Kanye - Just SHUT UP

Kanye West continues to address his heterosexuality, in an interview with the UK's Manchester Evening News:

"Speaking out against hip-hop homophobia, some people were like 'Oh, Kanye must be gay! Look at the way he's dressing! And why would he speak about it? He's a gay rapper'," he notes. "And my whole point is, I wouldn't have spoke on that if I was gay or if I was in the closet. I would have stayed so far away from it. And I'm still homophobic myself to certain extent. You know, I wouldn't go to a gay parade and feel comfortable. I wouldn't ever to a gay club or something and just be chillin' and grab a drink. It's being in the entertainment world, I meet so many different gay people who are actually nice people. Where I came from, Chicago, being black and being a hip-hop artist, we used to really disrespect gay people. And the thing is, we can't get close to them with a 10-foot pole. And I realised, 'wow, how ignorant has this been?'"

Kanye West: The Big Interview [manchester evening news]

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Questionable QUOTES: Kanye West

"Only white people and older black people say 'bling' now. If a white person uses slang too early, then that makes them look like a wigger. But if black people use slang too late, then it makes them look like a wigger."

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Birthday ALARM

Rapper Kanye West is 29.

Comedian-talk show host Joan Rivers is 74.
Singer Nancy Sinatra is 67.
"Dilbert" cartoonist Scott Adams is 50.
Actor-director Keenan Ivory Wayans is 49.
Actress Julianna Margulies is 40.
Actor Dan Futterman is 40.
Actor David Sutcliffe ("Gilmore Girls") is 38.
Actress Kelli Williams ("The Practice") is 37.
Actor Mark Feuerstein ("West Wing") is 36.
Guitarist Mike Scheuchzer of MercyMe is 32.

FUN FACT: On this day in 1984, homosexuality was declared not a crime in the state of New South Wales, Australia.