Earlier today, Kanye (rocking gold fronts, chains and a Givenchy flannel) joined Russell for an out-of-place-appearance in Zuccotti Park. And based off some Twitter banter I’m seeing and a lot of #OWS hashtags (spotted at Fader), folks aren’t pleased. A statement was recently released by Russell’s team, which can be read below:
Today, Russell brought none other than Kanye West down to take part in the #OccupyWallStreet protests. Both of these men are showing that they take their jobs as leaders of our generation seriously by participating in the peaceful protests. Russell says of Kanye joining him today: “It was amazing to see how people loved seeing Kanye West at Occupy Wall Street. His music and his art has always been about the voice and the power of the people. Kanye just wanted to come down and experience the growing movement that has opened the eyes of many around this country and around the world of the struggles of poor people. The energy at Liberty Plaza was electrifying and the momentum to get the money out of politics is growing quickly.”
Thoughts?
Just plain ignorant
kanye west is a shallow cunt ahha at that tweet
what is he supposed to do go get some clothes from walmart hes rich and a designer
I mean, really? Are people just going to be mad just because of this? What do you want him to do (for you)? They are still people. People are simply already angry…trying to find a scapegoat.
^according to the people in the streets, he’s not supposed to be rich in the first place.
Lets see where to start. First off I do remember seeing something about Kanye’s fronts being permanent, so that excuses that haha. Alright so the gold chains and clothes are left. Well to be honest just because you attend a event protesting wall street corruption does not mean you have to change your attire. I would think those that attend these types of functions would be some what intelligent and recognize that physical appearance has little to do with fighting the “system”. Hey but maybe the outspoken individuals are non attendees and just wish to spread negativity.
what a bunch of cornballs they are at ows fuck them not changing shit anyway have fun with your poetry and acoustic guitars i heard wall street just gave a couple more millions to their favorite lobbyists
Wtf? How can you possibly hate on someone who had to grind so hard to get where they are?! It’s not like he was born into wealth or some shit. In fact people should be glad they reached the event cos’ hopefully that will give more people whose voices have power the inclination to get involved.
“I would think those that attend these types of functions would be some what intelligent”
Have you been watching the interviews with these people? Let me emphasize that NO, this is definitely not the brightest bunch or hipsters. I see very little difference between these guys and the Tea Party, only one feels vaguely that the government is the source of all evil, and the other feels equally vaguely that business is the source of all evil.
Y’all gone be mad cause he showed up in chains? If I had his money I’d be rocking the chains too. Doesn’t change the fact that him being there, for a good cause might I add, is going to bring alot more attention
^”of” not “or”
LOL THATS SUM PETTY SHIT KANYE HOW YOU GON COME TO AN EVENT PROTESTING THE RICH 1% WITH SOME RICH NIGGA SHIT ON SMH THATS SUM BACKWARDS SHIT INORDER TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE U MUST BE OF THE PPL DONT LET ALL THESE CELEBS FOOL YOU PPL NOT ALL ARE REALLY SUPPORTING THE CAUSE THEY REALLY JUST TRYING TO GAIN MORE FANS IMA STILL ROCK WITH KANYE BUT THIS SHIT WAS PETTY AS HELL LOL
People (Kane included) are there for a cause, not for fashion.
@J-easythegreat : If he woud’ve dressed otherwise, he would’ve gotten hate from people for not being himself. Kanye went as himself, not to “fit in.” & you don’t know that last thing you said, do you?.
The guy that calls his music “luxury rap” is trying to pose as a populist? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
all these fuck tards occupying wall st. are fucking art majors with no business even uttering the word “economy” fuck outta here you no talent having fucks. shoulda gotten a real degree, no our fault you cant make fucking money. look at their demands. raise minimum wage to $20/hr? YEAH OK.
This is actually a dumb cause to begin with to be honest. Occupy Wall Street is so vague and unorganized and doesn’t seem to have a real distinct purpose behind it. “Yeah! We’re protesting against your richness wallstreet guys…” Ok. You have every right to do that, but is it conductive? What are you accomplishing? Protesting, in modern day America, has lost its effectiveness. It’s more of a scene than a cause now. That’s why Kanye and Russell came…because its a scene not a cause. And I actually respect Kanye, for coming as he is…a rich black man. He’s not fronting. And you would think the black community would support two black men, raised from humble backgrounds, as being their representatives in that 1% rich community. Instead they get criticized because this “cause” and “protest” is more about bitching than it is about thinking and making real change. Real change comes from real sacrifice and hard work. Education. Creativity. Optimism. Family. Growing up with real life goals. Not some protest that lasts two weeks.
Sorry for the essay. Peace & love.
These protesters are sad cases, they mad because kanye and rush come to the protest to show that they care about these issues. they ain’t come to show you how much they stunt’n. just because they bring nice cars, wear a gold chain and gold teeth doesn’t mean they don’t care about the issue at hand. WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSE TO DO (rent a honda, and change their outfit). and highly known people like that will need bodyguards. smh -.-
The distribution of wealth globally is fucked up. How do we fix it? I don’t know but i’m trying to learn more about it. All i know is that when the richest 1% of the world’s population controls 40% of the wealth and the poorest 50% control 1% of the wealth, there’s something wrong with the system. I’m not saying we all have to be equal but what I am saying is that if i’m the CEO of Nike and I want to save money by outsourcing my labor then at least give them a liveable wage. I don’t need to make a 50 million dollar salary.
Fuck you mother fuckers undermining the protests because of what a few of them thought. We’re out here protesting for YOU too. Just as these protestors are ignorant for getting angry over something so petty, you are ignorant for generalizing and belittling what’s going on here. If you don’t like it, take your ass out into the streets and have your voice heard, instead of bitching on a blog. Don’t worry, we’ll listen.
Also, ear2ear, I just put a hole in my head from facepalming @ your comment so hard.
FFS they werent flossin on yall!! Get a grip!
ear2ear > ado
You clowns don’t represent me.
And AmeriKKKas still sleepin..
Dumbass’s. Ya’ll should demonstrate there.
#wakethefuckup
Wow, we’ve got a fundamental misunderstanding here. Occupy Wallstreet is angry at the banking and financial services industry which doesn’t create anything but massive amounts of risk and stress on our economic system. Kanye West made his money producing something, so why should people be mad at him for dressing in clothes that he owns and jewelry he’s bought? This isn’t class warfare, it’s protesting a specific sector of our economy that’s fucked us over already and continues to do so unabated.
IGNORE the chains, thats not important..the issues is you cant spit arrogant/condescending raps about how rich you are and better than people not as successful as you in half your songs and then try to front like you care about the less fortunate people and their cause/movement…thats like some1 spitting rhymes calling people “faggots” then going out and supporting gay/lesbian/transgender movements smh
what fuck else is kanye going to wear? everyhing in his closet is worth excess for no reason other than he was kanye.
it was flannel. the fact that you know it’s givenchy is because you wanted to know it was givenchy.
russel too cool man.
This is garbage. He’s not a fucking Wall Street worker. Check it out “Wayne’s PSA and Terrible Albums That Go Platinum: http://www.kidswastingtime.com/2011/10/waynes-psa-and-terrible-albums-that-go.html“
@hypocrisy your an idiot. i dont know how you found your way to this site. because your obviously not a fan of hip hop…kanye is the golden boy of blue collar rap.
“no one man should have all that power”
@Wiff! “They ain’t seen me cause I pulled up in my other Benz last week I was in my other other Benz throw your diamonds up cause we in this bitch another ‘gain” blue collar? Or
“I get it custom, you a customer You ain’t accustomed to going through customs, you ain’t been nowhere” blue collar? Didnt think so..his early songs were humble, nowadays its arrogance/condescending
BE DAMNED IF YOU DO -BE DAMNED IF YOU DONT !!! but if you haven’t occupied Wall street yourself your not entitled to an opinion on who’s there.You stand for nothing so sit yo ass down!
um… “luxury rap” is kinda the exact opposite of “blue collar” rap
God, I hate shake and his skewed descriptions and analysts. Fuck u shake.
Kanye is dat dude., kudos for goin out and moving amongst the people. Peace
Not trying to come off as a Kanye stan, but most of the people on here saying luxury rap are misinterpreting the way he said that.
He said, “luxury rap, the Hermes of verse,” meaning that as a rapper he’s the best of the best when it comes to rappers. I will say though that all of the name-drops on WTT provide understandable reason for people to not feel like Kanye relates to their cause.
“thats like some1 spitting rhymes calling people “faggots” then going out and supporting gay/lesbian/transgender” – Yea lil b covered that for you.
Anyway cosign ear2ear
Change doesn’t come from these types of protest no more. Whatever the powers may be no how to handle this types of things from past transgressions. Wait it out and the leech-to-causes will go back to flooding college campus and annoying people with their leaflets and flyers they like to try to hand out. It’s funny how all these people in one place can come together because of some upswing of in the moment emotion, but no one can try to make this “cause” much more effective on a consistent basis, organize beyond this into something feasible and ACTUALLY effect people. You see this type of shit on this news and no one takes it serious. Occupying some place that will go on doing what’s doing regardless makes no sense, because in the end they all will go home and wait for some other shit to be apart of just to say they were there.
^Cosign JFK
Thats the problem with this movement…..there’s no consensus. I’m against corporate greed and corporate control of politics but I’m not against people getting money or being rich. Its yin and yang. Some people are gonna have more money that others. Its the mind behind that money that matters and the problem with the current ecomnomic power balance.
@JFK
Kanye, and many others in his camp, has referred to the entire Watch The Throne project as “luxury rap” in interviews. Watch the WTT documentary and they’re in there talking about “mansion music” and that kind of shit. Kanye raps about high end everything and the way his money and fame allows him to act like a douche. There’s really nothing “blue collar” at all about him.
People are making way too big of a deal about this. So what Ye and Russell showed up? So what they have money? So they can’t give a fuck about what’s going on? Granted I think these artists, reality shore whores, tv personalities, etc get paid way too much. I’ve always believed that, that money can go to better use! That’s besides the point though. If he gives a fuck about that cause let the man be. You don’t know who really cares about what. All you can do is assume, what you think someone is thinking and what they stand for. Yeah he raps about having a bunch of money, you rap about what you know and he knows about money. Doesn’t mean he shouldn’t care.
Why didn’t Kanye just speak for himself? The fuck?
They pulled up in a Maybach. Irony.
OWS IS A BUNCH OF CRY BABIES NO ONE EVEN CARES AND THE MEDIA IS THE ONLY ONE TAKING YOU SERIOUSLY. STOP WASTING YOUR TIME YOU MISGUIDED FOOLS. SHEEPLE. BAAH BAAH. USEFUL IDIOTS EVERY ONE OF THEM. YOULL GET AS MUCH CHANGE AS YOUR OBAMA
they shouldve been honored by his lateness
that he would even show up to that fake shit
Kanye knows what got him where he is: a lot of hard work and a LOT of luck. Plenty of people have the same work ethic but don’t have that luck. Besides, Kanye’s been about changing the system, and the vicious cycle of the working class, for years (citing my sources: We Don’t Care, as an example, first song off his first full length) and Rush has been tweeting his support for OWS since day 1.
As far as the movement itself, I don’t know enough about it to say. It seems like there’s a good idea behind it (take the power out of the hands of those who’ve already made it and give more power to the people who have yet to make it) but it looks like it’s getting bogged down by a lack of organization, and the protesters don’t seem to have any agreement on what exactly it is they want. I should look into it a little more.
All publicity is good publicity. Kanye knows this just as well as most people in the media spotlight. His presence at the event can only bring more attention to an issue that is arguable the most important of the 21 century.
@hypocrisy i think you missed the entire concept of watch the throne. the staple of Kanye as a noun is by definition for the everyday blue collar. if he made music ONLY for the 1% (which you seem to imply) he would sell 400 albums. maybe your a little younger so you can only picture ye with gucci on. all i can see is polo and a backpack.
“if my manager insults me again, i will be assaulting him”
CLASSIC…meaning TIMELESS…meaning lives FOREVER.
he will always be that. maybe he added in some shit! but he will always be what he created.
What the fuck doesn’t he talk himself? Russ his dad?
Illuminati are watchin kanye’s every move, and hearing every step.
The idea that people are upset at Kanye is silly. He was one of them at one point. A broke kid who busted his ass and rose to the top. For him and Russ to make their way down there and show support seems like a great thing to me. Its not like trump came in and said i stand by you.
Kanye’s a clown.
damn…who knew the 1% was the 2db target audience?? why all the hate for the protesters in the c-section? kanye doesn’t really do interviews and this was no different. he’s not in the 99% but he supports the 99% kanye wasn’t trying to be an opportunistic vulture and passed on making it about him…however because ppl are obsessed with his dopeness, ignorant mofos to foolish to understand that corporations have overstepped their bounds try and make it about him. (sigh) another sign of how our collective consumerism is all encompassing. we love to critique and consume. kanye to most of us is just another product…to critique and consume. get a life…get an occupation #occupyeverywhere
you all can’t really actually believe there isn’t a problem with someone showing up to a protest aim at corp. greed with hundreds of thousands if not millions in jewelry around their neck. If kanye wanted to really support the movement and lend voice to the people, leave the excessive jewelry at home just for the 5-10 minutes he was going to actually be there. Its a matter of decency.