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July 07, 2008
Kanye West to take anger management class...'his temper has driven away a number of longtime friends'
A West insider tells me the entertainer’s own management team dreamed up the idea, for two reasons: to help his personal psychological well-being and relationship with friends—and to aid in him snaring lucrative endorsement deals.
Reportedly two major corporations (a cosmetics/fragrance firm and an automotive manufacturer) are interested in Kanye as a spokesman, but worried about “how easy he’ll be to work with.”
On the personal front, the source says, “Not only has Kanye estranged himself from some pretty important people in the music business, but his temper has driven away a number of longtime friends.”
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We at Doritos are so happy that Kanye West will take classes to learn how to stop whining about his knees hurting after his rap concerts so that we can make him the right offer to smile on TV with his hands inside the bags of our nutritious products.
sucka!!!!
His management team is very smart! I love that Kanye is going to be a cosmetics spokesperson. I want to smell like him. I bet he smells nice. What a talent!
Sounds like he needs more grief counseling. I lost my mom four years ago and I still act like a shit head sometimes. It sucks.
wouldn't it be sweet to hear that some big honcho at coke or pepsi or something said" FUCK KANYE WEST for 70 MILLION!!!...i just got off the phone with Biz Markie,Busy Bee,Kool Moe Dee KRS-One Sugar Hill Gang,Bambaataa to do 10 spots for a million each!!!! Pay the folks who built the bridge instead of giving them bullshit reality shows and stop paying these bs biters...he has bit it all...lyrics, beats, and the nasty 1983 high school look...he does not move me in the least...he delivers like he has to shit or better yet hold it...he has the gift of stealing...KANYE your a thief!!!!
I think Kanye should endorse depends diapers for adults. He's too full of him self and his music is complete shit. It would be a perfect fit.
he's an artist. he should be difficult to work with. that's his job. shake shit up. those companies that are worried about his behavior like to think they are in charge because they are dangling the carrot. sorry motherfuckers the artists are in charge. especially the ones that don't sell out to the highest bidder. the ones that aren't owned. the ones that tell it like it is. i know it's shocking but there are some people out here that don't bend over and take it in the ass for the almighty buck. all the big companies can suck my mother fucking dick!
COMON NOW HOW YOU GONNA BE DISSIN ON THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE UNIVERSE??!??? THIS IS ABOUT TO MAKE ME SO MAD I GONNA BREAK MY DAMN APPLE MACBOOK AIR! YOU THINK YOU ARE THE HATER BUT YOU WRONG CAUSE I HATE YOU AND THAT MAKES US LIKE SIAMESE TWINS BUT NOT REALLY CAUSE I BE NUMBER 1!!!!!!!
ha, in this case, maybe it's time to give ben sollee the attention he deserves for dissing kanye:
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles...
If you really care about Kanye, you're a sucka.
If you think Kanye is incredible because he's #1, remember Vanilla Ice was #1 once as well.
Fuck Kanye , his XXX-large ego and his anger issues.
he would be the worst spokesperson to work with. his ego, his ego, and oh yes...his ego. his tech writer is probably a disaster and would only add to the nightmare. short man's complex at it's finest. i think he wants to be the new tom cruise.
Fuck this racist piece of shit.
gud luck bud