Kanye West went on a uncensored rant against the fashion snobs who don’t like the fourth installment of his Yeezy collection with Adidas.
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The 39-year-old rapper, who is no stranger to spouting off, proved that he hasn’t changed during an interview with “W Magazine” published Thursday. (RELATED: Report: Kanye West Supports Donald Trump For President)
“I refuse people who write me off as some rich kid taking a hobby, fashion as a fucking hobby or a fashion plate,” West said when he was asked how he got into fashion. “How could you even dare to think that, that you’re on the same level of this, blah, blah, blah?”
“And the entire time, no one, um — very few people even knew that I have a fucking Ph.D. in art, you know? And not that that would even make the difference, but me saying that makes the difference to the exact people I’m talking to it’s, like, shut the fuck up.”
“I will fucking laser you with alien fucking eyes and explode your fucking head. Shut the fuck up – try to write a rap. Okay then. I made this fucking T-shirt, now shut up. And it cost me everything I had and I gave everything I had.”
The Kardashian family at West’s premiere of his third installment of Yeezy. (Photo: Getty Images)
But West didn’t stop there.
“I’m telling you the guy that hires people for Pinault to invest in through his family group, not even Kering, because obviously my shit wasn’t good enough to be supported by Kering, like Stella McCartney or something,” he continued.
“So they had this other fund, right? And that guy told me in a meeting – this is a guy who told me that there was no good American designers, first of all. And Calvin Klein is the first thing that I brought up to say, ‘What are you talking about?’ This guy looks at me and says, ‘Have you ever designed something that didn’t have your name on it?’ So basically, what he was trying to say is the only reason why people buy stuff from me is because it has my name on it. Well, you could take that two ways. I take it as a dis that you say that obviously none of my designs are good and they wouldn’t sell without my name. And I also take it as a – you fuck, it’s called a brand. That’s why it fucking works.”
“What is your definition of success? For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success. Doing things to the maximum….You know what’s my definition of success? Being able to be 39 years old, a black male, and articulate myself in this way and back it up. My definition of success is dropping a Charlie Sheen-level tweet and being like, ‘I am in debt and fuck you.’ Now what?” (RELATED: Kanye West Releases Shocking New Video Featuring ‘Naked’ Donald Trump, Taylor Swift And Caitlyn Jenner)