by Rachel Alexander | September 14, 2014 4:49 pm
[1]In incredibly offensive, insensitive move, rapper Kanye West – not just once, but twice – demanded that a handicapped attendee at one of his concerts stand up, or he’d stop singing. This is what happens when stars get such big heads they feel entitled; they lose their ability to understand there are normal people who don’t live in ivory towers.[2]
According to TMZ,
An eyewitness told the Daily Mail Australia that Kanye said, “I can’t do this show until everybody stand up. Unless you got a handicap pass and you get special parking and s**t.”
Shortly after Kanye spotted another person in the crowd sitting down and once again stopped the show — then sent one of his employees into the crowd to make sure the person was handicap.
Once the hired gun confirmed the disability … Kanye said “it’s fine” and rapped on.
Kanye once gave the microphone to a fan in a wheelchair, so he doesn’t appear to have anything against the disabled. But what this does reveal is an immense ego that can no longer relate to the average American. Now, imagine if a conservative rock star had repeatedly done what West did to a handicapped concertgoer – it would have been front page news on The New York Times, not just some celebrity website like TMZ. The double standard is loud and appalling.
Update: Video of the incident has now been released.
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