According to West, the incident occurred when he was photographed by an aggressive photographer who captured the star while he was leaving the club without his permission. His security guard said to "get that camera off" and West said that he raised his hand to block the lens of the camera but it was never his intent to assault him.
Three hours after the incident, police came to his hotel room and informed 'Ye that he would have to be taken into custody because a complaint was filed against him. He was later released and not charged.
“Paparazzi give real photographers a bad name,” West said. “A picture is worth a thousand words, theirs are worth a thousand dollars. Right now the paps are above the law and the people they shoot are below it. What should be illegal is pictures taken with the intent to sell, like drugs with the intent to sell or crossing customs with enough merchandise to have the intent to sell. The exploitation of my image is the problem. It produces a ‘by any means necessary’ behavior that cause the paps to drive recklessly on freeways, jump over fences and invade privacy all in an effort to get that money shot. You shouldn’t be able to sell a picture of me without my permission…let us not forget the paps killed Princess Diana.”
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get em
this dude stays fuckin up paparazzi.
its probs cause his new cd is comming out.
hope its good.
Paparazzis suck. Go bother Britney Spears n leave da rappers alone n maybe Kanye won't kick ur ass or destroy ur camera.
don't talk bout drugs Kanye i got work on deck but yea the paps like you said get that money.
i have to give this nigga props and boo him at the same time
he got a point tho...still shouldnt be beatin up paps...
wait now he tryna say he "raised his hand to block the lens" and "never his intent to assault him"....somebody lyin
Ye' paparazzi comes with the territory. cant deal with em get another profession.
Kanye betta watch out 4 PETA, or wuteva da name of dem animal rites active people is?
this guy second son is an idiot! mike vick deserved all that! i own 3 dogs an what he was doing straight out was wrong..even attempting to defend his ass is ignorant!
i think you in mike vicks ass.. he killed dogs. but hes your nigga right, i bet if it was tom brady you wouldnt give a shit
because hamburgers don't come from dogs??
and ya cant really compare Sarah palin situation with vic. i dont know of anyone who keeps a moose as a pet do u? the fact that you defend vic's actions is rather ignorant.
@knightsray thanks for your 2 cent. i was being sarcastic you jackass. i aint defending what mike vick did. by the way he did not deserve all that shit. there are people in this world that do way worse shit than mike vick. i was trying to make a point about PETA. they give more of a shit about some dogs than do human beings, and judging by your dumb ass statement you give more of a shit about them dogs than humans to. do me a favor, think before the next time you type something stupid bout me. i'll hurt ya feelings dummy.
vick did get what he deserved you dumbshits. its against the law to fight dogs and thats what he was doing on his property. he broke the damn law and he got a sentence one year short of what it would be if a regular person got caught doin that. ya'll are stupid vick got lucky and i hope he comes back to the nfl and gets knocked the fuck out. and i dont even own any dogs.
BUT kanye needs to chill with punchin paps in the head. although he has a point about selling the pics without his permission. its a trade off though. you trade privacy for fame. happens to everyone famous
@ the dumb shit dedication3, you lil weezy stan, being tried by federal prosecuter for fightin dogs in surry county Va is a lil over the top. if the federal government would have been on top of more pressing issues like lets say terrorism, or stopping the drug trade maybe 9-11 could have been prevented, and just maybe the drug epidemic would not be the way it is. i aint saying he shouldn't be locked up for breaking the law, but he dont belong in no fucking federal prison, when the commonwealth of virginia has no shortage of prisons. nor do they hesitate to lock a nigga up. niggas is quick to support these dumb ass rappers talking this dumb ass street shit, but take mike vick to task for fighting dogs. bet you niggas watch mma, and boxing dont yall. that shit more savage than what mike vick did.
did younggun just compare moose hunting and eating cheeseburgers to forcing dogs to fight? wtf? you realize they usually kill the runts when theyre still puppies? fuck PETA but michael vick deserves to be beaten to death and left in a dumpster with his dogs man. rotties and pits are my favorite dogs too that shit aint right.
Anyone who can hold a living thing under water until it drowns is a piece of shit. You'd feel it struggling to get free trying get to oxygen, and that's fucked up.
fuck Michael Vick. whoever defends him is a fucking idiot. he abused those dogs man. i have dogs, and when i heard about that shit, i lost all respect for Michael Vick. Vick should be beaten to death with a fucking rock in front of his kids for what he did. fuck Michael Vick.
@josh, glad to see you back, fuckin moron.
Well, sounds like our boy 'Ye merely had a 'NIGGA MOMENT' and lashed out at the paps in ANGER.
It's aight Kanye....we'll still cop your albums, ma nigga! LOL.
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hahaha is that a michael jackson pin on his shirt this nigga officialy homo
that is a micheal jackson pin. hahahahaha. damn Ye.
Dat da same shyt I said, dem Paps git away wit evvrythang as long as dey sho their badge, dem niggas iz lyke Photo Cops or sumthin
this is one of those"when keeping it real goes wrong" situations
^^ LOL hilarious
one day kanye is gonna get beat down for this though! 1 of them will fight an win eventually! i'm sure he's beating up on real white guys...wait till he finds a hood ass black guy or mexican takin pictures..i'm sure he won't jump so quick then
kanye west doesnt care about TMZ lol
Fuck Knightsray! Where u come up wit dat bullshit ass name, dats sounds like some gothic shit, I bet u play dungeons and dragons wit ya best friend Poindexta! Go back on ya gay heavy metal websites and leave ya fruitcup comments over there. Mike Vic is da fuckin man, u must be nutz. Someone should feed all 3 of ya bullshit poodles a box of razor blades. Don't even try 2 respond 2 dis message! U don't wanna spar wit da kid, I'll shit all over u! Coward! Screeeeeewwwwwww!!!!!
lol dude you suck
Lol@ a nigga moment & the Mike Jackson button on hsi shirt, but for real he made a good ass point but come on dude your famous. All the fame you wanted when you was younger and you finally got it now, now all of a sudden you don't wanna be in the spot light? Man i would want my personal space too,but you need to do is tell your bodyguards to do thier job!!
kanye need 2 slow down cause without tha lime light people will forget about u an we all know that if kanye dont get his way he will cry about it like damn why aint nobody taking pictures of me no more but yaw talk dem of soulja boy ha ha yaw know im keppin it trill....
Kanye is the King of Hissy Fits !!!
Tempertantrums...
and Pouting !!!
Real talk right there..i would hate to be famous and have every aspect of my life captured on camera...that is bullshit
He has a point yea paps come with the territory but yall dont see how crzy these dudes act hiding in bushes by your house followin you on the highway drivin wreckless trying to keep up its a point where you gotta draw a line people just dont act crazy for nothing you gotta look at both sides
Kanye is a bitch sometimes. Goes right along with the music he is making right now.
And what does mike vick have to do with this?! No one. defends his actions,but what's the difference between a dog a deer? Oh that's right we chose one to domesticate. We shouldn't fight dogs, but we also shouldnt neuter and put a fucking sweater on one as if it was a female on birth control and an active member of the family.
Lol man we are crazy as a society. Hunting would make sense if there was no such thing as wal-mart supercenters on every street corner, so what's wrong with fighting dogs? Actually what's wrong with scoping one out from 150 yards? You know you couldve just hit one with your car By Accident!!!
Dogs in america are treated better than the homeless. I wouldn't mind if we domesticated homeless people and allowed dogs to be the ball-licking, humping air animals that they are. See that's my problem with the mike vick case. What are we saying? That hunting keeps the population down on deer,which is just a bad argument big men, with small dicks, use so they don't take the most expensive thing they own, their guns! But dogs are precious animals(except when they eat toddlers) and should be protecte??. Nothing short of bullshit.
I want all the dog owners to look at dogs in mexico. Lol that's how your dog should look. As if it hadn't had water in days, no baths, no diets!(Kill yourself if u putting the damn dogs on diets). It should look like a dog. A wild animal, not jim tressel in a sweater vest!
mike vick aint got shit to do with this really except for the fact i made a sarcastic statement about PETA. after that it took on a life of its own. but discussing kanye was gettin kinda boring so addin mike vick to the mix actually made this shit interesting.
nigga stop bein a LIL BEHBEH!!!
Hhahahahaha fuckin' Royce.
did anybody else notice the michael jackson button that kanye is wearing WTF???
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Ayo, we should let Marquis Sade domesticate my best custy "Spoonman da Flizz Head". He's homeless, I bet Marquis Sade would b a lil'pissed when he wake up wit his labtop missin and Spoonman is huddled up in a corner somewhere smokin his tv! Spoon would probably bark @ intruders 4 exchange of a hot plate of food.
Iz it kool 2 dress like that in 2008-2009 ?Then top it off with a Michael Jackson button dam Ye!!!!!!!!!
and yo DS dudes, i know it cost money to run a site and i aint hatin on the ads, but everytime i click the window, it changes to some xbox bullshit, now thats just annoying bro.
the paps did have a part to play in the princess diana death. why is it that if a regular person hides outside your house you can call the cops and make a report about a suspicious person or behavior and they can get charged with stalking, but then the paps can basically post up around your house and take pics as soon as you step out the crib invading your private space and the law does nothing? i understand when you a celebrity it comes with the job but there should be a limit or boundaries to how they go about it. they cause accidents,drive recklessly,break traffick lights, and put themselves and others in danger just to get a fucking thousand dollar pic that goes in a magazine? wow thats really sumthing to risk your fuckin life for....
I'm suprised none of the paparazzi have been killed yet by any of these entertainers. Somebody's really gonna loose it one day.
get money n fuck hoes in the anal