By: Amanda Anderson-Niles
Kanye West is known for being controversial on stage and even with his music, but Kanye seems to shock people more these days when it comes to what he says in his interviews. In his most recent interview with BBC Radio 1, Kanye made some very bold claims and even said he believes he is the number one rock star in the world. He also said that rappers are the new rock stars:
“Rap is the new rock ‘n’ roll. We the new rock stars, and I’m the biggest of all of them. I’m the No. 1 rock star on the planet.”
To no surprise, some rockers are not happy about Kanye’s comments and The Cult frontman Astbury ripped him to shreds for it in his interview with London Evening Standard. Astbury says:
“Kanye, I admire him greatly as an artist. He is young, has a great sense of style but he obviously feels like he is not being heard. If you look at David Bowie, you never read an interview where he talks about what he’s going to do. He just does it.
“I’ve seen the guy perform — he just stands still. Get your hands off the trophy until you’ve earned it.”
Astbury then goes on to say that he feels Kanye and other artists should worry less about accolades and more about helping others considering they are wealthy and in the limelight:
“It’s not about the accolades — you’re a service. You’re not about your accoutrements — your legacy is being a service. If I have a little bit more than someone, I’m going to try and pull that brother or sister up. A lot of these successful stars now, once their helicopter has left they pull the ladder up.”
LOL he better stop before Kanye comes for him on Twitter.
I agree with him to some extent. Kanye needs to start letting his work speak for itself instead of talking about how great he is all the time. That’s what the real greats do.
Wow. Kanye is not going to like this. lol
Kanye can call himself whatever he wants to. Never heard of this guy because I don’t listen to rock but he sounds jealous.
Twitter rant in 5, 4, 3…
I completely agree with all this guy said. Kanye’s arrogance is really starting to rub a lot of people the wrong way. He’s always been arrogant, but at least back in the day the music was good so people tolerated it.
Cosign all of this!
Now Kanye is going to come after this man. Smh.
Thank you! Kanye is so full of himself it’s annoying! He’s let his ego get in the way of his music and it’s about time people started calling him out.
Kanye annoys me but I can’t say I’m okay with this guy calling him out. Kanye’s whole point was that rap has become such a big genre and a staple of American culture that rappers have become the new rockstars. And he’s right. If you go a rap concert nowadays most of the time the audience is very diverse. Times have changed. This guy needs to have several seats because he missed Kanye’s whole point.
If Kanye was white, would this guy say these things? I doubt it.