A LOT HAPPENED IN THE WAKE OF THE RELEASE OF HIS
INTERVIEW WITH CHARLEMAGNE THE GOD, WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT YESTERDAY ON THE SHOW, BUT THERE ARE
MORE DEVELOPMENTS TODAY THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON.
HE WENT ON TMZ.
KANYE WEST GOES ON TMZ TO TALK ABOUT OPIOIDS AND HOW THEY
AFFECTED HIM.
ONE OF THE THINGS HE DID WAS KIND OF STAND UP AND
ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE, HE KIND OF BROKE AWAY FROM THE MAIN SHOW.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO OF HIM EXPLAINING WHY HE
DID ALL OF THESE TWEETS AFTER BEING IN THE HOSPITAL.
TWO DAYS AFTER I GOT AFTER OPIOIDS, I'M IN THE HOSPITAL.
I'M TAKING TOO, EVERYONE LISTEN TO THIS PLEASE.
2 DAYS BEFORE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, I WAS ON OPIOIDS.
I WAS ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS.
I HAD PLASTIC SURGERY BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO LOOK GOOD FOR
Y'ALL.
I GOT LIPOSUCTION.
BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT Y'ALL TO CALL ME FAT LIKE Y'ALL
CALLED RON AT THE WEDDING.
THAT WAS HIS FIRST, AND LATER ON IN THE OUTBREAK AFTER KIND
OF ELABORATING ON THE SAME IDEAS, HE CONTINUES.
HERE'S MORE.
Y'ALL HAD ME SCARED OF MYSELF, OF MY VISION, SO I
TOOK SOME PILLS SO I WOULDN'T GO TO HOSPITAL AND PROVE
EVERYONE RIGHT.
WE ARE DRUGGED OUT.
WE ARE FOLLOWING OTHER PEOPLE'S OPINIONS.
WE ARE CONTROLLED BY THE MEDIA AND TODAY IT ALL CHANGES.
WHAT THE HELL?
THAT WHOLE VIDEO REMINDS ME OF THAT ONE CUSTOMER THAT
GOES, THAT LOSES HER MIND IN THE CELL PHONE STORE BECAUSE
HER BILL IS TOO HIGH.
EVERYONE, THIS IS THE WORST SERVICE EVER.
EVER.
TAKING GALAXY THREES AND THROWING THEM.
I DON'T KNOW, INTERNET PROVIDERS BUT THE THING ABOUT
KANYE WEST AND I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS A LOT IS THAT
HE IS SO FRUSTRATINGLY BRILLIANT AND HE HAS ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY.
IF YOU LISTEN TO ANYTHING THAT KANYE HAS BEEN SAYING IN
THE LAST WEEK, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHAT WE'VE DONE TO KANYE.
KANYE IS THE VICTIM.
IT'S WEIRD.
THE WHOLE LIPOSUCTION THING, IT IS LOST ON ME BECAUSE HE IS
MARRIED TO A WOMAN WHO HAS MADE A CAREER PUTTING OUT HER BODY
IMAGE AS THE PERFECT BODY IMAGE AND MAKING US FEEL THAT WE NEED
TO LOOK A CERTAIN WAY SO THE' ABOUT KANYE WEST AND THE WHOLE
LIBEL THING WAS SO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD IS.
BEYOND WEIRD.
WEIRD IS A NICE WAY OF PUTTING IT.
WHAT IS HE DOING?
THIS IS A GUY DRUNK ON HIS OWN BS, OBVIOUSLY.
HE IS DRUNK FIRST ON HIS OWN CELEBRITY AND THEN YOUR EVERY
UTTERANCE IS PICKED UP AND SPLASHED OVER EVERY BIT OF
MEDIA, YOU THEN GET DRUNK ON YOUR OWN UTTERANCE SO
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
HE IS BLURTING STUFF OUT, NOT REALLY SURE, TRYING TO WALK
THINGS BACK WITH THE OPIOID THING.
HE DOESN'T REALLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MUSIC, DON'T GET ME WRONG AND ALSO
MARKETING.
HE IS REALLY VERY GOOD WITH THAT AND KANYE FANS, I AM SORRY, HE
SHOULD JUST STICK TO THOSE THINGS HE KNOWS AND THAT IS NOT
A LOT OF
STUFF, JUST A WITH THAT BUT TO GET INTO THESE OTHER AREAS, WHEN
YOU START TALKING ABOUT RACE RELATIONS, IT IS TOO BAD BECAUSE
HE COULD POTENTIALLY BE A GREAT LEADER AND SPOKESMAN FOR RACE
RELATIONS OR BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS BUT HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY.
HE IS DRUNK ON KANYE AND I THINK HE IS GOING TO STAY THAT WAY.
THE NARCISSISM IS PARAMOUNT HERE AND THE THING ABOUT KANYE
WEST THAT IS ALSO A LITTLE BIT HYPOCRITICAL IS THAT HIS FIRST
THREE ALBUMS, THE COLLEGE DROPOUT, LATE REGISTRATION, HE
WAS AGAINST ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HE IS NOW SUPPORTING ABOUT
STANDING BEHIND TRUMP AND BEING, ALIGNING HIMSELF WITH THE
PEOPLE HE'S ALIGNING HIMSELF WITH WAS THE COMPLETE ANTITHESIS
OF WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER IN HIS CAREER.
A WHY IS HE DOING IT?
I SAW SOME OF HIS TWEETS ARE KINDA POINTING AT I WANT TO
ALIGN WITH TRUMP NOT BECAUSE I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING HE IS
SAYING OUT THERE BUT BECAUSE HE IS MY BROTHER.
WE SHOULD ALL LOVE EACH OTHER, IT SHOULD BE THE SYMBOL OF
UNION AND I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.
IS HE SHOWS UP, AFTER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS VERY
THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION, KANYE HAS BEEN AWAY FOR A YEAR,
NOT REALLY TALKING THROUGH TWITTER.
HE SHOWS BACKUP AND HE IS LIKE, CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
BUT HE SAYS IN A WAY WHERE HE JUST HAS NO RESPECT FOR THE
ACTUAL THOUGHTFUL DISCOURSE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND HE IS AN
ARTIST AND HE FENCES HIMSELF THIS ARTIST AND I WATCHED
IT FAST.
I WATCHED THE CHARLEMAGNE INTERVIEW THAT HE DID.
IT IS TWO HOURS LONG, I HAVEN'T FINISHED IT FULL DISCLOSURE, HE
ENDS UP GETTING TO SOME REALLY THOUGHTFUL, AMAZING POINTS BUT
TO GET THERE, IT IS ALL THIS, I AM JUST BEING HUMAN, WHEN
HE IS A WRITER, HE CAN CRAFT ALL OF HIS SONGS AND GET THEM
TO WHERE HE WANTS THEM WHEN HE PUTS THEM OUT THERE.
BUT HE THINKS HE HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY AND WHAT HE
IS TWEETING BECAUSE PEOPLE, YES, PEOPLE EXPECT KANYE TO BE
THIS GREAT VISIONARY AND THEY EXPECT HIM TO GIVE HIS
FINAL ANSWER EVERY TIME.
THAT IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN THE STUFF
THAT YOU ARE PUTTING OUT.
DOES IT MAKE SENSE?
A GOES BACK TO MY POINT OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
SAYING THAT HIS ALBUM FLOPPED OF THE RADIO HASN'T EMBRACED
HIM SINCE TAYLOR SWIFT.
YOU DID THAT.
YOU ARE A GROWN MAN.
YOU MADE THE CHOICE TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES THAT A BEEN
DETRIMENTAL TO YOUR CAREER.
THERE WAS VERY DOUBLE, HE SAID THE WHOLE THING ABOUT
400 YEARS IS A LONG TIME AND KIND OF SAYING, ESSENTIALLY
THAT SLAVERY IS A CHOICE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME AMAZING MEANS OF FIGHTING BACK AGAINST
THAT THAT YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THERE WAS A STATEMENT, VAN
LATHAN SHOT BACK, AN EMPLOYEE AT TMZ:
IT IS NOT.
THAT IS A VERY REAL STATEMENT
THAT VAN LATHAM MADE
BECAUSE KANYE LIVES A LIFE OF AFFLUENCE.
HE IS A CELEBRITY.
APPARENTLY HE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
I AM NOT BUYING THAT.
IT PROBABLY HAS BUT FOR
HIM TO MAKE THOSE STATEMENTS, ALSO, WE TALK ABOUT ALIGNMENT.
HE IS SENDING A MESSAGE TO WHITE NATIONALISTS, THE ALT RIGHT,
ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN SUPPORT.
WE GOT ANOTHER BLACK MAN, GOOD FOR US.
THAT ONLY AROSE FROM THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO PUSH FORWARD.
I AM A HUGE KANYE FAN.
I'M SO CONFLICTED.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA, I WAS LISTENING TO TOUCH THE SKY
WITH LUPE FIASCO AND I WAS LIKE WHERE IS THIS GUY?
IT'S LIKE WHEN DAVE CHAPELLE CAME BACK, HE SAID SOME
STUFF THAT WAS ON POINT BUT THAT IT THOUGHTFULLY AND RESPONSIBLY.
KANYE SHOULD POLICY.
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GO BACK TO BEING A KANYE FAN AND THAT'S
TOUGH FOR MY GENERATION.
FOR THE 400 YEARS THAT SLAVERY WAS A CHOICE, THAT IS
IDEAL BUSTER FOR ME.
THAT IS SO OBSCENE.
IT DENIES ALL OF THE SPECIFICS OF THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY.
SHAMEFUL, AWFUL, DESPICABLE HISTORY AND THAT THIS GREAT
ARTIST WHO IS THOUGHTFUL AND HAS ALL OF THESE MESSAGES IN
HIS ART DOES NOT KNOW HOW DESPICABLE THAT IS, THAT IS
A DEAL BUSTER FOR ME.
YOUR CONFLICTS, I AM ROOTING FOR YOU TO LET GO OF HIM.
HE SAYS ALL OF THESE THINGS, HE MADE A STATEMENT DURING
THE INTERVIEW WAS CHARLEMAGNE AND SAID I WROTE THAT DOWN
EARLIER AND A DOPER WAY WHICH I GET.
THAT IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
GET IT RIGHT AND THEN SHARE IT WITH US.
HE RODE THE SLAVERY THING DOWN?
IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE, JUST A PASSING THOUGHT.
IN THE INTERVIEW HE SAYS THE WISE MAN KNOWS HE KNOWS NOTHING.
I'M LEARNING.
YEAH, BUT THE WISE MAN USES THE FACT THAT HE KNOWS HE
KNOWS NOTHING TO DO RESEARCH INTO THE WORK AHEAD OF
TIME, DON'T JUST SHOW UP AND SAY SLAVERY IS A CHOICE.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I'M SURE THERE IS A WAY BECAUSE KANYE IS A THOUGHTFUL PERSON,
MOST OF THE TIME APPARENTLY, TO LOOK AT THIS CONCEPT THAT
SLAVERY IS A CHOICE IN SOME WAY, I CAN'T WRAP MY MIND AROUND
BUT KANYE UNDERSTANDS AND IS RHETORICALLY SOUND.
WAS GIVEN FULL CREDIT THAT HE MEANT SOMETHING THAT WASN'T
COMPLETELY OFFENSIVE.
YOU ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WAY YOU PUT STUFF OUT.
YOU ARE RIGHT THAT THERE IS ALL THESE PHOTOS OF HIM WITH ALT
RIGHT STARS AT RANDOM MUSIC FESTIVALS OR WHEREVER HE
WAS.
THOSE FOLKS ARE USING YOU.
THAT IS THE CHOICE YOU'RE MAKING, TO BE THEIR I DON'T
WANT TO SAY SLAVE BUT PUPPET FOR SURE AND THEY ARE USING YOU
TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR ANSWER.
IT IS AN ORGY OF FAME AND CELEBRITY AND THAT IS WHAT
IS GOING ON HERE AND KANYE IS AT THE HEAD OF THAT ORGY.
AGAIN, YOU START TO BELIEVE YOUR OWN CRAP AND I THINK THAT
IS WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.
YOU ARE SO GREAT TO GO THROUGH AND WATCH THAT 2 1/2
HOUR CONVERSATION AND TRY TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT.
CHARLEMAGNE IS GREAT BY THE WAY.
HE IS GREAT.
BEFORE WE GET TO BREAK, KANYE HAD A MISSED OPPORTUNITY
TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE HE TOUCHED ON THAT
AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE
WHAT HE SAID WAS POWERFUL, THE PEOPLE HAVE THE STIGMA
ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND HE IS ONE OF MANY PEOPLE THE HAS
A POSITION OF POWER TO NOT CHANGE IN REGARDS TO THE STIGMA.
HE IS LIKE I DON'T NEED THE THERAPIST, I USE THE WORLD
IS MY THERAPIST.
ANYONE I TALK TO IS MY THERAPIST.
IT IS LIKE YOU, THERE IS A REASON FOR THERAPIST.
HE SAYS I WANTED CHANGE THE STIGMA OF CRAZY AND MENTAL
HEALTH.
I HAVEN'T DONE AN EXTRA STUDY OF IT WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
CONVERSATION BUT BEST BELIEVE I'M GOING TO CHANGE THE STIGMA.
PEOPLE CHAIN TAKE SOMETHING ENLIGHTENED PUT IN THE
WRONG CONTEXT AND CALL IT CRAZY.
THAT IS OBVIOUSLY STATEMENT FOR HIMSELF, BUT YEAH, DO THE
HOMEWORK, MAN.
DO MORE HOMEWORK.
I WATCHED YOUR INTERVIEW, NOW GO RESEARCH MENTAL HEALTH.