In case Kanye West hasn’t already convinced you he’s an egomaniacal clown, he’s decided to appear on the cover of the new Rolling Stones as Jesus, defending himself by saying:
“In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don’t ever want me to say I’m great?”
As much as I hate him, I have to admit he’s got a point. All this time I’ve been making my way through life forgetting to tell people how spectacularly awesome I am. Well no more. From now on, every guy I meet is going to get a swift kick to the balls. And as they pick themselves up off the ground they’ll be greeted to me saying, “You know why I kicked you in the balls? Because I’m awesome and you’re not.” And then I’ll bench press a car and sleep with their girlfriend.
I think Jesus is offended.
HAHAHAHA good one
What an ass. Suppose it’s a put-on? Suppose he says things like this because it will draw so much attention?
But I’d like to believe he’s a fucktard.
Aaaaaaww, give the guy a break, deep down he knows he’s full of shit and a scared little fella with a spiky headband. If someone has to tell about their greatness it’s probably because it’s not that obvious. It would be sad if it wasn’t so irritating.
Huh. So I guess the critics were right. Jesus WAS a black man. Hot damn. What will Mel Gibson say?
so i’m a sped, but is this the guy who sang stuck in a closet, or gold digger?
Kanye West is pretty annoying. Interviews with him-downright excruciating. Talk about an overblown sense of self importance.
He’s so delusional and his misperceptions keep on growing. I’m a psychology student, and from what I’ve been learning he sounds clinically insane. Give him a few more years and maybe he’ll think he’s so awesome that he IS jesus!
Oh come on. Forget Kanye for a second and look at the other totally awesome stories in this issue of Rolling Stone. With the exception of the death of a legitimate musician, he’s stuck next to Billy Joel and Battlestar Galactica. And who is Bode Miller? Must have been a SLOW newsday.
By the way, can someone PLEASE send this to Pat Robertson? I would LOVE to hear him rabble over this one.
I know I’m offended. He doesn’t even look like Ted Nugent.
RS ruined the cover…appropriate that the loose mouthed Bode Miller is in the same issue as Mr.Doesn’tKnowWhentoShutup-poor-me-I’m-being persecuted-like-Jesus. What a mockery! Does he claim to be a Christian too? I’m sure he does and doesn’t even realize how blasphemous this imagery is. Retard. Please don’t give this guy any more press unless TARD is printed somewhere in the headline.
Maybe he just wants to die for our sins…what a guy :D
I love Kanye. He’s confident. Why are self-loathing people always pissed at people who are confident and sure of themselves.. Stop it. It pisses us off.
As much of a cocky bastard Kayne West is he is shockingly more intelligent than almost any other singer and especially rappers. I mean if I was constantly surrounded by the extreme levels of stupid that is his musical competition I probably would have to fight hard to not start feeling like I’m the greatest person alive. He use to be a lyric writer for some of the biggest acts in hip hop because they were too stupid to write their own damn songs. He actually has some political knowledge. Instead of churning about endless songs about ‘bling’ and having videos filled with morons wearing diamond teeth he actually criticizes blood diamonds.
I mean when you get placed on time magazine and they call you the and I quote from Time magazine “the smartest man in pop music” you ego tends to get pretty pumped up.
Maybe it’s not Kayne fault he thinks he’s the greatest maybe it’s because he’s surrounded by and competes against the stupidest people alive.
I bet Madonna can’t wait to put him in a video and make out with him.
Just for the record… Jesus was a Near Eastern Jew living before the Roman era Diaspora. It’s believed he belonged to the Essene sect, who retreated from secular society and interacted with Gentiles the least. Thus, it’s most likely that the historical Jesus was an olive-skinned man, with distinct Semitic features.
So making a sarcastic comment about Jesus being black after all is kind of silly, since you could just as easily make the same kind of remark every time you saw Jesus depicted as white.
I don’t know who’s worse Sugar Kayne or K-Fed. Surely there is a place in this world–preferrably treacherous, inhumane, inescapable, and without food–where we can dump the lot of these idiots.
talk about making a mockery of peoples beliefs…i’m not the most religious person around but this seems offensive and a mockery of someone who is said to have provided a base of morals and goodwill….how naive of him to agree to use that imagery as a portrayal of himself. Didn’t he sing that gold-digger song? (if so, enough said). Not that i really know much else bout him though i guess.
Angela, just because he’s smart it doesnt make him jesus! And from the guy whos album is named college dropout he’s not really portraying a very intelligent image. Also, the comment about endless songs about ‘bling’… aint he the dude that sung gold digger which featured big bootied chicks running around half naked in the video? yeah, hes completely different to any other rapper out there, theyd never do that!
And billthecat, we all know jesus was born in a predominantly jewish middle-eastern area so pulling all this “Roman era Diaspora” crap isnt impressive, ur just using big words to make urself sound smart… im sure u r (although Kanye WILL argue that he’s smarter and im sure Angela will back him up)but no one on this site actually cares. Here, we like to make stupid comments about stupid people who think they’re the greatest thing to ever grace the earth. Kanye is not confident, he’s deluded and completely self-loving… end of story!
P.S… Angela, you would make a better argument of you actually got his name right. It’s Kanye not Kayne.
Sarakai, billthecat is not my real name. No one here actually knows who I am in person. So what gratification or glory could I possibly get out of sounding smart to the people on this forum?
I’m just pointing this out precisely because not everybody, including a lot of Christians I’ve met personally, does know that the image of Jesus we’re used to seeing is far from an accurate historical representation. Also, I’ll admit I do get a kick out of pointing out the obvious fact that if Jesus did return to earth in his original likeness, hardly any Christian would recognise him. In fact, it’s more likely they would be screening him extra carefully at the airport.
Keekeekeekee what a motard.
I swear, I thought that Head Welch will be the first one to pose like that. But I guess Kanye beat him to it. Imagine those two assholes fighting over who gets to be Jeebus. Awesome. Christianity is the new black, yo.
bahaha i love kanye! hes fantastic. its so easy to pay him out. like k-fed. whom i also love.
what i dont get is why people dont mind knobs like 50 Cent talkin themselves up in their songs, but Kanye expresses himself intelligently (albeit very arrogantly) and everyone thinks hes a tosser?* so really its a culture of celebrating the mediocre idiots and bagging out the talented intelligent artists. hmmmm makes sense.
ps- i do think kanye is a complete tosser. like russell crowe. but i love them because of it. heart kanye.
The whole thing is even funnier if you’ve ever heard him sing. If you’ve ever heard him sing live it’s funnier still. Talk about being full of yourself AND talentless…
Just because he seems to be a little more intelligent than the rest of the rap community doesn’t mean he’s forgiven for the bullshit he dishes out. C’mon…Bush hates black people? I wouldn’t call that intelligent…and what ever happened to being humble???
before i even navigated to this site, thi smorning (snagging a quick break from work duties), I knew the Kanye West cover would be on here as “news” *cough* because the site admin hates Kanye so much it’s hilarious.
Honest people scare the beejesus out of people who don’t have the balls to be honest — hide behind sarcasm and a lot of verbal popcorn. instead of admitt8ing they’re scared and envious they hate them.
Kanye is unapologetically honest, plus talented, plus he’s had the lucky breaks and has used those to his benefit. More power to him.
Have fun in hell, Kanye! Don’t forget to take sunblcok SPF 8,497!
Ok, I like how no one gets offended at the ways Buddhism is made fun of with pictures of Buddha on tee-shirts saying something that makes a mockery of him. . . Or about any other religion. Christianity. Kayne West dressed up like Jesus. Biiiig deal.
Anyway, great marketing.
OMG! How I love this site. I can always count on a good chuckle during my otherwise dreary workday. Two observations: 1. (and I must get this out)…I hate Kanye. I don’t care HOW he looks on anybody’s cover, he sucks. I’m sorry he almost died a few years ago, but I don’t have to like his crappy, uh, ‘art.’ (2). I, like the next person, had a great laugh reading the comments about K-fed’s video yesterday. However, when I woke up this morning, in my head was: Po-Po-Po-Po, popo-zao, popo-zao. K-fed is a genius! I bet there is some secret mind-control deal behind those lyrics. Much like there was in the Barney and Teletubby broadcasts…
this guy is such garbage … what a joke … how can you be confident when all you do is take existing records find a specific point sample it loop the fuck out of it and add some other noises original … i think white people like him too much thats the thing
I have to agree with convictchick, I fail to see how it’s okay to like a dick like 50 Cent who’s equally as arrogant as Kanye is. Personally, I like Kanye West and his music. Whenever I see him in interviews I laugh because of the fact that he is so arrogant, I mean, aren’t most of the people in Hollywood exactly the same?. He just has the guts to admit it.
Ditto to Nichole’s post, seems like a double standard to me.
Kanye might be good, but he’s got a ways to go to catch up to Jesus, I mean Jesus’s third album “Straight outta Judea” is one of the all time classics, and the single “Water into Bitches” can still make me cry when they play it at weddings. Again, Kanye may be good, but he’s got a ways til he has a career like Jesus.
He’s a hero to the morons who can’t figure out how far a car can travel in 30 minutes going 60 miles per hour.
You guys are being a little hard on Kayne. He has done so much for his people. He deserves to wear a thorn crown like our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I just hope that it doesn’t catch on the headliner of his new Mercedes. Those can be expensive to replace.
oh brother, all musicians, music artists, actors and actresses think they’re great!
Kanye is just saying it out loud. He’s never been hiding the fact that he knows his music is great and that people trash him for having confidence in his work.
Many people don’t like his music, so don’t listen to it.
Although, trying to compare himself to Jesus is a bit overboard for my taste.
“In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don’t ever want me to say I’m great?”
I think the answer to this question is because a) the bible calls for man to be humble. and b) because God says you can’t worship false idols, which could include yourself.
Isn’t he like…all religious? Shouldn’t he know this already?
Maybe he’s hoping that George W. Bush will care about him NOW!
Yeah…Kanye’s a bit arrogant, has a jaw bigger than Jabba Jaw (from his car accident), and he really loves golddiggers, BUT…if you’re into his music, he also openly admits to being a BIG A-HOLE! In my book, as long as you’re willing to admit that you’re an A$$, then you have the right to piss people off by being over confident!
With that being said…I’m also a big A-HOLE, and I think this was the best comment ever written on this superficial. EVER!
Hey Nichole, I don’t think it’s right to make fun of any other religion either. I think all of it is disgusting, but there is a difference between making fun of a prestigious prophet and comparing yourself to the savior of the world who had no sin. That’s not great marketing, but it is a great way to show what an ignorant asshole you are.
“He actually has some political knowledge.”
Yeah, he’s a genius for going on tv and saying Bush hates black people. That really involved a lot of political knowledge (or lack thereof). Go Kanye!
Maybe next week he’ll go on tv and say Bush hates Jesus too.
Kanye who?
Wake up Mr.West!!!
Yes, Mr.West is a bit on the crazy side, but he is also a genius and I love him for it!!
Jesus walks with us
Kayne is a big mouth loser. All these celebs need serious reality checks. I am sick of the ‘I’m in the music biz, so therefore I am soooooo much better and more important then you’ attitude. Get a life Kayne. What are you doing to help society? Nothing, except ramming that shit you call ‘music’ and your one sided opinions down our throats. Take your ‘bling bling’ and shove it!
Kanye West is a disgrace to the country in which he has freedom. His ignorant pompous-ass comments just show what a boob he is. Mike Myers should have kicked his ass when he had the chance. That would have made a killing on pay-per-view.Send those royalties to your “uncared about” black men in New Orleans! Do us all a favor, Kanye, and move to a country that has a ruler who lives up to your standards; and take Paris Hilton with you. By the way, your music sucks. You had to rely on making an ass of yourself to sell your album. Way to go. If that is what it takes to get rich then no thank you; I will remain a blue-collar with pride. (You ain’t nothin but a gold-digger…)
Kanye West is another one I’d pay to see kicked in the gonads.
Bush HATES Kayne (people)!
oops heehee Kanye
#40: If Buddha can be even remotely considered a “prestigious prophet,” then for all I care Paris Hilton can pose as Jesus. Let’s even it out and have a ball. Because, in all honesty, people put celebrities on such pedestals that they begin to think they’re idols…because we, among other things, incessantly idolize them…then we get mad when they come out and say that they’re gods?
Good for Kanye–at least he had the sense (or lack thereof) to say the obvious. Yes, sure, he’s cocky and arrogant and maybe a bit talentless, but not any more than the majority of the other gonads currently playing musicians on television.
i wish the jews would kill him just like they did jesus!!!!