Rap-Up.com || Kanye West Calls Pap Incident ‘Self-Defense’

Kanye West has responded to claims that he attacked a “thirsty” paparazzo in England on Friday. In a lengthy post on his blog Saturday, ‘Ye explains his side of the story saying, “I put my hand up to the camera in self-defense.”

Responding to accusations that he physically assaulted the man, Kanye writes, “I didn’t assault him, but merely putting my hand up to cover his lens. My security yelled, ‘Get the camera off him.’ I guess in all the commotion the camera scraped his nose.”

The Chi-Town rapper admits to being placed in handcuffs and driven to the police station in Newcastle, England. The officers who arrested him were just following procedure even though they reportedly believed this to be a “publicity stunt” staged by the photographer.

He goes on to call for a law that requires someone to get permission before taking a photograph. Celebrity pictures taken with the intent to sell should be illegal in West’s opinion. “I am protecting my personal space since there are no laws to protect that for me,” he writes.

West doesn’t dislike all photographers though. “Paparazzi give real photographers a bad name. A picture is worth a thousand words, theirs are worth a thousand dollars.” He ends by asking, “Who’s winning, me or the media?”

Read his response in its entirety here.

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9 Comments

Katie
November 15th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
leave kanye alone ffs!!!
infact leave em all alone.. he’s right, there should be a law for PERSONAL SPACE.
theone2
November 15th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
kanye is a dam asshole
I noe it wont flop but his album is gonna be pure shit
He a lozer and his mother dieing made his music suck more than it did
He talks to much crap and he aint even a top 5 rapper
Jay-z,t.i,eminem,weezy,ludacris,young jeezy,lupe fabolous are all better
so he needa check himself b4 he talk out his mouth
Its funny he always starts talken when his album drops
bass_man
November 16th, 2008 at 1:19 am
Team Kanye.
MONKEY
November 16th, 2008 at 6:13 am
@theone2 – every rapper starts to talk before or right after his/her album drops in one way or another.
Webbie
November 16th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
these assholes does not realize that Kanye is the shit. if he is such a fuckin loser why will his fuikin singles debut in the top 5
you are the busters who tlk shit on the internet but ends up buying 5 copies of his album callin it a classic
dumbass
Bijan
November 16th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
The thing that sucks is, even though I believe Kanye, it still gives american artists a bad rap in Europe :(
theone2
November 16th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
webbie cause dirrrty people have nothin else 2 do then use there welfare to buy his singes on itunes asshole u prolly buy 5 cds but noone else does
he talk shit sayin he the voice of the people fuck him lol i hate wayne but id rather him say that
webbie
November 17th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
This is Webbie/ respondng
and u still talkin bout this
if you got som brians, you will understand that Kanye brings another perspective to Hip-Hop. All of ur fav Rappers sat there when Hip-hop was transforming/dieyin and no one try to save it but they rather say shit, until Kanye droped Garduation. Instead of syin shit bout him how bout you try to embrace his creativity.
who else you kno will try to do something like 808s and heartbreak. they all scared and are only in the Hip-Hop for the Money. On the subject of 808s and heartbreak.. how would you feel if your girlfriend/boyfriend broke-up wit you in the same year as ur mother died. think bfore you tlk…Haha
Danny Truong (kuraudo)
November 18th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Only a small roadblock for Kanye.
As far as if there was a setup for his popularity, well I don’t know about that.
I like his comment he made about the value of the paparazzi.
Any publicity he has right now will help him sell some albums, and I’m ready to buy his since I love the music he makes.
I think in some way the paparazzi can help your popularity, BUT its a double edged sword, is it really worth the price?