Kanye as Christ?

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Rapper/self-proclaimed musical genius, Kanye West -- you either love him or hate him. There's no in-between with this brutha. But him posing as Christ this week on Rolling Stone Magazine? I have a real problem with that 0ne!

He may THINK he's the Saviour of the music biz. He may THINK he resurrected hip hop, but shouldn't some things be sacred? Recreating expolitive, inflammatory images of Christ to create "buzz" and sell records bothers me. And if you're wondering -- yeah I had a problem with Madonna's 'Like A Prayer' video, years back, for the same reason.

What happened to the meek shall inherit the earth? The first problem I have with Kanye portraying Jesus is that Jesus was the picture of humility -- but Kanye doesn't have a humble bone in his body -- he's made that clear over and over again! And ain't nothing about him meek. Perhaps the car accident that nearly took his life before he blew up has resulted in him being able to focus on what's important and what's not -- like not giving a flying fig about society's political correctness. Facing one's immortality can have any number of effects on you ...

Second when it comes to Kanye -- where is the love (other than for himself) that Jesus preached? I know in the world of entertainment, you have to have a healthy ego to survive all the negative and crazy stuff that's thrown at you on the regular. And yeah, while Kanye is talented, so are a lot of other people who don't talk half the smack he does. Look at Diddy, Snoop, Jermaine, Dre (there are plenty others) ... they all have HEALTHY egos with mouths to match, but at the end of the day -- there is something about each of them that is likable...redeemable.

Kanye says that society expects great things from people -- but then when you talk about how great you are society chastises you and tells you to tone it down! Especially if you're a brother. Is he right?

Challenging President George Bush during the Katrina disaster got Kanye a lot of attention. Has it helped him? Hurt him? Hard to say, but whatever the case -- it sure hasn't shut him up. Blame it on his love of pornography (read below).

JESUS WEPT...

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From....The Associated Press

Kanye West, with a crown of thorns atop his head, poses as Jesus Christ on the cover of the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone.

The outspoken rapper defends his brash attitude inside the magazine's pages, on newsstands Friday. He is also pictured posing as Muhammad Ali.

"In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts," he says. "You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?"

West also says his hit song "Gold Digger" was the best song last year and that it should have been nominated for the Grammy's best rap song category: "That's a gimme Grammy."

Nevertheless, the 27-year-old is nominated for eight awards, including album of the year for his sophomore album, "Late Registration." The Grammys will be presented Feb. 8.

West has always been forthright in saying what he feels, most famously when he said "George Bush doesn't care about black people" during a telethon for Hurricane Katrina victims. "If I was more complacent and I let things slide, my life would be easier, but you all wouldn't be as entertained," he says. "My misery is your pleasure."

The strangest tangent of the Rolling Stone story, however, is when West says he's addicted to pornography. He remembers first seeing his father's Playboy magazine when he was 5 years old. "Right then," West says, laughing, "it was like, 'Houston, we have a problem.'"