Music News: (SNL) Kanye Calls Taylor Swift Fake Ass & Says He’s 50% More Influential Than Kubrick

[playahaitian]

Kanye West Calls Taylor Swift a ‘Fake Ass’ and Says He’s 50 Percent More Influential Than Kubrick and Picasso

Remember when Kanye did his Pablo thingon SNL? As with some other Pablo-related things, there was drama in the 11th hour, according to a report from "Page Six." Anonymous sources told the New York Postthat the live-sketch show's meager stage setup prompted a Kanye meltdown, one that entailed the rapper almost bailing moments before he was supposed to go live. "There were a few really tense minutes [backstage]," one source explains, noting that Kim — in the audience with Kylie Jenner — had to help Lorne Michaels and company mollify the rapper. "He freaked out about how the set was arranged. He was saying he's 'the greatest artist,'" another adds. "He's under a lot of stress between the new album and the fashion line." Ultimately, of course, Yeezy stayed and performed.

Now "Page Six" has some audio from the set. They call it a "meltdown," but it's really more self-declarations of importance and a musical artist upset about how things aren't going according to plan. "They took my fucking stage off of SNL without asking me," Kanye said. "Now I'm bummed." Then he calls Taylor Swift a "fake ass" and declares himself 50 percent more influential than any human being alive, including Stanley Kubrick, Pablo Picasso, Pablo Escobar, and Apostle Paul. Quite a list, Ye!


http://www.vulture.com/2016/02/kanye-west-snl-meltdown.html

http://pagesix.com/2016/02/15/kanye...-at-snl/?_ga=1.166544375.872525548.1455459768

 

[playahaitian]

Kooky Kanye West threw an epic tantrum behind the scenes of “Saturday Night Live” and petulantly threatened to walk off the show during its live weekend broadcast.

Sources exclusively tell Page Six that “SNL” guruLorne Michaels had to reason with the “Runaway” rapper to keep him from bolting from the Melissa McCarthy-hosted show as wife Kim Kardashianentered the fracas to calm a cantankerous Kanye.

“Just moments leading into the live show, and during the live show, Kanye had a meltdown and threatened to walk off,” said a source familiar with the scene.

Multiple sources told us that Kanye suddenly decided he wasn’t happy with the “SNL” set for his musical appearance, which included a video screen and not much else.

“It had something to do with the set,” said a source. “Kim, who was in the audience with Kylie Jenner, had to come down. Lorne had to personally talk to Kanye. There were a few really tense minutes” when it looked like West was walking, leaving the live NBC show in the lurch.

Another source added of West: “He freaked out about how the set was arranged. He was saying he’s ‘the greatest artist.’ He’s having regular meltdowns. Everyone’s walking on eggshells around him. He’s under a lot of stress between the new album and the fashion line.”

Michaels, the first source said, was “eerily calm” through the incident. “I guess after 41 years of doing this, he’s used to it.”

Other staffers were prepping for the worst. “They were like, ‘If this happens, and he walks, what are we going to do?’”

After the “artistic differences,” Kanye finally deigned to stay and perform.

In other unhinged behavior, after tweeting he was $53 million in debt this week, Kanye begged, “Mark Zuckerberg invest 1 billion dollars into Kanye West ideas.” He then declared of himself on Monday, in the third person, “He is the greatest living artist and greatest artist of all time,” and tweeted at Google co-founder Larry Page, “I’m down for your help too.”

Reps didn’t return calls for comment.

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[sharkbait28]

Mental illness is some real shit. If yall have family or friends going through it do everything you can to put them on a path towards getting them the help they need. I'm not even clowning. I respect this brother and hope someone in his life loves him enough to help him.

 

[SKATTA]

He attached himself to the right family.

bunch of attn whores.

 

[SIDESHOW]

Mental illness is some real shit. If yall have family or friends going through it do everything you can to put them on a path towards getting them the help they need. I'm not even clowning. I respect this brother and hope someone in his life loves him enough to help him.

man fuck that nigga.. i'm tired of people making excuses for him. Mental illness this and mental illness that. Do we KNOW he has issues, or is he just an asshole? At this point, i really don't give a shit.

HE is soley responsible for his plight.. I don't want to hear SHIT about his mental state no mo.

 

[shamone]

i like kanye as artist but 50 % more influential than any human? come on b. prince , stevie wonder, Paul McCartney , kubrick,foh. ye influenced one generation. these folks influenced many generations and them some. his ego fuels him and burns him out.

 

[sharkbait28]

man fuck that nigga.. i'm tired of people making excuses for him. Mental illness this and mental illness that. Do we KNOW he has issues, or is he just an asshole? At this point, i really don't give a shit.

HE is soley responsible for his plight.. I don't want to hear SHIT about his mental state no mo.

My brother I've been around real dyed-in-the-wool assholes and mentally ill folks my whole life and I promise you I know the difference. This dude is mentally ill and he needs to get help. I can only speak from my own experience and I know those fucking signs. Dude is a basketcase. An amazingly talented and smart basketcase... but a basketcase nonetheless.

 

[doe moe]

After his Momma passed it's like he was let loose on the world without restrictions. That's when he truly began to crumble.

I feel sorry for our dear Brother.

 

[playahaitian]

http://www.tmz.com/2016/02/17/kanye-west-snl-stage-performance-upset/

 

[playahaitian]

“Are they f—–g crazy? Whoa by 50 percent [I am more influential than] Stanley Kubrick, Picasso, Apostle Paul, f—–g Picasso and Escobar. By 50 percent more influential than any other human being. Don’t f–k with me. Don’t f–k with me. Don’t f–k with me. By 50 percent dead or alive, by 50 percent for the next 1,000 years. Stanley Kubrick, ‘Ye.”​

 

[Esther]

What is Kanye doing that others haven't, can't and won't be able to do? Im confused.

 

[doe moe]

Christian Bale ranting......He goes ape stinky!

 

[doe moe]

 

[exiledking]

dudes a fag, straight up and down

 

[jasonblacc]

Stop with the fucking Kayne threads, Got Dam!

 

[jwilliam85]

He's not mentally ill he just ain't got no filter. He's too transparent and honest in an industry full of fakes and disloyal muthafuckas. Remember we live in a world that punishes you for being yourself, you have been systematically taught to act a certain way so people will accept you. He's only mentally ill by OUR STANDARDS in certain societies they allow people to express themselves WITHOUT JUDGEMENT. He's eccentric at most but it's just his expression of himself. He makes wonderful art. Matter of fact he is an art piece. Kanyism.

 

[lexdiamonnyc]

He is clearly mentally ill.......early signs of dementia......having said that, I wish he'd go sit down somewhere quietly.

 

[exiledking]

He's not mentally ill he just ain't got no filter. He's too transparent and honest in an industry full of fakes and disloyal muthafuckas. Remember we live in a world that punishes you for being yourself, you have been systematically taught to act a certain way so people will accept you. He's only mentally ill by OUR STANDARDS in certain societies they allow people to express themselves WITHOUT JUDGEMENT. He's eccentric at most but it's just his expression of himself. He makes wonderful art. Matter of fact he is an art piece. Kanyism.

tell us about these certain societies

 

[Art Vandelay]

He's not mentally ill he just ain't got no filter. He's too transparent and honest in an industry full of fakes and disloyal muthafuckas. Remember we live in a world that punishes you for being yourself, you have been systematically taught to act a certain way so people will accept you. He's only mentally ill by OUR STANDARDS in certain societies they allow people to express themselves WITHOUT JUDGEMENT. He's eccentric at most but it's just his expression of himself. He makes wonderful art. Matter of fact he is an art piece. Kanyism.

Kanye, for real, you should be open to getting some help.

 

[The Untouchable GDFOLKS]

I think people take someone not taking shit ass being mentally ill or bitch like! I believe Kanye will not fuck around if you are not doing what you promised contractually... All that other shit like I am the most influential person garbage is just him being a slut.

 

[playahaitian]

she IS fake though...

 

[Mrfreddygoodbud]

if he could translate all this drama into record sales..

hed be a got damn genius...

 

[phanatic]

Sources exclusively tell Page Six that “SNL” guruLorne Michaels had to reason with the “Runaway” rapper to keep him from bolting from the Melissa McCarthy-hosted show as wife Kim Kardashianentered the fracas to calm a cantankerous Kanye.

You know you're a problem when an attention whore is telling you to calm down.

 

[Moore]

she IS fake though...

This proves she's fake?? She's corny but hardly fake and clearly not as delusional as Kanye West.

 

[phanatic]

He's not mentally ill he just ain't got no filter. He's too transparent and honest in an industry full of fakes and disloyal muthafuckas. Remember we live in a world that punishes you for being yourself, you have been systematically taught to act a certain way so people will accept you. He's only mentally ill by OUR STANDARDS in certain societies they allow people to express themselves WITHOUT JUDGEMENT. He's eccentric at most but it's just his expression of himself. He makes wonderful art. Matter of fact he is an art piece. Kanyism.

You have a point bro. Trump does it and they say he's outspoken and he has people defending obvious hate speech. Patrice O'neal never made it big because he(god I hate saying it) "kept it real". I guess that's why all these Disney kids lose their fucking minds because they can't keep up the act anymore.

 

[playahaitian]

This proves she's fake?? She's corny but hardly fake and clearly not as delusional as Kanye West.

something about her comes of as disingenuous...that's just me.

like she is very camera conscious and on EXTRA all the time

she has to go over she looks HAPPIER than the actual winners

but it works great for her and has made her millions

 

[lilwayne]

Anyone who has to always say how important they are aren't really important at all.

 

[dirtyd]

To be fair other people in the industry have alluded to her being a phony, so he didn't just say that for no reason.

 

[Baldhead_Digital]

I think this rant is a non-issue. Considering someone had the foresight to have a phone recording back stage while this was all going down... also considering referring to someone as "fake-ass" in the third person is much different than accusing someone of being "fake-ass" in the first person. I need more context to this rant. Kanye's problem seems to be that his "people" aren't looking out for him. He needs a "voice of reason" in his life... I think that was his Mom.

 

[respiration]

He's a pathetic coon.

...Always shouting out the white men he worships. Disgusting. He believes anything good and significant in the world was done by white men...Always begging for some white company to take him in, instead of looking to network and build coalitions with other wealthy Black folks and build and own his own empire. I'm sure he is almost completely ignorant of the history of Black heroes - pre, during and post slavery. He's a smart dumb house nigga extreme. I'm tired of his whining.

 

[Esther]

He'll be back on the black side soon. He'll be asking Jordan for forgiveness and asking Oprah and the Obamas out for brunch.

He's a pathetic coon.

...Always shouting out the white men he worships. Disgusting. He believes anything good and significant in the world was done by white men...Always begging for some white company to take him in, instead of looking to network and build coalitions with other wealthy Black folks and build and own his own empire. I'm sure he is almost completely ignorant of the history of Black heroes - pre, during and post slavery. He's a smart dumb house nigga extreme. I'm tired of his whining.

 

[dtownsfinest]

she IS fake though...

She may be fake but that shit don't make her fake. She's probably about as fake as Yeezy is man....naw probably not lol. Kanye can't be mad that she's upset that he called her a "Bitch" and he can have sex with her. I know Kanye ain't that damn naive man.

 

[Complex]

Ain't he phony also, because he acted friendly towards her in public and then just shitted on her behind closed doors?

 

[GOLDIE]

Fuck Taylor Swift but the others C'mon son

 

[Darth Furious]

Shit. Maybe its just me but Im reading what they say Kanye said but when I listen to the audio - it is taken out of context. Don't get me wrong he is a nutcase and a genius and a diva wrapped up in one. He is.

BUT he was bitching about how he is treated and the respect he feels he should get - every artist does that to some point or another and when he says Escobar, Picasso, Apostle Paul, Kubrick he is clearly equating himself to them because at the end he said Ye - putting himself after a line of influential people. The 50 percent thing is shit talking, compared to the normal joe schmoe he considers himself more influential in life than them JUST as influential as Escobar, Kubrick, Picasso - people he looks up to and considers genius.

Taylor Swift was always a pure talent - fake or not, if she never crossed paths with Kanye she would still be where she is. He is butt hurt over petty shit she said at the same time he was having a bad day. Cant feud with a white girl in the national spotlight Ye, even Trump got shit for doing that. Let it ride.

He cant walk those other statement back though and somebody in his camp need to police his twitter so he cant tweet bullshit for awhile.

Take your ball and go home son. Take some time to be with yourself. We'll see you later.
oNE

 

[respiration]

Shit. Maybe its just me but Im reading what they say Kanye said but when I listen to the audio - it is taken out of context. Don't get me wrong he is a nutcase and a genius and a diva wrapped up in one. He is.

BUT he was bitching about how he is treated and the respect he feels he should get - every artist does that to some point or another and when he says Escobar, Picasso, Apostle Paul, Kubrick he is clearly equating himself to them because at the end he said Ye - putting himself after a line of influential people. The 50 percent thing is shit talking, compared to the normal joe schmoe he considers himself more influential in life than them JUST as influential as Escobar, Kubrick, Picasso - people he looks up to and considers genius.

Taylor Swift was always a pure talent - fake or not, if she never crossed paths with Kanye she would still be where she is. He is butt hurt over petty shit she said at the same time he was having a bad day. Cant feud with a white girl in the national spotlight Ye, even Trump got shit for doing that. Let it ride.

He cant walk those other statement back though and somebody in his camp need to police his twitter so he cant tweet bullshit for awhile.

Take your ball and go home son. Take some time to be with yourself. We'll see you later.
oNE

He's no genius.