Kanye West is still a ‘jackass’: President Obama
But Obama was quick to give a nod to West, whom he insulted in 2009after the singer ruined Taylor
Swift’s acceptance speech at the VMAs.
By Aliyah Shahid / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
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Kanye West.Kanye West is still a "jackass," according to President Obama.
The commander-in-chief spoke out about his rap star preferences in a brief interview with The Atlantic, telling the magazine he prefers Jay-Z to the hot-headed hip-hopper.
But Obama was quick to give a nod to West, whom he insulted after the singer ruined Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech by jumping on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009.
"[Kanye's\] a Chicago guy," Obama told the magazine, which published the interview on Thursday. "Smart. He's very talented."
When journalist David Samuels reminded Obama he’d previously called Kanye a “jackass,” Obama said he still thought that way.
"He is a jackass," said the president. “But he's talented.”
West has a history of dustups with presidents. The hip hop star also received disapproval from then-President George Bush in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, telling NBC's “Today” show the president was "racist" and "didn't care about black people."
Bush later revealed in his memoir that West's insult was one of the lowest points in his presidency.
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