What’s up Kanye,
This is your boy, Leon!
Ok. So I’m not really your boy. Let me stop faking like we actually know each other personally. Allow me to formally introduce myself. I am the greatest thing to happen to writing since Shakespeare. Hemingway shot himself because he heard that I was coming along to steal his thunder. I should have been a prophet! I could have written the gospel better than Matthew, Mark, Paul, Luke, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and the rest of them biblical n*ggas. I AM literature!!! F*CK A STEPHEN KING! F*CK A DAN BROWN! WHERE’S MY NOBEL PRIZE?!
Sound familiar? That’s basically how you sound when you start off on one of your little tirades like the one at the European MTV Awards. That feeling of “Who the hell does this guy think he is?” is the same feeling that most of us get when you go off the deep end. To your credit, I must admit this: Your most recent tirade was hilarious. VERY funny stuff. Take a look at the video one more time and pay close attention:
*edit* YouTube removed the originl clip. It can be seen on this page somewhere.
Not even the crepe-eating French announcing team could believe their ears! Even Timbaland stepped back with a look on his face that said “I don’t want anything to do with this fool right here!”
Mr. West, there is nothing wrong with having confidence. I’d even go so far as to say that arrogance can be a good thing when used to fuel your dreams. You are a prefect example of that.
You are also a perfect example of how believing your own hype can make you appear to be a jackass. I mean come on now…bum-rushing the stage over a MTV Europe award?! Who really gives a damn? You’re a multiplatinum selling rapper and one of the most sought-after producers in the game. Does it really matter if the same people who buy David Hasselhoff and Kylie Minogue albums give you an award?
For that matter, stop crying about US awards, too. Your success is undeniable. You don’t need any statues to validate anything. You already have the cash, the platinum albums and the groupies. That’s more than enough proof for me. As a matter of fact, lemme BORROW some of your cash and groupies. Well, you’ll get the cash back with interest. The groupies might not be in the same condition after getting their woman parts stretched out and worked overtime, but I’m sure you’ve got enough to hold you over while the ones I borrowed let the rugburn on their knees heal.
I don’t want you to stop speaking your mind. I like that about you. I think it’s safe to say that George Bush wouldn’t want me anywhere near his daughters, so I’m with you on your opinion of him, too. I would just like to kindly suggest that you THINK before you SPEAK a little more. All I know is, as long as you keep writing creative lyrics, using clever samples and making enjoyable music, I’ll support you. I’ll ignore everything you say when you’re not performing, but I’ll support the music.
So if you get anything from this letter, let it be the part in bold:
KANYE, STOP CRYING LIKE A B*TCH WHEN THINGS DON’T GO YOUR WAY! EVERYBODY IS NOT GOING TO KISS YOUR ASS ALL THE GOTDAMNED TIME!
Respectfully,
ListenToLeon
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“You are also a perfect example of how believing your own hype can make you appear to be a jackass. “
Appear? I think we’ve established he is, in actuality, a jackass. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
He is such a punk ass bitch.
Ahh, what a refreshing post. I too think Kanye blows me (and not in the good way) everytime he opens his mouth. I posted on this a while back.
Check it out http://raisemyhand.blogspot.com/2006/01/can-kanye-shut-hell-up.html
P.S. your sarcasm is duly appreciated homeboy :=)
some people just don’t know when to shut the f*ck up – dayum kanye.
leon, would you mind if i emailed this post to roc-a-fella?
i love kanye, but this shyt is gettin outta hand.
Kanye is wack. next..
sidenote: hustleman is sent an email asking about the hotspots in dc, and all i got back was silence,
(aka no response)
Wassup wit dat B?
dude acts like a little kid everytime he doesn’t win… why don’t he donate a million dollars to IAMWAYIF (I’m a mail with a yest infection fund) which he is president of… music is crack his attitude is corny.
edit male and yeast-
he is such a freakin cry baby, i could not belive a grown ass man got up on stage in front of some other folks and interupted them to bitch and moan like that. AND let me have been the person who’s award it was, i woulda fought his disrespectful ass over the mic, or atleast started talking over his ass. that was their time. fuck that LMAO
This just reafirms that fact that wanna slap that LV man purse right off his bitch ass!!!
Tight blog ima link you up
Kanye acts worser (not sure its a word.) than a child at toys r us who didn’t get their way…he needs to grow up already…I hope this letter was sent FEDEX overnight delivery!
It’s good to know that another country found his video just as boring as he is.
Well said. And, thank you Kanye, for embarassing our humble city once again.
Now that Youtube is all Google-owned, copywritten clips are pulled. So if anyone has a link to somewhere else I can see the madness, please send it to sister.toldja@gmail.com.
I did see that mind fuck of a video that won; I couldn’t sit through all of it, but there were a ton of special effects. I can see that it may be better suited for European “David Hasselhoff” watching audience (LMAO!). The fact that Kanye hadn’t even seen the video that the European audience deemed the best made him look like such the typical American asshole. How do you run up in someone else’s country and demand that your foreign video be proclaimed the best? That’s crazy. I’ve been in DC for over 4 years and still haven’t gotten my “Urrrea’s Finest” trophy, but you don’t see me whining. But that could be because the awards committee members all carry shanks….
what happened to the video… I really wanted to see it.
He needs to get off the tit and be a man……
FYI:I am teeter-totering bt level 3 and 4 :o
“Level 3: Everything keeps coming back to sex.”
Yeah I haven’t liked Ye much since he went all “50 Cent” on us. That “I’m the greatest, no one can touch what I am putting out.” attitude is really annoying. Arrogance is one thing, but dude is just annoying. Talented, but annoying.
u know i aint gunna lie..i LIKE alot of kaynes music..but the attitude…pffft that fool DEFINES cocky..even tho he is sexy and confidence does make a person look more appealin..this fool takes it to a new level to where id jus wanna hit it n never talk 2 the jackass again…but yeah u had me laughin n after a bad day..i really needed it…thanx leon..u are indeed gods gift to ovaries ;-P
You can still view the video on TMZ’s site.
http://us.video.aol.com/video.full.adp?mode=0&pmmsid=1759058&restartUrl=http%3a%2f%2fus%2evideo%2eaol%2ecom%2fvideo%2eindex%2eadp%3fmode%3d1%26pmmsid%3d1759058&mode=1
If that direct link doesn’t work, go through the story: http://wwww.tmz.com/2006/11/03/kanye-to-mtv-you-suck/
Someone hand this fool some Kleenex! He reminds me of T.O. crying all the time. Man up nigga!
Leon I love your open letters!!
Thanks Baybb for posting the link. Now that I seen it with my own eyes…..am I the only one who thinks this was staged? He didn’t seem genuinely pissed. Maybe drunk or high, as well.
You would think that after almost dying, he would learn to savor every moment and to rejoice in every blessing he has ben given instead of wanting EVERYTHING. ASSHOLE.
Yeah Kayne is sometimes off the deep end but I love his bluntness just as I love Terrell Owen foolishness…without people like that I wouldn’t be entertained…and hell if I was famous and could annoy the hell out of people and still sell records or be the best at my job (or close to it)…I’d be a foolish asshole too.
Even people in other countries could see that his video sucked. I only hope one day he’ll realize it as well.
Preach!! LOL…
Chi~
Kanye needs to stop acting like a cry baby bitch. Someone give him a bottle.
What you didn’t know…bitch ass ni99as are taking over the world!!!
Couldn’t agree more. Kanye is a very talented guy, but not exactly Mr. Personality. But that’s cool. I don’t have to want to hang out with every talented rapper/producer I nod my head to.