“I’m so secure with my manhood. And that’s the reason why I can go to Paris, why I can have conversations with people who are blatantly gay. ‘Cause I used to be scared to talk to a gay person. It’s designers that’s scared of people in hip-hop. And in hip hop, there’s people ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ and let’s not even say scared like homophobic ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ but they’re scared of the way people gonna look at them. If you see a person be like, ‘I don’t wanna stand next to Marc Jacobs ’cause I don’t want that to bear on me because I’m just so cool.’ One of the reasons why, the perspective I come from with my raps and my songs, the reason why can’t nobody dis me ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ no gangsta rapper, nobody can really dis me is ’cause it’s so authentic.
– Kanye West tells MTV News
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