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Kanye West Cares About Gay People

by Celebuzz on Aug. 8, 2008 06:25 AM / Leave a Comment
Kanye West Cares About Gay People
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Apparently, Kanye West's egomania hasn't gotten so bad that he doesn't think about other people on occasion.

The sometimes hot-headed rapper indulged his habit of pontificating toward the end of his Madison Square Garden show on Tuesday, condemning homophobia.

"Open your minds. Be accepting of different people and let people be who they are," West declared. "You know how many people came to me calling me gay cause I wear my jeans the fresh way? Or because I said, 'Hey, dude, how you gonna say fag right in front of a gay dude's face and act like that's okay?' That shit is disrespectful."

West continued, "I've flown across the world y'all, and I've come back here to tell you—open your minds and live a happier life."

View to the video of the speech (which begins at the 1:50 mark) below:

 

Kudos, Kanye! A stirring sentiment, and for once, you didn't make your audience wait two hours to hear it.

Hopefully, a certain gargantuan-chinned talk-show host was paying attention.

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“Kanye West brought his Glow in the Dark tour to Madison Square Garden on August 5, and he basically came out of the closet on stage. No one who has that much fashion know-how can like the 'gine. It's impossible.

He gave a big ole' speech and here's the gist:

"Open your f*cking minds. Open your minds. Be accepting of different people and let people be who they are. You know how many people came to me calling me gay cause I wear my jeans the fresh way? Or because I said hey, dude, how you gonna say 'fag' right in front of a gay dude's face and act like that's ok. That shit is disrespectful. Coming from Chicago, where if you saw somebody that was gay you were suppposed to stay ten feet away. It should be time to break out of the intuitions that I was sayin', the stereotypes, or the fear, the backlash that I would get if you don't believe in what I believe in, acceptin' people for who they are...they're very talented and if they do something special in the world and they're discriminated..."

Coming from a hip-hop artist, that's pretty rad. As a hip-hop fan (I like Luda and Busta), it's hard when you're listening to a track and all of a sudden they gotta drop some bullshit about how liking the D is wrong and means you suck. You're bobbin' your head and all of a sudden it's like "what?" Then again, that sh* isn't too kind to the ladies either, so I guess no one is benefiting.”
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