This morning global superstar Kanye West sat down for an unedited, live interview with Lou Stoppard of SHOWStudio to discuss literally every aspect of his life and career. The two-hour exclusive was filled with laughs, rants, and everything in between, and with Kanye being Kanye, it was all expected. "[I'm] so, so, so, so happy. And I'm happy for the normal reasons to be happy, because I married the woman of my dreams and I have a beautiful daughter and so many beautiful people around me," Kanye tells Stoppard. Check out a few excerpts from the candid interview below.
On being a "creative genius": "All of my aspirations are things that currently only 60-year-old White people do. So I have to redefine and let people know exactly who I am."
On his sneakers: "We want to make Christmas presents. We want to make something people want so bad that it hurts them if they can't have it. It's not just a financial opportunity.
On Black people: "Blacks - especially in America - have been raised with a slave mentality and don't feel they have the right to speak as loud as possible.
On his unborn son: "I don't have a name for him, but what I hope for him is that he can feel purpose."
On running for President: "It had been talked about, you know, a lot. Like, for the past five years...I don't have all the answers right now."
On Multiracial People: "The world is mixing, period. In 1,000 years, the world might just be completely what would be known as Black currently, but just be a new race...I see the future as people being mixed. Like, I think that other races are really attracted to each other and always have been...Just by me naming different races together and having the idea that a women is saying that she's mixed with these [different races], you picture - automatically - someone beautiful."
On Frank Ocean: "He's one of the greatest writers of all time...He broke ground."
On the Kardashian/Jenner Clan: "I feel proud to be in a family that has so many people breaking ground for all the generations to come...my wife and her family should have plenty of Emmys right now."
