Yes, the journalist / reporter is clearly annoying him and trying to make fun of him on this clip actually - so West seems to make the chicken joke sarcastically. That's just the type of stupid, intrusive gonzo shit they include on some late night TV shows and he responds accordingly.

The thread title and the following negative responses are quite misleading.
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Chic35 said:

novabrkr said:

Kanye's a puppet. He could've done like Diana Ross and not answered him at all. Fool me once, shame on the reporter, fool me twice, shame on the guy answering him.

Timmy84 said:

Exactly!

Clearly this guy haven't heard of bullshit's low maintenance,,,,,but Kanye is an attention whore so this is righ up his back alley.

Harlepolis said:

Exactly. He's fooling himself if he thinks this will help his publicity, lol

Timmy84 said:

it helps his publicity. But it doesn't help his popularity.

The thing is: He's no "subcultural" gangsta rapper a la 50 Cent who pretends to be anti-establishment and young and wild.

Kanye's fan base is different and certainly people have another approach when it comes to Kanye?

Which one?

Sorry guys. I feel like you judged him instantly on the basis of the title of this thread, and are now just trying rationalize it by saying that he is a moron anyway.

The reporter in particular is treating him like he was the stupidest person on Earth, so he responded accordingly. It's not like he had been given a day's notice that he would have been harassed by someone at that specific time, at that specific location and therefore could have formulated the most intellectual, snide response to that guy in advance. Personally, while watching that clip I was baffled by the resporter's apparent superiority complex - I could not believe that he really would ask those questions from him and think that would make him seem somehow smart. The guy was trying to place him automatically in the unintellectual person's role, so he was baiting him.

West seemed to be more comfortable throwing his curveball at him by mocking his own racial identity with a widely-known racist stereotype , as opposed to something that would mock him as an isolated individual (that was however just a choice of wording made on the spot). I'll take it however that his intention was just to shut up the reporter about the food questions. Once you add up the level of the absurdity in a situation like that yourself, the other is no longer in such a commanding position. The right response would have just been to tell the guy to go away, perhaps he'll know better the next time around.

He was being harassed and you should take that into account before judging his reaction - you're not responsible for it in a same way as you would be in a tv / magazine interview. It's not a neutral situation and people's reactions will vary. Period.
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Sorry guys. I feel like you judged him instantly on the basis of the title of this thread, and are now just trying rationalize it by saying that he is a moron anyway.

The reporter in particular is treating him like he was the stupidest person on Earth, so he responded accordingly. It's not like he had been given a day's notice that he would have been harassed by someone at that specific time, at that specific location and therefore could have formulated the most intellectual, snide response to that guy in advance. Personally, while watching that clip I was baffled by the resporter's apparent superiority complex - I could not believe that he really would ask those questions from him and think that would make him seem somehow smart. The guy was trying to place him automatically in the unintellectual person's role, so he was baiting him.

West seemed to be more comfortable throwing his curveball at him by mocking his own racial identity with a widely-known racist stereotype , as opposed to something that would mock him as an isolated individual (that was however just a choice of wording made on the spot). I'll take it however that his intention was just to shut up the reporter about the food questions. Once you add up the level of the absurdity in a situation like that yourself, the other is no longer in such a commanding position. The right response would have just been to tell the guy to go away, perhaps he'll know better the next time around.

He was being harassed and you should take that into account before judging his reaction - you're not responsible for it in a same way as you would be in a tv / magazine interview. It's not a neutral situation and people's reactions will vary. Period.
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graecophilos said:

Nothing subcultural about 50 measly ass cents. He's the type of buffoon that gets embraced by the mainstream media simply because they're comfortable about his coonery.

If you wanna call somebody subcultural,,,,start with Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Mos Def, Lupe and those cats who have SOMETHING of value to say.

I'm black. And I want some damn chicken, too.

Why is anyone even listening to what Kanye has to say anymore and then taking it seriously is what I want to know. I stopped taking Kanye seriously after these two incidents:

Kanye is a riot. Imma let you finish... lol
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estelle81 said:

Actually, I had ALOT of respect for dude when he said that.

But for EVERY good step, he insert 10 pair of feet in his mouth after it.

Adisa said:

I want steak.

Sorry guys. I feel like you judged him instantly on the basis of the title of this thread, and are now just trying rationalize it by saying that he is a moron anyway.

The reporter in particular is treating him like he was the stupidest person on Earth, so he responded accordingly. It's not like he had been given a day's notice that he would have been harassed by someone at that specific time, at that specific location and therefore could have formulated the most intellectual, snide response to that guy in advance. Personally, while watching that clip I was baffled by the resporter's apparent superiority complex - I could not believe that he really would ask those questions from him and think that would make him seem somehow smart. The guy was trying to place him automatically in the unintellectual person's role, so he was baiting him.

West seemed to be more comfortable throwing his curveball at him by mocking his own racial identity with a widely-known racist stereotype , as opposed to something that would mock him as an isolated individual (that was however just a choice of wording made on the spot). I'll take it however that his intention was just to shut up the reporter about the food questions. Once you add up the level of the absurdity in a situation like that yourself, the other is no longer in such a commanding position. The right response would have just been to tell the guy to go away, perhaps he'll know better the next time around.

He was being harassed and you should take that into account before judging his reaction - you're not responsible for it in a same way as you would be in a tv / magazine interview. It's not a neutral situation and people's reactions will vary. Period.
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estelle81 said:

Actually, I had ALOT of respect for dude when he said that.

But for EVERY good step, he insert 10 pair of feet in his mouth after it.

Not all black men are HUNG like a horse either all myths!!!:

novabrkr said:

he was obviously just giving a smart ass answer to a dumb ass question.

Kanye is an idiot.