVIOUSLY I MADE PEOPLE FEEL THAT I WOULD BE CORNY ENOUGH TO SAY SOMETHING SO WHACK AFTER THE PASSING OF AN IDOL, A LEGEND AND MORE THAN THAT A HUMAN BEING WITH FEELINGS AND FAMILY.

See, this is where I wanna hear Kanye get emphatic.  Don’t say you’re done.  Say you’ve begun the fight against wackness, and that the war begins at home!
As many of you know, I’m sorta conflicted on Kanye.  I think he’s one of the most talented musicians and entertainers I’ve ever seen, and he’s done it in a really, really unconventional way.  I respect him and his grind to no end.
I just find him to be a whiny little sucker.  He’s the only artist I can think of whose music I love, but whose persona I can’t stand.  I just wanna tell him to do some pushups or something half the time.
But I can go on and on and on about his music, and you’d think I was some kin to him.
Right now, I see a chance for him.  He says he feels bad he’s acted in a way to make people think he’d say such a thing?  The get on it, man.  You’ve got the grind for it.  We’ve seen it.
Now work it out.