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| Kanye West (by Renan Facciolo) |
It should therefore come as no surprise that West has also sounded off about religion. According to Andres Vasquez, West aired some of his personal views about Christ and Christians during a 2008 New Zealand press conference. The
following are some of West's most quotable comments from this interview: I was raised as a
Christian, and they're like "Be
Christ-like. Be Christ-like…" I'm like, "No! I don't
wanna… be Christ-like. I want to be me-like."
Afterwards, West "bloggedly" admitted that he sometimes speaks without a filter. With reference to his press-conference remarks, West explained: I did not mean to be so harsh on the subject of Christianity
being that I was a well-known Christian… My entire life, being an African-American,
Christianity was forced down my throat. Since I was a child, I would ask questions like,
"So are little babies that can't speak yet going to
hell also?"
For West, religion seems to be an ever-evolving process. Back in the Jesus Walks heyday, West was looked upon as a Christian preacher in hip-hop clothing. Wikipedia
reports that more than three hundred fans "gave their lives to Christ" after West performed at their youth center. So what happened? Functional Culture
somewhat answers this question by presenting these West quotes from a Bossip interview: Christianity is embedded in who I am… But, I do not believe
that other religions are going
to hell.
Resources
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.8186/title.kanye-west-speaks-candidly-about-mother-religion-rap
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Walks
http://functionalculture.blogspot.com/2009/05/kanye-west-on-religion.html
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