: MediaTakeOut.com just caught wind that Kanye is talking on his blog about what happened with the paparazzi guy that got him arrested:
WHO'S WINNING, ME OR THE MEDIA?OK Kanye ... let us explain this to you. You get to make MILLIONS of dollars, sleep with TONS of beautiful women, and go to all the HOTTEST PARTIES in the world. And all you have to do to get ALL THAT is have a few cameras in your grill whenever you go out in high profile areas.Regardless of how much light I put out, there are people working just as hard to deliver darkness. If you listen to my music, how could I deliver so many positive uplifting messages and be the monster that the media paints? Paparazzi give real photographers a bad name. A picture is worth a thousand words; theirs are worth a thousand dollars. Let us not forget the paps killed Princess Diana.
When will there be a law passed that simply enforces that someone has to ask to take a photography of you? That would seem like common courtesy. Right now, the paps are above the law, and the people they shoot are below it. What should be illegal is is pictures taken with the intent to sell ... like drugs with the intent to sell .. or crossing customs with enough merchandise to have the intent to sell.
The exploitation of my images is the problem. It produces a "by any means necessary" behavior that causes the paps to drive recklessly on freeways, jump over fences and invade privacy all in an effort to get that "money shot." You shouldn't be able to sell a picture of me without my permission. After this law is passed, when you enter a public place like a basket ball arena etc., there will be a sign that reads ... "All photos taken here are public domain and can be used at the photographer's discretion." Obviously red carpet events where people show up to be photographed will also apply.
The personal problem I have with the paps is when they try to catch you being a regular person. I am not a celebrity. I'm a normal person that just famous. I refuse to sneak in and out of back doors and kitchens of hotels etc ... I am protecting my personal space since there are no laws to protect that for me. I put my hand up to the camera in self defense!
Here's what happened ... When I left the club, I was encountered by a thirsty paparazzi, as usual. He felt he mad more rights to my space than me, so I put my hand up to prevent him from taking my image. 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. Three hours later, I get a knock at my hotel door. There were five police officers in front of my room and I had no idea why. I had my security go speak with them. The cops were very cordial, but the told me they had to arrest me because a compliant was filed. That was the bogus part. They placed me in handcuffs and drove me to the station. They spoke about how this was obviously a publicity stunt by the photographer, but they still had to go through the motions. When I got back to the hotel, there were paparazzi hanging over the bridge about the hotel trying to get a shot of me getting out the police ban.
Even though I wasn't charged, the damage was done. Sure enough, the next morning, plastered across every media outlet ... Kanye gets arrested. It didn't matter that I wasn't charged or the fact that I hadn't assaulted anyway. All that mattered was that I was arrested.
Sidebar, they quoted me as saying ... "Get the camera off him!" Like I was talking in the third person. He tried to make me sound like a crazy person, and people believed him. What merit does this guy have that he can say something about me, and people take it as law? The fact that he could get me arrested off a mere complaint, but I can't ask him to stop taking pictures of me is very lopsided. Who's winning, me or the media?
Bruh, if you think that's not a fair deal - we know a few BILLION people ready to take your place.
THATS RIGHT SPEAK YOUR MIND. I UNDERSTAND WHAT EVERYBODY IS SAYING ABOUT HE IS A CELB SO THATS WHAT COMES WITH THE FAME, BUT C;MON NOW KANYE MADE A GOOD POINT WHEN HE SAID THE PAPS KILLED PRINCESS DIANA LETS NOT FORGET THAT PLE.*** YET STILL THEY WON'T PASS A LAW FOR THEM *** PAPS TO STOP WELL NOT TO STOP BUT TO GIVE CELEBS A LITTLE MORE PRIVACY, TRUST ME IF THEY LOOSE A PRESIDENT OR A QUEEN OR PRIME MINISTER TO THE PAPS THEY GONNA PASS DAT *** LAW.
Kanye is right. The PAPS have no boundries when it comes to getting that 'money ***'. The make large profits off the misfortunes of others. The worse the scenario, the more money for the Pap. There do need to be some type of laws passed, especially when celebs children are being photographed without permission.
Imagine if you were walking down the street with your young child, and a strange man (or woman) was taking photos of your child and yelling your childs' name to get them to look at the camera. Wouldn't your parental instinct kick in? Wouldn't you be defensive?
Being a celeb doesn't mean you should lose your basic rights to protect yourself.
What a shame.
*** IF U READ HE SAID THAT THE POLICE OFFICER TOLD HIM IT WAS A PUBLICITY STUNT. SEE WHY I LOVE KAYNE HE KEEPS IT REAL. THE PAPS JUST WANTED TO GIVE HIM A BAD NAME. BUT IF HE REALLY HIT THAT *** PAP IN HIS FACE I BET THEY WOULD KNOW NOT TO MESS WITH HIM. HE IS HUMAN AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN U JUST DON'T WANT PPLE IN YOUR *** FACE ALL THE TIME. FRIGGIN FLASHING LIGHTS ALL THE TIME THAT *** SEEMS ANNOYING
YEAH KANYE... POOR POOR YOU.. FOLKS WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF YOU CUZ THEY LIKE YOU AND YOUR MUSIC.. GEE.. MUST SUCK TO HAVE ALL THE MONEY YOU COULD WANT, CARS, HOUSES, AND WANT FOR NOTHING AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RAP A FEW VERSUS... WELL LISTEN UP YOU SON OF A B*TCH IS SUNDAY, I HAVE TO GO TO WORK TOMORROW FROM 7-4 WORKING WITH A BUNCH OF MUDDA *** THAT DON'T WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF ME THEY WANT TO WORK MY BLACK AZZ TO DEATH! I WISH ALL I HAD TO DO WAS SING A LING A LING AND RAP A TAP ON WAX AND GET PAID BILLIONS! AND HAVE A MUDDA *** SNAP A PICTURE OF ME.. GOD *** IT I WILL STAY SMILING.. CHEESE... CHEESE. GET OVER YOURSELF!YOUR GIVING CHICAGO A BAD NAME! JOLIET IL! STAND THE *** UP! ***.
oh kanye needs to *** the f*ck up, get some tranqulizers or something, stop being paranoid, dont nobody want to kill his stupid *** nohow. he has a good life good career and money so wats he whinning bout, with all this recession how many pple wish they were in his shoes. he aint the only one who has lost someone they love. he needs to suck it up and grow up, coz im sure his momma wudnt be proud of all this bs
kanye is a music genius...dont call him crazy his mom did pass away awhile ago people anybody would go insane if something like that happend, give him a break hes just a very outspoken person and the papz should stay out his face he would be famous with or without the papz..all the papz do is try to get embarrasing pic of celebs so they can make money thats not right
Kanye stop speaking negatively on your situation...words have power...be thankful Kanye...don't worry about that ***...you're telling the Universe that you don't want your blessings when you keep on complaining...let that *** go...so what they make take a pic or give some kind of *** up review...you got enough money and talent...let that slide off your back mann...let that negative energy go...don't keep on speaking on it...BE THANKFUL !!!!! for what you GOT !
F*CK KANYE! MTO I ACTUALLY HAVE 2 AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS AT THE END! ONE THING YALL SAID THAT WAS RIGHT. I WOULD LOVE TO BE A F*CKING CELEBRITIY, HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS UP WHEN HE SIGNED THAT CONTRACT. BUT I DON'T JUST BLAME HIM, HE MIGHT BE DEPRESSED CUZ AS SOON AS HIS MAMA DIED HE STARTED ACTING CRAZY! WELL CRAZIER.
BIRANNA, HUH? WHERE DO YOU LIVE? I'M SO DONE WITH YOU TAKING MY *** PICTURES OFF OF MYSPACE! ***, WHEN I CATCH UP WITH YOU AND FIND YOUR REAL IDENITY, I'M GONNA SLASH YOUR GOTDAMN FACE AND THROW ACID ON YOU, YOU THEIVING CYBER ***! --------------- BAY AREA‘S FINEST!
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IS he serious? That *** comes with the territory. If that's his problem having his pic taken coming out a club and he don't want it taken I'll take that problem. He sounds really stupid what about the many ppl in AMerica that don't know how they gonna pay their mortgage because they lost their job. Going into debt don't know how they gonna feed their kids or the person that got fired just because their job is an AT-WIll employer what about ppl losing their husbands sisters brothers best friends over in Iraq what about the family that has to deal with a love one that has dementia or the mother whose son or daughter is strung out on drugs and they can't reach them what about the kids that don't have a momma or daddy and will never know what its like to have the love of their parents what about that if Kanye got a problem with having his pic taken after making all that money then maybe all the ppl that's putting him in a position to be so popular need to do him a favor and stop buying his music and remind him what real NORMAL regular PPL go through. Kanye needs to grow the *** up and stop whinning.....
SOME OF YA'LL STUPID IDIOTS OBVIOUSLY NOT READING THE ARTICLE! KANYE NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING AT HIS LEVEL OF SUCCESS HE'S COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVINH BIG *** CAMERAS IN HIS FACE **EVERY** TIME HE WALK DOWN THE STREET OR STEP OUT THE CAR...! MOST OF ALL JUST TALKIN *** BECAUSE YALL KNOW YALL AINT NEVER GO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AND WONT NEVER HAVE TO WALK IN HIS SHOES...! yA'LL SOME *** HATERS GET A NEW HOBBY!
@chitownbaby LMAO!
KANYE NEEDS TO EMBRANCE HIS LIFE AND KNOW THAT HE IS LUCKY TO HAVE IT! HE IS STARTIN TO MAKE ME SICK! UNGRATEFUL AZZ! LOL HE KNEW HIS LIFE WILL BE LIKE THIS WHEN HE IS A CELEBRITY! COME ON NOW! KANYE WAKE THE *** UP CAUSE U DONT WANT THAT LIFE I SURE WILL TAKE IT! GET ME OUT OF THIS HELL HOLE IM LIVING IN! LOL HAHAHHAA
Ya'll who say he should be glad so wrong fuh dat. How can someone be lucky that they can't go to the house with out someone tryna smell they ***. please! In most other countries celebrities hold a press conference or papz take photos at events designed for that ***. but you sain if de man go to buy piece o'bread tha's reason to *** pics. cawbling a bajan would a got two big rocks in de photographer face all ready then he would gots a reason to complain like [EXPLETIVE]. you tryna tell me I gave up my rights to privacy when i became famouse. ***!!!
I feel so sorry for those helpless celebs...having to relentlessly worry abbout paps and beng in magazines...ooh so sad...
while the rest of the world has to figure out how to pay their bills and keep their HOME...
Paps come with the JOB you chose...should have done your research...Will Smith is NOT having this problem...YOU JUST CRAZY and they know you are going to DELIVER EVERY TIME...
just act normal (and stop saying stupid sh!t) and trust me they will go away...
Kanye needs to stop being a WHINER!!! He knew b4 he became a rapper that celebrities or "normal-people-that-are-famous" are hounded by paparazzi wherever they go... I'm pretty sure it's annoying, but it definitely comes with the territory!!! I'm sure if he went outside and NO ONE was taking his picture, this crybaby would be complaining about that as well!!!
Kanye does have a point but the paparazzi have hunted people done, drove people off the road and caught people off gaurd for years and EVERYDAY more and more people want to be FAMOUS...
They act like they dont like the Media but they would complain if nobody was checking for them at all!!
It is all part of the JOB...Its not about the paps!!
He is just irritated at other things in his life (his Mom's death) and the Paparazzi just catching it...just like how Amy act...they are both really hurting inside...
People are so inconsiderate. I swear, people act like he`s *** about everything. There`s a line to draw when the paps are chasing you around everywhere you go. How would you like it everytime you step out people hounding you for photos. Yes, he`s famous . . . he`s a music artist not a model. I`m sure if he wanted people to take pictures of him all the time he would`ve become a model.
I believe that pap knew exactly what he was doing. He hounded kanye because of the situation a couple of months & wanted a little attention. He wanted to be the one to make him snap again. And how can anybody say he liked it before. I`m sure his mom`s death is something he`s still struggling with & people just don`t want to understand he`s a REAL HUMAN BEING with FEELING. I don`t care how *** anybody is . . . at the end of the day they shed tears just like everyone else.
Okay, first & foremost, stop concluding that everything he says and does is a result of his mother passing. Second, i completely agree with him. Where does it say in Hammurabi's code, or the Bible that you must have a camera be in your face 24-7, 365 JUST because you have a celeb-status? that's violating to the fullest. If i was him, i woulda been had every single Pap tore up. My charges would be STACKED.
i love kanye regardless ! HE THE TRUTH everyone just needs to hop off his tip i mean i totally understand where hes coming from thes paps got him fhcked up thats my love like i said he the truth &nd yall need to hop off his tip !
&nd yall he say hes steady *** when really he aint the only *** about the paps so yeah get your minds rite *** !!!
@THEMINIBLKBARBIE AND INSPIREME YOU'LL RIGHT. IF U EVER WATCH LIKE A VIDEO OF THE PAPS TAKING SOME CELEBZ PICS THEY TRY THEY BEST TO SAY THING TO GET U ANGRY FIRST. KANYE IS *** TEMPERED JUST LIKE I AM AND IF U CONSTANTLY KEEP NAGGING ME I WILL GO OFF. BUT I'M PRETTY SURE ITS NOT THE PIX ALONE THAT MADE HIM UPSET THEY PROBABLY KEPT ASKING HIM FOOLISH QUESTIONS LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO. *** EVEN OBAMA LOOKED LIKE HE WANTED TO SMACK THE *** OUT THE PAPS WHEN HE WAS GOING TRICK OR TREAT WITH HIS DAUGHTER, HE WAS TELLING THEM OKAY NOW GET IN THE CAR U GOT THE PICTURES U WANTED. BUT THEY DON'T STOP THEY TRY TO GET ON YOUR LAST NERVE. AND SOME SUCCEED AND SOME FAIL
MTO WHO ASK YALL WHAT HE GOT ANYWAY US GEMINI'S DONT LIKE TOO MUCH *** GOING ON ALL IN ONCE IN PEOPLE OUR FACE WE JUST DONT LIKE ALOT OF *** SO I DONT BLAME KANYE WHNE HE THROWS TANTRUM OR BREAK CAMERAS *** IS ANNOYING GEMINI'S HAVE 2 SIDES ANWAY ONE WHO LIKES ALOT OF *** AND ANOTHER SIDE THAT DONT HELL WE NICE AND MEAN LOL.
I don't comment on here like that but this dude is so f*cking annoying. He just needs to *** the F up. *** ain't never satisfied. He got the money and fame (all he ever wanted) now he's complaining about being a celeb. Neeegro please. Sit somewhere and *** the hell up.
By the way his last 2 "songs" suck!
Kanye is starting to whine like a little *** here lately! He had to know that the down side to being a celebrity can be harsh at times! He's having some hard times his mother died and his relationships are not working! Hey money and fame is NOT everything...hes' gettin a bad rap because of his OUTBREAKS.
Kanye I love your music....
He's always been an ***..I'm all for someone believin that their the best in what they do because you should be confident but Kanye goes a lil overboard with that ***..Since his mom died..which was an unfortunate event he's gotten really fuc*in weird..maybe him and katt williams can share the same room in the mental hospital..cause Kanye needs a psych evaluation too..
lol @ all u Dr. Phils & Oprahs in here!
how do u KNOW Kanye is actin funny due to moms passing? Did he call ANY OF U & say so??
He was *** waaaaaaay before his mom died so yall MTO know-it-alls need to stop making excuses for a RICH *** who cant deal with the spotlight...
Paps were here before Kanye & they aint goin anywhere!
i agree with kanye. that has to get annoying at times.. and lets be real y cant they take a pic at reg distance of a person but paps try to be up a person nostrils.. a law needs to be enforced for their behavior.. and how many times have u heard this one on a train or bus by a female.. "*** who u staring at?" ive seen parties stop at a screeching halt because someone was *** at someone else staring at them too hard.. so triple that with the celebs.. *** they cant even *** without paps popping out of the next stall..lol
RAPPING------
Would you rather be Rich or famous?/
The paparazzi is here to stay/ don't you know you'll never get away./ It comes with the territory so make a way.
LOL I CAN RAP 2..... KANYE I WOULD TRADE PLACES WITH YOU IN A MIN. YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW THAT YOU NEED THE PAPARAZZI. IF IT WASNT FOR THEM CATCHING YOU ACTING A FOOL NO ONE WOULD KNOW OR CARE TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU DO. EVERYONE KNOWS WHEN YOU BECOME FAMOUS YOU GIVE UP 60% OF YOUR PRIVACY. BUT IF YOU REALLY FEEL THAT WAY I SUGGEST YOU PUSH TO GET THAT LAW PASSED. BUT BE WARNED YOUR FAMOUS STATUS WILL TURN TO NAMELESS STATUS. YOU NEED THE PAPS AND THE PAPS NEED YOU. GOSSIP IS WHAT KEEPS YOUR FANS INTERESTED IN BUYING YOUR CD.
Yeah, the paparazzi are kinda reckless tho.
Its not as black and white as Kanye's wrong, Paparazzi or just doing their job or the visa versa.
Kanye lives a life that draws attention and the P flock to his shine like moths. Ye can accept that much as truth.
But again, the paparazzi really do need to chill out sometime.
I feel bruh though chalie..there should be a law passed bout a b!tch all in ya grill with a punk a$$ cmaera joe!! Ye said "You *** be able to sell a picture of me without my permission. After this law is passed, when you enter a public place like a basket ball arena etc., there will be a sign that reads ... "All photos taken here are public domain and can be used at the photographer's discretion." Obviously red carpet events where people show up to be photographed will also apply. you can't tell me that aint a good law
Brillant! Young Man. It's the uneducated, ignorant fool...who don't get it.
*Hence...MTO!OK Kanye ... let us explain this to you. You get to make MILLIONS of dollars, sleep with TONS of beautiful women, and go to all the HOTTEST PARTIES in the world. And all you have to do to get ALL THAT is have a few cameras in your grill whenever you go out in high profile areas.
Bruh, if you think that's not a fair deal - we know a few BILLION people ready to take your place.
Are you serious about the trade off?
Oh My God Kanye: It just doesn't stop with you. You are such a drama king. You knew the game before you got in the game. Remember your song, flashing lights? Didn't I hear you declare yourself king of the game? Instead of Blogging "oh feel sorry for me" leave them people alone. Just as you are paid to say anything you want, and sometimes your run your mouth too much, let them get paid. You think because you are "the" Kanye that people *** take your picture. Stop beating up on those people, You don 't want people beating up on your for what you say, and do. Grow UP please. You get no sympathy here.
As much as I enjoy viewing the pics on MTO and as I much as I hate Kanye's arrogance, I can understand where he is coming from. These ppl can't really do much in public without it being caught on cam. He feels exploited by the paps. Taking promo pics is on thing but having flash bulbs going off in your face each turn you make 24/7 is another.
all the people out of work and this idiot is complaining of people taking his picture. who gives a *** how they potray you. you know when you get to a status they are going to try to take your pic all the time. he acts like he deserve to be treated different.madonna. elton john and many other stars are use to this.
