His wife Kim Kardashian bared all on her infamous cover, and now Kanye West graces the April 2015 issue of PAPER
magazine. While Yeezy doesn’t strip down (he does rock a Nori chain),
he tells the naked truth in the story, which was written in his own
words.
He wants to inspire young artists: “I think it’s so
important for me, as an artist, to give Drake as much information as I
can, A$AP, Kendrick, Taylor Swift, any of these younger artists as much
information as I can to make better music in the future. We should all
be trying to make something that’s better.”
He stands by his fashion choices: “And when you sit
down with Riccardo Tisci at the Louvre and he pitches the idea of you
wearing a leather kilt, which could be considered by all of your
gangbanging friends as some sort of a dress or skirt, at that point you
are now a part of the fashion world. You have paid your dues to be an
insider. I paid my dues when I had to wear a kilt in Chicago, and
friends would say, ‘What’s your boy got on?’ But there are warriors that
have killed people in kilts in the past. Who gets to decide what’s hard
and what’s not hard? When I saw this kilt, I liked it. I was into it.
It looked fresh to me. I felt creative; I didn’t feel limited by some
perception.”
His focus has shifted: “It’s just harder for me to
do music now, period. It’s easier for people who focus on it all day and
who are younger in their concept of what they want to do with it. I am
not what I would consider truly a musician. I am an inventor. I am an
innovator.”
He wants to squash the Illuminati rumors: “I heard a
comment—a joke—about the TIDAL press conference being an Illuminati
moment. If there was actually an Illuminati, it would be more like the
energy companies. Not celebrities that gave their life to music and who
are pinpointed as decoys for people who really run the world. I’m tired
of people pinpointing musicians as the Illuminati. That’s ridiculous. We
don’t run anything; we’re celebrities. We’re the face of brands. We
have to compromise what we say in lyrics so we don’t lose money on a
contract. Madonna is in her 50s and gave everything she had to go up on
an award show and get choked by her cape. She’s judged for who she
adopts. Fuck all of this sensationalism. We gave you our lives. We gave
you our hearts. We gave you our opinions!”
He has no regrets: “When I look in North’s eyes, I’m
happy about every mistake I’ve ever made. I’m happy that I fought to
bring some type of reality to this world we choose to stay in right now,
driven by brands and corporations.”
He experienced racism as a kid: “When I was 10 years
old I lived in China, and at the time they used to come up to me and
rub my face to see if the color would rub off. It was really fucked up,
but I feel like it was preparing me for a world perspective that a lot
of my friends who never got a chance to travel didn’t get. Now my
perspective, a lot of times, is so much wider than someone who’s limited
to the concept of any particular so-called world that’s not the real
world.”
He just wants to help: “The times that I’ve looked
like a crazy person—when I was screaming at an interviewer or screaming
from the stage—all I was screaming was, ‘Help me to help more! I’ve
given all I’ve got. I’ve gone into fucking debt. It’s all I’ve got to
give. But if I had a little bit more opportunity, I could give so much
more.’ That’s what I was screaming for. Help me to help more.”
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