Kanye West sat down with Kris Jenner for her daytime chat fest where he expressed his love for Kim Kardashian, calling her his "joy". We've got the first video preview inside.
Plus, J. Cole's controversial thoughts on skin color in hip hop and politics.
Kanye West sat for a taped interview with Kris Jenner (airing tomorrow) where he put on his..."non threatening voice"....and expressed his love for Kris' daughter Kim. And revealed a pic of his daughter North West.
In the new preview, he gushes, "I could have people say, 'This is going to damage your credibility as an artist or designer.' And I say, you know, I don't care, I love this woman. I love this person. She's worth it to me."
Oh. And when referencing the recent death of his grandfather, Portwood Williams Sr., he said"his whole thing was about joy, having joy in his life. (Kim is) my joy. She brought my new joy into the world."
He went on to explain how Kim and North have changed his life.
"There were times (after her death), I would put my life at risk. I didn't have something to live for. Now I have two very special people to live for, a whole family to live for, a whole world to live for."
Kanye West's hour-long interview on “Kris” will air Friday, Aug. 23. Also, Kanye is set to perform “Black Skinhead” at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards in Brooklyn on Sunday, Aug. 25.
In other interviews.....
While promoting the new video game Splinter Cell: Blacklist, which he endorses, rapper J. Cole spoke to BET.com about a few controversial topics including homophobia and color issues in hip hop and politics. When talking about being light-skinned vs. dark-skinned, J. revealed that he didn't think Barack Obama would have been elected if he were dark-skinned! And he doesn't think he himself would have much success as a rapper if he was dark skinned either. Here are the highlights:
You got some backlash for anti-gay lyrics and you gave a statement to the Huffington Post. Do you regret using the word “f*****”?
No, not at all. It’s much different than the autism thing, it wasn’t conscious; that was a slip-up, being offensive without intent. The line was to engage the conversation of homophobia in Black culture and in hip hop. I thought it was going to be a way more interesting conversation that came from it. Of course I made the statement, but I thought from that it would spawn better conversations like, “Why are we so homophobic?” Much more than I think any other culture, I don’t want to just compare it to white people, but in terms of jokes that you make — everything’s got to be “pause” or “no homo.” You cant even play basketball without someone saying, “pause.” I’m not innocent of it. I am part of that same culture – but why? That line was supposed to be offensive and confusing, but I was hoping to have more conversations about it.There’s been a lot of conversation about the Trayvon Martin tragedy and what young Black men experience. Do you experience racism?
For sure, absolutely, I just got pulled over on 42nd street in Times Square for what I believe was nothing. They said it was for tints on my front window, which is barely tinted. I really believe it was because I had my hat low. I was driving through Times Square and I just didn’t want to be seen. So I had my hat low and I think I was looking “suspicious” just as a Black man with my brim low, when I was really just trying to cover my face. They came to my window, pulled me over. I feel like if I was a white man driving, they wouldn’t question me about my tints. They told me to roll down my back window; they look in my car as if they’re looking for something. I feel like that was the real thing, they were trying to catch somebody slipping. That just happened three days ago. I almost didn’t even name that because I am so used to that. That’s something that I feel like somebody my age that’s white doesn’t have to go through, especially in New York City. On the other hand, every time I’m on the plane in first class — this is a lesser evil but it still represents their mind state — I promise you, 60 percent of the time somebody asks me what basketball team do I play for or do I rap. [Laughs] I am a rapper, I wish I could tell them something better — that happens all the time and I hate it. I hate that we’re stereotyped and I hate that I’m fitting into the same stereotype.You’ve talked about including dark-skinned women in your music videos versus all light-skinned women. The light-skinned, dark-skinned issue certainly affects women in hip hop; does it affect men in hip hop?
I can’t say it for sure but I just think we’re still in America. We’re still Black Americans. Those mental chains are still in us. That brainwashing that tells us that light skin is better, it’s subconsciously in us, whether we know it or not… still pursuing light skin women. There are some women out there that are like, “I don’t even like light skin men” and that’s fine. But Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That’s just the truth. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin. I’m not saying that for sure, I’m still as talented as I am and Obama is still as smart as he is, but it’s just a sad truth… I don’t even know if this is going to translate well into text and people not hearing what I’m saying, but it’s a sad reality. So I can only naturally assume it’s probably easier for a light skin male rapper than it might be for a dark skin male rapper. It’s all subconscious s***, nobody’s aware — I think that s*** still subconsciously affects us.
Read the full interview here.
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