It may be hard to believe, but Kanye West was not always the fashion world darling who hobnobbed with Anna Wintour and Riccardo Tisci that he is now.
There was a time when Yeezy was not even ALLOWED to go to a fashion show.
Can you believe the injustice???
During a surprise performance at the Design Miami event at Art Basel in Switzerland, the 35-year-old took a moment before playing his new music to recall a not so glamorous time in his life.
He said:
“So when I used to go to fashion shows with my boys and we├óΓé¼Γäód be eight deep, it was almost like a civil rights, like a sit-in. They wouldn├óΓé¼Γäót even let us in. They had no idea what rap would mean to this world, what rap would mean to the art world. Before the Kendrick Lamars and the A$AP Rockys, it was Kanye West in a hotel room at the Le Maurice getting a ├óΓé¼╦£No, no, no, no├óΓé¼Γäó to every single fashion show.”
Did he really just compare that experience to the non-violent sit-in protests staged during the Civil Rights Movement? That seems like kind of a stretch.
On the other hand, we already know that Kanye says some of the most CRAY things we’ve ever heard.
Life wouldn’t be the same without his comical quips!
[Image via Ramey Pix.]
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