Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central‘s The Colbert Report, is
attempting to humble Chicago rapper Kanye West in a mission Colbert has
dubbed “Operation Humble Kanye.”
Along with Kanye‘s recent antics, Colbert seemed somewhat bothered by the fact that Kanye‘s new album 808’s & Heartbreak [click to read] has reached the number one spot on iTunes while Colbert‘s latest album A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All has only managed to reach the number 15 spot.
Colbert even went on to shoot down Kanye‘s remarks on being the “voice of this generation.”
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“With
all the auto-tuning on your records, you’re barely the voice of your
own albums,” Colbert explained. “You want to be the voice of a
generation? Get in line. It goes me, Obama Girl, the freecreditreport.comguys – then it’s a tie between you and Crocs.“
The only response to Colbert‘s remarks made by Kanye appear on his
Twitter page where his headline reads, “Who the fuck is Stephen
Colbert?”
808’s & Heartbreak was released last Monday and the albums first single, “Love Lockdown” has gone on to sell over 1.3 million downloads on iTunes.
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UPDATE: On his blog, Kanye West has dismissed the response from the Twitter account was in fact a fake.
On Thursday, through Colbert‘s viewer encouragement, the comedian and conservative talk show host pushed past Kanye West‘s album to #3, after Britney Spears and Akon respectively.
