After creating a lot of controversy by bringing someone
appearing like Jesus Christ to the stage during his concert, Kanye West has
come out to explain the reasons for his actions.
Yeezy explained that a lot of thought was put into Jesus’
appearance at his show. “I had a friend of mine that’s a pastor there as we
started discussing how we wanted to deliver it,” he said. “My girl even asked
afterwards, ‘Is that weird that Jesus comes on stage?’,” he revealed, but
stressed that it wasn’t all that out of the ordinary. “We do plays all the time
where people play Jesus.”
Ye expressed that the ability to use the image of God is one of
the greatest parts of his religion. “What’s awesome about Christianity is that
we’re able to portray God. We’re allowed to draw an image of him. We’re allowed
to make movies about him. In other religions, you’re not allowed to do that,”
he explained.
“One of the things that I wanted to really get across with that,
is that you can have a relationship with Jesus, you can talk to Jesus.” Kanye
said of his intentions, suggesting that this was his own way of expressing his
relationship with God. “In the same way someone would have a “Jesus is my
Homeboy” [t-shirt], this is the way I would express it.”
“Anytime the word Jesus can be used more in our lives, it’s a
good thing. Even it’s the title Yeezus.” he said. “With my heroes, people want
to be like Mike, I want to be like Christ.”
The Chicago rapper then got into why he chose the name “White Jesus”
for Christ’s appearance at his concert. “It’s funny because you hear the term
“Black Jesus” all the time, but you never hear the term “White Jesus,” he
explained, and later joked, “You know it’s just some Kanye West shit really.”
Finally, Ye spoke of the classism present in some of his
interviews, but said he has his own way of greeting the patronizing questions.
“Even when you’re in certain magazines, it’s still like a dinner for Schmucks
situation. Are they inviting you to be a part of your situation, or are they
inviting you to laugh at your tooth. We have our thing that every time we do
it, we give them the “White” voice.”
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