During the fourth installment of Kanye West’s BBC Radio 1 interview, the rapper-producer spoke about paparazzi issues and his admiration for Kendrick Lamar, a rapper who is going on tour with him for their upcoming “Yeezus Tour.”
“I’m just looking forward to the opportunity to speak to this brother as much as possible,” West said of Lamar in his interview with BBC Radio 1. “Those conversations is gonna be more than everything I said right here ’cause he’s one of our future messengers and I’ma give him them jewels.”
West and Lamar are set to begin their “Yeezus Tour” October 19 in Seattle, Washington. The tour is scheduled to conclude December 7 in Houston, Texas.
Kanye West Says Paparazzi Photography Should Be Legalized
During the interview, West also expressed his dissatisfaction with the paparazzi industry.
“Dopeness is what I like the most,” Kanye West said. “People who want to make things as dope as possible and by default make money from it. The thing I like the least are people who only want to make money from things whether they’re dope or not and especially making money at making things as least dope as possible.
“Photography used to be a sexy profession,” West added. “It was like being a ball player, like a rapper or like a venture capitalist or something like that. They used to get all the girls and everything…[Paparazzi] completely changed what photography is supposed to mean. [It’s the] same as how there are plenty of musicians that have sold the fuck out and changed the art of music, where people don’t hold that to the highest level of genius anymore, meaning like, if there’s a high level visual artist or clothing artist, they’ll be held at a higher level of genius points than a musician because the things in music that are selling the most are the least inspired for the most part and the least genius. So, it confuses things. So I take that to paparazzi.
“Paparazzi is not even a necessary evil,” West continued. “It just needs to be legalized…[Give it] publishing because they’re selling our image and they’re selling it in a bad way.”
West was asked if he was more upset that his images were being sold or that they were being photographed in a bad way.
“In a bad way and I’m not getting paid for it,” West said. “I want the dopeness and the money. I’m changing things for my daughter. I’ma tell my daughter, by the time she understands what it was, ‘Man, me and your mother were in a completely different situation than you’re in. At that time, paparazzi wasn’t legal, people could take pictures, people could climb over your fence and you wouldn’t even get paid for it.’ You see all these checks you’re getting at age 6 ’cause people taking your picture? You don’t have to worry about a thing again just because people want to take your picture and I made that happen, [North].’ That’s what I’m gonna tell her.”
West has had legal issues with paparazzi photographers. For instance, on September 14, it was reported that Kanye West was charged with battery and attempted grand theft after an altercation with paparazzi in Los Angeles, according to TMZ.
Kanye West has also addressed his issues with paparazzi by comparing them to high school bullies.
“It’s hard to smile when you know that people…are around you only to make money off of you,” Kanye said in August. “If you’re around people that are only there to make money off of you, you already feel like, ‘Wait a second, these aren’t your friends.’ So, if you’re around your friends, your friends make you smile. If you’re around someone—like think about if when you were in high school. If there was someone that came up to you every day to take your money. To get in your pocket. There’s nothing they can say to you that makes it better. It’s almost worse when they say something positive.
“The thing that makes me more happy than anything is to not see them,” West continued. “So, if you see them obviously I’m not gonna smile. And it becomes a bit of like an emotional bullying. Someone taunting you as you’re getting on an airplane or taunting you as you’re just going to get yogurt.”
Kanye West’s interview with BBC Radio 1 has been divided into four parts. The first focused on Yeezus and his status as a rockstar. The second installment focused on West’s business endeavors and his hopes for creating the world’s first trillion dollar company. The third part featured West discussing artistic limitations and his work with Jay Z.
The fourth part of Kanye West’s interview with BBC Radio 1 can be seen below.
This series of interviews has also been the focus of a Jimmy Kimmel spoof. West posted a series of tweets about the subject yesterday (September 26), insulting Kimmel. The talk show host then made more jokes about the topic on his program.
All these celebrities act like bitches all these muthfuckas rich as hell with no real shit to worry about so they sit here and argue over petty shit.
as far as the paparazzi nigga thats the price of being rich it comes with the territory you dont complain about the millions so dont complain about the photos.
if I had the bread Kanye has and my only problem is niggas trying to take photos nigga snap away
To the dude above. shut up.. thank you
kanye a faggot
LOL at the gay ass picture of him w/Kendrick.
When are you two Anonymous’ guys going to fuck and get this sexual tension over with?
kanye forgets that’s “free publicity” if they had to pay to take his pic then he would get no press then he will be cryin about that lol!
6:18, Zane finally realizes how quick he has to talk in an interview with this
kid
Run Kendrick, don’t even look back, just run from this lunatic
Yeah, a lunatic that has good advice about business and music. Advice about how to act towards the media? No.
Gucci Mane = realest rapper ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
– T.I. snitch to the feds
– Young Jeezy was never bmf
– 50 Cent snitch and was never in jail but a youthcamp
– Game was never a banger but lived the life of his brother in his lyrics
– Nas Escobar never sold drugs
– Ice Cube never was a gangbanger
– Dr Dre never was a gangbanger
– 2pac was a ballerina and never sold drugs after he become famous he was doing some stupid stuff like beating and shooting at people because he though he could get away with it. Without Suge Knight 2pac was just a skinny motherfucker. Oh and i like his music so fuck you.
– Mobb deep are the biggiest pussies in rap they are short as midgets and keep talking this g shit but never did g shit.
if i was Brotha Lynch Hung i would cut you!
That has to be the dumbest train of thought ever uttered by a rapper. Being a paparrazi is a job. They can do just about anything short of trespassing and there’s nothing these spoiled stars can do about it. Why should Kanye get a check because someone took a picture of him? Is he going to start charging fans for taking pictures of him on their cellphones? Mo money, mo attitude.
Being a paparazzi is for dudes that either failed out of college or can’t find a job with their photography degree. It’s not a real job, your just a scumbag that sits outside of clubs/houses/anywhere celebrities are at. Celebrities do act entitled as fuck, but Paps are pieces of shit also.
These paps probably make more than most photographers though so why wouldn’t they follow the paper? They got kids to feed to. Not everyone can photograph famous rappers and models for millions. Shit it beats shooting weddings and birthday parties.
They don’t get that much money, if they get something exclusive, like a first look at a newborn kid or a famous celebrity leaving an abortion clinic or some shit, but they’re not getting payed much. They sit outside of clubs and shit and get the same pic as the fag sitting next him that’s doing the same shit.
If it didn’t pay they wouldnt be doing it. No one really wants to be outside some fuck niggas house at 4am away from their own homes and families but they gotta earn that money just like everyone else
Bullshit. Its some form of money but you’re not getting a phenomenal amount of money from it. If you’re really trying to justify why the fuck boys are sitting outside a house at 4, it’s because these faggots are trying to see if they can get a reaction out of him because of the Kimmel incident. They got what they wanted, and they probably raced each other to TMZ to see who could get their first and grab the cash. Once again, it’s not a real job, its for people who either highschool grads, or people that can’t find work.
Being a prostitute and being a pap are on the same level.
what about kim kardashian? shes worse than a prostitute in my eyes
She doesn’t contribute anything that interests me, other than her looks. Nobody gives two shits about her, you’re just looking for ways to hate on something.
slave to materialism
west is going hyperbolic his music was honest and clean when it was still backpack. now he comes with this erratic sound and bland lunatic lyrics. saying we all slaves and he is a victim go donate some cash to africa instead of spending millions on yr baby shower
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kanye is the ultimate troll
TREL -LIVE YA LIFE
THIS REAL LYRICS -LISTSEN TO THE LYRICS
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Checkout thegrandreport, they got some good videos on there too
WHY IS HE TALKING WHITE
Please explain how the f#@k you sound like a colour?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGuLdF20250
well shihyme never tryed to chase water falls
deust juice
“Being a paparazzi is for dudes that either failed out of college or can’t find a job with their photography degree. It’s not a real job”
I guess you don’t like bartenders or telemarketers either. The right shots can earn them alot of money. Of course they’re sharks, but would you prefer they sell drugs all day?
Yeah it beats going on welfare or locking niggas up like Ross for 20k a year LMAO
I like bartenders, but who the fuck likes telemarketers? So wait, you’re saying that if you don’t become a pap then you become a drug dealer? haha that’s fucking stupid.
no he said its better than being a drug dealer
So out of the three of you that are talking positively about them, you must know a paparazzi or be one, because they are talentless wastes of life.
I dont know any of them and dont live anywhere near where they would be but I just think hes over reacting. Big fucking deal nigga. If he wanted to avoid them its not that hard.
Yeah and you’re going out of your way to defend them.
Why the hell does he sound like that?
Cheques*
90% of all of yall these comments are ignorant, uneducated, and judgmental. Live and Let Live people
i can see Kendrick acting exactly how Kanye is now in ten years.
Nah.
when College Dropout came out about ten years ago i sure as hell didnt think kanye would end up being as huge a douche as he is now either. Kendrick is getting more attention then he deserves too fast just like kanye was and i think its gonna go to his head. also GKMC
Kanye has always been a douche, and I say that as a fan, it’s him. He knows he’s an asshole. In case you haven’t noticed, 99% of the rap game are egotistical assholes. They all claim to be the best, have the best album, can do whatever the fuck they want, etc. I don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about, both of these dudes’ freshman efforts were fantastic, they deserved all the attention they got. So shut the fuck up.
Kanye West had the attitude from the beginning it just flourished more in the future. He had rants when he first came out. He was just more in control back then because of his mom, after his mom’s death everything went down hill in control.
GKMC>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>anything kanye has ever done
ihmo, you’re a dicksucking eminem stan, your opinions aren’t valid anywhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHVmKaQtMiU
Teaching K Dot what? How to be a fag? K dot’s learned it by himself thank you very much.
Wrong. Kanye will teach Kendrick how to be an evn better music artist like he is.
“and I’ma give him them jewels”…sounds kinda homoerotic.
You interpreted it that way, so that might make you a homo.
YES. ‘Ye will give game to K.Dot so he can reach the next level and Drake will become irrelevant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NU2kPh5_9w
well wer finding out kanye turns 7 today or is he really
thats wat im saying u can be 7 than 37 real fast lol
freddys wants to push kayne is some babby carriges
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/6kJJ8TEA5aI/mqdefault.jpg
Kanye suffers a bit from megalomania but still is a bit conscious
“up like Ross for 20k a year”
Did a C/O lock your brother up or something?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI-KjVLS6Uk
both these fools are gay
kdot already looks like a bitch. now kanye is gonna teach him how to act more like one
this emotion female trait of a man we call kanye needs to fuck off of Kdot.. we dont need kdot thinking like a bitch like kanye
How does Em’s dick tast? Faggot, remember when you cried when everybody hated Bezerk?
Haha I got to look through the comments for that.
I remember. That “honest opinion” got this young white kid contradicting himself.
DAMN you guys need to get some lives if you can remember a comment about berzerk from what like a month ago n i didnt even cry lmaooo i just said how do ppl not like real hiphop? i like it so i rly careless what some bums on HHDX got to say about my opinion lmao clowns
n if u actually took time out ur day to go back n find that comment..lmaooooooooo :’)
Haha tears were rushing down his face when he typed that response. Faggot Em stan.
lmao. your stupid bec if you really remember my posts you would know i like alot more than em loll
Sure you do, keep telling yourself that. Em stan trying to act like he likes other music when he just talks shit on every article.
“n I didn’t even cry”
The way you wrote that…it makes it seem like you cry regularly, but you didn’t cry in situation.,.
ihmo=true fag.
All of these Anonymouses are the true fags.
beyonce saying ‘in end of bow down. ‘yea i did that to pimp c and his cuzion’ well beyonce what did u do lol
WOW! This dude really is on something serious. WTF did money do to this piece of shit. He is so fuckin cocky and arrogant, it’s sickening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oai1V7kaFBk
What happened to this dude?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExH5VU5iq9Q
From listening to Rick Ross music I figured out that Rick Ross gotta be Biggie reincarnated. The music is .The style of being big fat and ugly and still show how their still a boss is. An the amount of hate biggie got B4 he passed away is is all most the same but Ross get more. Its just the internet shit got people thinking they know everything about everybody instead of enjoying music.
Bawse!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rockie Fresh whos signed to MMG said Ross and Biggie have nothing in common but their weight. Obesity and letting Diddy leach off them aside they have nothing in commin. Even the artists at MMG know that
this nigga wants to get paid for random pictures? dumb chicago fag
Someone who sends a smartphone image to a news channel gets a check. That’s a random person getting paid for a random picture sh!tbrain.
I’m getting tired of niggas acting like sambos for the white media like this clown kanye is talking about authenticy and the culture and advising our young people. nigga, you sing and dance in black face for money, we dont need niggas like giving advice to young talented brothers like kendrick lamar.
2 goats together
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“Someone who sends a smartphone image to a news channel gets a check”
So what. Doesn’t make it right for Kanye to want money from people taking pics of him. Maybe 2-100 pics are sold anyway, so what does he care?
If they’re using Kanye’s likeness to get paid then why shouldn’t he get something from it? Sounds like pure logic to me.
The dirtbags you’re siding with are the ones hiding behind walls in parking lots, sitting in bushes by the gate, looking through telescopic lenses 300ft away while he’s eating a salad, stalking the kids at school (California law forbids that now no celeb child stalking for pics), camping out at the airport.
The professionals get clearance and got pics for days at functions and private moments.
kendrick dont neeed advice from kanye
unless they on some college drop out shit
the supastars arnt making hiphop
…its underground
maddcity>yeezuz
and maddcity not evn good
I’d love to know what’s good to you if GKMC isn’t…
pro era better than black hippy
Is this supreme optimism or bat-shyte-crazy delusion? 1st amendment says the latter, but I’m sure every politician in Washington would love to control their story in the media.
Please Kanye after that terrible album Yeezus do NOT advise Kendrick on anything. Kendrick is a better MC, artist, and has consistently improved over time. Kanye has a few great albums (mostly due to production) but he’s not very good of an MC and Yeezus SUCKED.
…you’re a fucking moron.
yeah kdot is just as bad as kanye
kangay and analmars big gay tour in america
I want it the ass also.