Kanye West is fighting mad, but this time it’s over “how they did [him] at the Today Show,” and the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy rapper’s weapon of choice is Twitter. Yeezy sat down for an interview with Matt Lauer to, as he tweeted last night, “express how I was empathetic to Bush because I labeled him a racist and years later I got labeled as a racist.” But things didn’t quite go as West would have liked.
Kanye was referring to the flak he received after the talked-about-to-death 2009 MTV VMAs Taylor Swift interruption—something, according to West, the Today Show decided to dredge up visually while he was speaking. (His full interview has yet to air on the morning program.)
“While I was trying to give the interview they started playing the ‘MTV’ under me with audio!!!!!!!” Kanye tweeted. He then added, “I don’t mess with Matt Lauer or the Today Show … and that’s a very nice way for me to put it!”
West’s rants spanned through a further series of tweets, which found him alluding to the fact that Matt Lauer attempted to stage the G.O.O.D. Friday MC’s reactions to the questions. “He played clips of Bush and asked me to look at his face while I was trying to talk to him,” he wrote.
Here’s more:
“HE TRIED TO FORCE MY ANSWERS. IT WAS VERY BRUTAL AND I CAME THERE WITH ONLY POSITIVE INTENT… I feel very alone very used very tortured very forced very misunderstood very hollow very very misused… I don’t trust anyone but myself! Everyone has an agenda. I don’t do press anymore. I can’t be everything to everybody anymore… I can’t be everybody’s hero and villain savior and sinner Christian and anti Christ!… I can’t take anymore advice!!! I create, I’m creative, I have a good heart, everyone will see and understand one day.”
In the end, he capped things by cryptically tweeting, “Everything sounds like noise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYTHING SOUNDS LIKE NOISE!!!!!!! I don’t trust anyone!”
Here’s a small portion of Kanye’s Today Show sitdown, which was aired when Lauer spoke to George Bush.
We’ll have to wait and see how it all plays out when Yeezy’s full Today Show interview runs. And when it does, if things went down as West says, one thing’s for sure—it might be someone else other than Kanye, for a change, who’s under scrutiny.
“Yo I really wonder if Matt Lauer thought that shit was cool to play the ‘MTV’ clip while I was speaking about Bush?” West tweeted toward the end of his rant. “This is rock and roll life my people… you can’t stop the truth you can’t stop the music and I have to be strong or ‘they’ win!!!!”
Full interview with Kanye West airs TOMORROW on NBC’s Today Show! Should be interesting. Either way his new album is definitely the must-buy album of the year.
Thanks for the update! Looking forward to tomorrow morning…
Anybody else notice Bush calling Kanye `Conway` like 3 times. ha ha ha LMAO
Kaney West is out of control since his mother died.That incident has really derailed his life.Kanye’s mother seems to have been the control in his life.Once she was gone,the poor,misunderstood Kanye West went off the deep end.THe lowest and most deplorable act was putting his “penis” on the internet.REEEEEALLY.The poor man is really shouting for attention and using the most extreme ways to trying to get it.Where arev his freiends?.Does he has any?.Somebody gives this guy the attention and friendly love he so hard is shouting for and reeeeeeally needs.Can’t people understand from where this man is coming from?.HE NEEDS HELP.
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Matt Lauer is the WORST interviewer, while interviewing our wonderful President Bush, Matt would just stare at him, seemed to be angered. I don’t know how he stillhas a jost. Worst ever! Weet needs to get a “grip” and get rid of the anger…..He’s a great artist but needs to control his inner self. Matt Lauer should just go away…He is NOT helping NBC.