Here is a grainy version of Kanye West covering popular French Magazine “Libération Next”. The magazine has dubbed the international star ‘Nouveau roi de la pop’ (The New King of Pop).
A couple of months ago the internet went wild with rumors that West had claimed the title after Micheal Jackson’s tragic death, but he recently shot down those rumors in his blog saying:
I WAS JUST LISTENING TO WENDY WILLIAMS AND HEARD SOME QUOTE ABOUT ME SAYING I’M THE NEW KING OF POP. NOT ONLY DID I NOT SAY THAT, I HAVEN’T SAID ANYTHING. IT MAKES ME FEEL BAD THAT OBVIOUSLY I MADE PEOPLE FEEL THAT I WOULD BE CORNY ENOUGH TO SAY SOMETHING SO WHACK AFTER THE PASSING OF AN IDOL, A LEGEND AND MORE THAN THAT A HUMAN BEING WITH FEELINGS AND FAMILY. IT SCARES ME TO THINK WHAT PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE, WITHOUT EVEN A SOURCE. ANY RANDOM PERSON CAN TYPE SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET AND THEN THE WORLD BELIEVES IT. I DON’T TALK TO PRESS OR DO TV OR DO PROMOTIONS OF ANY SORT. I’VE STOPPED CHASING AND BUYING INTO FAME. FAME IS LIKE CIGARETTES WITH NO SURGEON GENERAL WARNING. IT DESTROYS MOST PEOPLE AS IT DID TO THE TRUE AND ONLY KING OF POP. WE EXPLOIT OURSELVES AND EAT OUR OWN EGOS ‘TILL THERE IS NOTHING LEFT. I HAVE A FEELING THAT THIS WON’T BE THE LAST FALSE STATEMENT WITH MY NAME ON IT, BUT THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME I DEFEND MYSELF. I’M DONE.
If you can read French you can check out the article and more photos at the mag’s official website.
I’m French. but french journalist don’t know the music. To them “Chris brown” is the new 2pac so…
Ye!? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY??????????????????????????????
See that’s why I like Kanye! Thumps up!!
—-Lol, Kanye has always be “different”, I dunno if I’d dub him the ‘New King of Pop’.
—-As for the rumor, the most disturbing thing is that the quote is believable. His ego
—-is so big that people can actually believe that he’d say something as narcissistic
—-as that.
Keep your shirt on!!
That’s why I love him!
And lmto at #1
Well said Kanye!
he could blow my back out…hot pix
Uhh….if he isn’t chasing fame and will not do press. Why did he pose for the cover of a French magazine?
*scratches head*
I really respect Kanye for his reaction plus hes one of the best rappers in the game I believe. And it also helps thats unlike most, hes actually articulate.
LOL! GET IT KANYE!
he is so ugly! makes my skin crawl………………….
Dang boo I see you been in gym kanye, ha ha Amber got you changing up that’s cool. Cus he did look nice in that Keri Video make love joint. Gla dto know ur learning to be humble.
Kanye goes hard point,blank, and period
For some reason this made me laugh…LMAO.
he is so zesty
homeboy been’s working out!
He looks really good!! He looks like a man not a idol.
Whateva kanye, you’re always chasing fame. U cant chase fame all your career, get it (& all the crap that comes with), then start protesting you don’t want it! I used to find him sexy, but in recent years he’s ticked me off.
His body looks better than last year.
Love me some Kanye, yummie ..
ill… he lloks HOMO…@ ANON I feel u …..he is soooooo annoying. He does have talent, but I don’t like em @ all.
lol he” looks homo”
Yum!
I’m not feeling the cover, but why now the change of heart in the article?
Kanye didn’t know you had all that…..yum, sexual chocolate!
Um, I’m on the fence about this one. Hugh…..well Kanye, understand that people will easily believe statements like that considering statements you’ve made in the past. Anyway, the response to that “false” statement was on point though.
Perhaps Beyonce and Jay should read this excerpt.. I think it fits them perfectly with their so called “brand”
I remembered him having a sort of flabby chest with mini man boobs, and you know he likes to get his way, this pic was photoshopped to make it seem like he has a chest.
Kanye, put your clothes back on.
CREEPY!!!!
This is not what I wanted to see before breakfast.
Dude is so…..YUCK.
MY EYES!
OMG. All I can say is thank you so much Kanye. Thank you so much for show that beautiful body. Thank you.
EW lmao. that’s all.. i heart ye – well am amused by him — but he look ashy and crusty. lmao writing him a ticket for jail, and to collect some babyoil on his chest.. do not pass go.
Lmao at if you can read French, yeah he is no where near the King of Pop, in fact no one is. I am starting to see that Kanye’s ego is settling down. So hey good job Amber.
He got some nerve. “I’m the new King Of Pop” “I would never say such a thing” “So, I’m in this ‘King Of Pop’ magazine spread”. The nerve!
*Google search: French translation…*
Maybe if he didn’t have a long history of saying outrageous and ignorant comments out of the ordinary, then maybe he wouldn’t be on the backburner for that comment. That’s why people believed that he said that. So now he is actually kinda scared finally, cause that King of Pop comment was going to slowly kill his career. This will teach him to be more humble, respectable, and stop acting like a 4 year old at award shows when you win 3 awards instead of all 8 you were nominated for. There are a lot of artists out there that have been around 3 times his time, are more talented than he is, and still don’t have one grammy. He has a lot to be thankful for, regular people like us have to work 9-5 just for chump change to buy your albums. His privileged lifestyle can all be gone within the blink of an eye due to one slight mistake. That is the scary part about fame. Smarten up Kanye.
@ 36.. I co-sign to an extent
If he were humble from day 1 and didn’t spaz out at award shows, nobody would’ve believed the comment. BUT knowing his history of arrogance made it very easy to believe that’s something he said.
@35 you cant be that stupid…really
the artists don’t title the article, they take their pics, do the interview and the rest is done by the journalists
YUCK! He isn’t attractive with his clothes on-muchless off.
HIS BIG EGO got spanked…He couldn’t take THAT HEAT hahaha…
Yuck! He looks disgusting!!! He should keep his clothes on and stick to rapping and popping X!!!!! Yuck!!!
what up ye-i see that a$$ polking out on cover-nice!!!
kinda sexy kanye!!
The word sexy and this man will never exist in the same universe no in an alternate twilight one. with that being said he still looks like a 70yr old male on roids, this Kangay please put your shirt back on, there is no need to terrorize the public, your delusional ramblings of grandur is more than we can bare. we don’t need to soak our eyeballs in bleach, if this is your way of leading up to nude photos with your bald headed, no talent alien looking chick, I vote no!! make that hell no!!!
Nice tits (pecks)
I think he looks like Hitler on the cover. I dont know, its the mustache. God, I swear I hate when men wear mustaches. Its pisses me off, badly. Oh well.
Wowww it’s so weird to see Kanye trying to be sexy. ((Sings in Kanye voice)) “Now Puuuuuutttt OOOOooooooon……..yo damn shirt. lmao. I know I’m corny.
he looks kinda good…..
Umm CL is late with that statement. Kanye said he did not say that awhile ago. Don’t turn into MTO being late about stuff. Check the blog date when he wrote that.
——Seems like he realized that he said somethin’ that was a little too big for his
——britches. I believe that he said it but attempted to retract because it’s not
——conducive to the image he is trying to portray. There’s a thin line between
——confident and crass. He wants to be what Michael Jackson was and knows that
——his death leaves a spot to fill. In their world, it’s all about how much fame one
——can accrue, and they’ll slit whoever’s throat needs to be slit (proverbially or
——literally) to get that spot. Not one of these people are saddened by Michael
——Jackson’s death, and most of them knew how the situation would transpire before
——it did. These artists conjure so many demons and spirits that he may not even
——remember saying it.
@JUDAH, ok these celebrities are all under MK Ultra Mind Control, Taught to think in multiple personalities.Wow Kanye has alot of them.He looks evil to me, all those demon spirits takes it soul.Just like Beyonce in Beautiful Nightmare there was 3 of her, the list goes on.This guy is truley a closet gay like most of them,as i mentioned that love lockdown came on the radio, the video that expose this guy gay side.exspecially the lyrics.What they dont understand is that Music died with MJ.They all trying to recieve the amount of fame and effect he had.After they sacrificed MJ ofr fame, the music industry is died.
Hot! And I don’t understand how he’s had to repeatedly make this statement and people still say… “I wouldn’t call him no KING OF POP…” – ummmmmm…
Alright now Kanye…I like what he had to say. I am impressed at how he handled that one. Don’t care at all for cover pic, but love the ones with him in the suit.
Loving these pictures of Kanye…he looks good. I’m glad he released a statement tho…a verbal beatdown.
@#10: word. i thought the same.
its true what he said
but why he posin like that then?
he looks so sexy..
and that quote was like 2 months ago
can ya’ll read?
CL knows when it was posted…it says A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WHEN RUMORS WERE FLYING…
people…read before you try to say someone’s late.
Plus CL posted on it when it DID happen.
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IT IS SOME IGNORANT BISHES UP HERE, KANYE IS FINE AS A MOFO’ER, OKKKKKKKKKKKKKK……KEEP UR SHIRT OFF BOO. YET THESE THE SAME HOES THAT SWEAR OUT GABE IS SO FINE, WITH THAT LONG AZZ ANTEATER NOSE. WE R SO FUGGED UP AS A RACE, IT IS A SHAME. DOWN A SISTAH OR A BROTHA QUICK, UPLIFT A CRACKA IN A HEARTBEAT.