[From the diaries by susanhu with updates/edits. NBC concert will be reaired at 9am PT today.] Holy crap, people. Is anyone watching the benefit concert on NBC? Kanye West just let loose with a totally unscripted, off-the-cuff, angry rant.
Paraphrasing … “I hate the way we are portrayed in the media. When they see a white family they’re looking for food, when they see a black family they call it looting. The system is set up to get aid to black people as slowly as possible … George Bush doesn’t care about black people …” Then he gets cut off. Holy shit.”
Update [2005-9-3 10:59:52 by susanhu]: Crooks & Liars: NBC censors Kanye West (VIDEO)
“NBC edited his remarks on the West Coast feed …”
[BELOW at C&L] “During the Concert for Hurricane Relief, Kanye West and Mike Meyers were celebrity narrators during the segment, West said: (rush transcript):
“I hate the way they portray us in the media. “If you see a black family it says they are looting if you see a white family it says they are looking for food.
“We already realize a lot of the people that could help are at war now fighting another way and they’ve given them permission to go down and shoot us.”
“George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”
Mike Meyers was floored… (VIDEO)