In 2009, Kanye West caused a major controversy by taking the spotlight (and microphone) away from Taylor Swift as she came up to give her acceptance speech for an MTV Video Music Award.
Shortly thereafter, President Obama was caught in a candid moment calling West a “jackass” for his action.
It took four years, but West finally responded during a recent interview on Philadelphia’s Hot 107.9, West addressed the infamous moment. “That was kind of my position in culture, that he also used that too, like ‘Oh, he’s a jackass,’ and stuff like that, because that’s how the world felt,” He said. “But I don’t care if somebody the President or not. I care about thoughts, and how you helpin’ people, and what you bring to the world. My music brings joy to people. What I create brings joy to people, and I’m about people. Me, I’m not about me. I’m about, ‘I got an idea that people gonna like.’”
West also addressed remarks by President Obama where the POTUS criticized a “change in culture” that includes children “monitoring every day what Kim Kardashian was wearing, or where Kanye West was going on vacation.
“I think he shouldn’t mention my baby mama name,” West said. “Because we both from Chicago.”
Ultimately, Kanye put a moratorium on Obama-talk. “I’m not gonna mention him no more,” he said. “I’m past that. That’s out my thoughts. That’s lower on my priority of thinking at this point.”
