During a concert at the Henry Ford Theatre in Hollywood, California, Kanye West stood by his controversial statements about President Bush in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
According to an MTV.com article, West said he spoke from the heart during an NBC telethon when he stated, ”George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”
“People are like, ‘Yo, aren’t you scared that something’s going to happen to you?’ I was like, ‘I can think of a lot worse things that could happen to me, like how about not eating for five days? Or how about not knowing where my f—ing family is?’ Everybody’s always concerned about theyself.”
West also told the MTV $2 Bill concert crowd that he also felt that the country turns a blind eye to poverty.
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“I just feel like America’s always been pushing the [impoverished] under the counter, trying to act like it’s not really there,” he said. “And what happens if you’re cleaning the kitchen and you’re always dusting something under the counter? If you spill something, it’s going come up and be in your f—ing face.”
Though the College Dropout has faced some backlash, it has not slowed sales from his sophomore release Late Registration. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard charts, selling nearly 900,000 copies.
The concert will air Sunday at 10:00pm ET/PT on MTV2
