Kanye West is continuing to make headlines with his rather bold comments on various topics. During a recent interview with Hot 107.9's morning show hosts Shamara and Laiya, 'Ye was asked about his relationship with President Barack Obama and whether or not he would sit down and have dinner with him, to which he replied:
"Oh, you talking about how he use to come and visit me and my mama and tell me he's about to run for president? I just think that we're pop icons, and the president likes to use that type of thing just to be down. People was fine with me being everyone's punching bag for about five years. 'This is the person we love to hate, so if you want to distract people from everything that's going on [...] just say you hate Kanye and there's going be 30 other people who say they hate Kanye.' That was kind of my position in culture and he kind of used that too. 'Oh, he's a jackas*,' because that's how the world felt.
"I don't care if someone's the president or not. I care about thoughts and how you helping people and what you bring to the world. My music brings joy to people. What I create brings joy to people. Me, I'm not about me. I'm about I've got an idea that people are going to like. Don't you get frustrated around Christmas time dealing with clothing? Don't you get frustrated with so many things? That's Steve Jobs made things easier for people in life."
He was interrupted and jokingly asked to "leave Michelle alone," at which point Kanye concluded his talk about President Obama.
"Well, uh, I think he should mention my baby mama's name, because we both from Chicago. [...] But no, I'm not gonna mention him no more, I'm passed that. That's out my thoughts. That's lowering my priority of thinking at this point."
How do you feel about Kanye's thoughts on President Barack Obama?
Source: huffingtonpost.com
