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Celeb News: Kanye West rants on Jimmy Kimmel
Member Since: 8/17/2013
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Kanye us upset at Kimmel's trademark ways of mocking almost every serious matter if it involves African Americans (in this case institutional racism in the fashion industry) and Kanye is rightly calling him out on that.
Kimmel may have the right to joke about everything because he's a comedian but his ignorant ass better know that that same constitutional right extends to all people - comedian or not - they have a right to react the way they deem appropriate to his constant racism-trivializing "jokes".
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Drag ha, Ye
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Member Since: 5/4/2012
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Jimmy Kimmel was never funny. Pork Rind in the face lookin ass knikka
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Member Since: 10/29/2011
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LOL. Kanye is an overly sensitive jerk off.
But bet Jimmy Kimmel is LOVING this. Youtube views for that spoof will definitely be going up. And if he talks about Kanye some more, ratings will too.
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Member Since: 3/14/2013
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OMG Kanye needs to calm the **** down. It wasn't even mean. He's too intense, it's not that serious
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Member Since: 1/25/2012
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Originally posted by NLX
I have a feeling Kanye is on the verge of a breakdown.
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This. And it is sad.
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Member Since: 1/25/2012
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Kanye, you choosed to be famous and you should know what comes with the territory.
Why is is so hard for some celebs to just ignore all these "noises" and focus on their own lives? Stop taking it so personally. Every celeb goes through that.
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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OH MY GOD.
Does he have anger issues?
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Member Since: 8/23/2010
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http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/video...aAceE9uU3JYVK5
I'm mad he gave Jimmy more ammunition to make fun of him. And most importantly I'm sure Jimmy is more than happy for the publicity and the fact that Ye just conformed to the stereotype of the angry black man/rapper.
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Member Since: 4/29/2012
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JIMMY KIMMEL PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES … OH NO THAT MEANS YOU WOULD HAVE GOTTEN TOO MUCH GOOD ***** IN YOUR LIFE
SHOULD I DO A SPOOF ABOUT YOUR FACE OR YOU ****ING BEN AFFLECK… #NO DISRESPECT TO BEN AFFLECK #ALL DISRESPECT TO JIMMY KIMMEL!!!!
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Member Since: 7/23/2012
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#nodisrespecttobenaffleck
#alldisrespecttojimmykimmel
But to be serious, his mental health makes me worry. Hope, he's alright.
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Member Since: 8/1/2012
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Originally posted by Hilly
OMG Kanye needs to calm the **** down. It wasn't even mean. He's too intense, it's not that serious
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You needs to calm the **** down. If the King feel like he was being disrespected then he free to say anything that is on his mind.
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Lefsetz take on Kanye/Kimmel
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It’s a gift. Or to quote a famous seer, you punch up, not down.
Yes, despite Jimmy being on ABC, Kanye West is a much bigger star than Kimmel. In the old days, network television made you a king. Today, a rotund Korean pop star can be much more famous as a result of many more views on YouTube. That’s the dirty little secret of late night television…very few are watching. In a world of DVRs and Netflix, do you really want to see a tired format wherein everybody on the tube imitates what David Letterman invented thirty years ago, even Dave himself?
No.
Credit Jimmy Fallon. He’s a mediocre interviewer at best. But he’s got the Roots as a band, and is constantly pushing the envelope with innovative skits.
But Kimmel was there first. When you’re nobody, you’ve got to take chances. Never a comedian, most famous for being Ben Stein’s sidekick, Jimmy Kimmel was not running his show on autopilot, but trying to figure out how to gain fame, and unlike his aged brethren he realized it was all about the Internet, about YouTube, whilst other outlets were busy issuing takedown notices, Jimmy was making content especially for YouTube, and gaining traction as a result.
Testing limits. That’s the only way you can go viral. Furthermore, since Jimmy is playing every day, he can afford to take shots, he can afford to make mistakes.
So he does a riff and a clip about Kanye West.
And unfortunately, Kimmel is right, Kanye comes across in the interview as someone completely out of touch with the public’s perception of him. That’s what happens when you live in a bubble and are surrounded by yes-people. You think you’re always right and your feces don’t stink.
So Kimmel points this out and Kanye goes nuclear!
Big mistake. This is Jimmy Kimmel’s wet dream, what he’s wishin’ and hopin’ for, one of the world’s biggest pop stars has singled him out for attention. In the process, Jimmy gets bigger and Kanye gets smaller.
The virality is just beginning. And Jimmy has already won the war. Because he’s got a sense of humor about himself. He realizes it’s all irrelevant. Why didn’t Kanye realize that tomorrow Kimmel would make fun of someone else and the clip would disappear? Instead, he poured gasoline on the fire. Calling Kimmel to complain. Effectively threatening him.
Oh that works. That’s like hurling invective online. An endless pissing match.
But usually it’s nobodies, not somebodies.
How does Kanye win here? Has he not seen “House Of Cards”? You win through thought, you utilize your advantages to exact your desire. You can’t change what’s past, you can only get even.
Taylor Swift writes songs about her exes. (If you’re young, male and virile, I’d run away. She’s got to have a hard time getting a date, at least with somebody reasonable.)
Kanye could write a song about Kimmel. Even better, he could exert pressure amongst his friends not to appear. You act behind the scenes, you leave no trail, you don’t criticize in public unless you’ve got no fear of appearing a buffoon.
Which Kanye does here.
I just don’t get it. He’s got a baby with Kim Kardashian, who comes from a family that specializes in media manipulation. Hasn’t any of it rubbed off on him? They all know they’re famous for nothing. Except for momager Kris, who suddenly is taking umbrage and pontificating about issues outside her wheelhouse. You’re a well-paid media manipulator, that’s all!
You’ve got to know who you are. Especially in this connected era, where we not only want to talk about you, but bring you down to our level. Yup, that’s what the 1% doesn’t realize, sure, we want to be you, but mostly we hate you, because we realize the game is rigged and we can never ascend the ladder.
So if you’re smart, you stay out of the fray. Rich people should never ever talk to the media, unless their job demands it. Bankers, lawyers before them, their professions have been eternally tarnished by the inane things they’ve said. Now pop stars have specialized in saying stupid stuff. But they must speak to the media to gain traction. Then again, you can speak in a controlled fashion online these days, you don’t need the media as much as you used to. But if you’re gonna talk, think about the consequences, know that show business is high school with money, someone’s always looking to take you down.
So Kimmel’s got a long term contract and a video that goes viral, making his bosses applaud him as he continues to make bank for them day after day.
Kanye’s riding a stiff album, and we all know it’s so hard to come back from failure or what looks like loss.
So who’s the winner here?
Jimmy Kimmel, no contest.
P.S. But Kimmel is just an entertainer. Want to be a legend, speak truth. But most legends don’t speak to the media at all, or fabricate, like Bob Dylan, or control access and results like so many movie stars. If Kanye West thinks he can break the paradigm, he probably believes he can release an album in 2013 without a hit single and anybody will care. We saw how that worked out.
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@ both of them.
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Member Since: 11/20/2011
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Originally posted by DimmiFenty
It's a bad thing that he sent a million dollar idea to a company six years ago, they denied him simply because he's black, and other company's took the idea and made half a billion dollars.
Kanye has the right to be upset!
Fight for your rights King Yeezy!
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Dimmi, sis, what was stopping Ye from manufacturing the pants himself, since Fendi turned him down? Oh, that's right, nothing .
Why hasn't his women's wear line popped off, if he's so talented?
When was the last time Nike named a shoe after a rapper? Nike uses rappers' songs and images in ads but when was the last time that a rapper or any musician designed a shoe for them? It's Reebok that does that (S. Carter shoe, Rick Ross, G- Unit line).
Let's be real, Kanye's lyrics/music aren't exactly friendly to women, so of all people, why should Fendi have gotten in bed with him? Does Fendi normally align with rappers or any musicians for endorsements? So, there are basically a million reasons to turn down Ye that have nothing to do with race .
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Member Since: 1/11/2012
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Quote:
Originally posted by Raiden
Kanye us upset at Kimmel's trademark ways of mocking almost every serious matter if it involves African Americans (in this case institutional racism in the fashion industry) and Kanye is rightly calling him out on that.
Kimmel may have the right to joke about everything because he's a comedian but his ignorant ass better know that that same constitutional right extends to all people - comedian or not - they have a right to react the way they deem appropriate to his constant racism-trivializing "jokes".
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Jimmy never told him to stop, he was fine with Kanye voicing his opinion. Jimmy's job is to mock all things pop culture, he doesn't pick on African Americans, and that interview had nothing to do with racism -- not even Kanye tried to make it about race.
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Member Since: 8/31/2013
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Dead @ the Ben Affleck comment
& he is such a child; "SARAH SILVERMAN IS WAY FUNNIER THAN YOU". Stop whining you idiot man-child.
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