Kanye West Stopped By Occupy Wall Street

10/10/2011 7:50 PM ET | Filed under: Politik • Kanye West

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So, Kanye West stopped by Occupy Wall Street.

Nobody's quite sure why, as he was wearing his usual very expensive gear, and just showed up and then proceeded to leave. After Russell Simmons (Def Jam founder), who was with him, tweeted that they were there.

Maybe he just wanted to see what was goin' on?

Though, he was raised in the middle-class — so despite his wealth now, perhaps he can still relate?

Who knows!

[Image via Observer.]

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18 comments to “Kanye West Stopped By Occupy Wall Street”

FoxyandKanga says – reply to this

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What are the protestors goals? Relate to what exactly.
dustbalzonmehbAk says – reply to this

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Doubtful he can relate to anything except his own image in the mirror.
raypearson says – reply to this

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MEDIA WHORE, nuff said
daftpunk says – reply to this

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Re: dustbalzonmehbAk – I know lol, he's seems to be the most self-centered person ever
Meggie246524 says – reply to this

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Kanye doesn't know anything about the Occupy Wall Street protests, nor does he care. The only reason he's there is for a photo-op and media coverage. He'd show up anywhere for PR on himself.
tallguy10 says – reply to this

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He's just after the free PR. Like most of them.
crimzones says – reply to this

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What a clueless assshole
Whatevers!!! says – reply to this

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Why?
He's part of the problem.
lufflyness says – reply to this

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If he really wanted to help he could have just handed everyone a chunk of his gold bling.
Matrix says – reply to this

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He should share all of his money with the working poor. He's profited mightly from the very capitalistic systemic he's supporting the destruction of? He will be happier when he's singing on a street corner for dollar bills.
Not my gumdrop buttons! says – reply to this

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This "protest" (over what exactly still TBD I guess) is nothing but a black hole of losers who have absolutely no context of history, no current understanding of policies and economics and obviously no "goal" or "end result" to even speak to.
markho says – reply to this

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I kind of think you've got it wrong, this is not about if you're rich or poor. It's about taking responsibility for for your finacial fuck ups. If you're a big wig at goldman sacks and you knowingly gambled the pension money of hard working americans on obviously risky ventures so that you could make an extra buck you deserve to lose your summer house in the hamptons, your $$$$$$bonuses, you manhattan hideway, the ferrari, etc. But that's not how it went down, mom and pop lost their life savings while Mr. broker was not only bailed out and retained enormous wealth, but was never held responsible. Their are so many people here who love the $ more than this country, or their countrymen. gordon gekko said greed is good, and wallstreet, among many others, seem to believe this is true. prosperity may be good but greed is evil.
showing up in gold chains and gold grills was a real asshole move, but when is showing up anywhere in gold chains and grills not an asshole move?
Everything popular is wrong. says – reply to this

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Relate? Why, haven't you heard? Forget Jack Dawson, Kanye West is the King of the World! He came to observe all the creatures that looks so much like him, but are so primitive at the same time - they fascinate him. He saw their hunger for something he couldn't identify - "justice" they called it - and tweeted, LET THEM EAT CAKE!
caravaggio the terrible says – reply to this

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Tool bag of the new century. The Jersey Shore wouldn't take you.
@v@ says – reply to this

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Why would he wear his gold grille and girlie neck bling to OWS? A lot of the people have lost their jobs. : roll. I guess he got his 'I wuz here' photos and left.
MK Ultra-Fierce Illuminati Puppet says – reply to this

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Whether he wore bling there or not, everyone knows he's filthy rich. Was he supposed to go there in scrubs or something in pseudo-solidarity for the common man? This us against them bullshit in this country makes every legitimate issue into a complete media circus!!
@v@ says – reply to this

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Re: MK Ultra-Fierce Illuminati Puppet – You're right, can't expect anything humble or, say, sensitive from this dude.
hcoboy says – reply to this

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why does every Occupy Wall Street picture i see from protestors themselves is taken with a Nikon camera? you know the really nice ones that cost over a thousand dollars