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"It Took Balls for Kanye to Support U2"
Ed. Note: In the April issue of Q Bono pays tribute to the man who's rumored to be playing with U2 in Australia later this year--Kanye West.
A tribute to the "multitasking" Mr. West. By Bono.
Kanye West arrives in a tradition somewhere between Chuck D's righteous anger and [Dr.] Dre's Hammer Horror sassiness. He has some rage, swagger and poetry in him ... plus the boy's a natty dresser. He's fun, but he's serious fun. He's one to watch, I'd say, and I don't just mean as a pop star but as a man.
I wouldn't want to weigh him down with any baggage--he makes and breaks rhyme, that's enough--but we need people like him in the fight for equal opportunities on the African continent. He has a certain dignity, plus he's African-American ... which could give him a lot more authority than I have, giving out to the United States Congress.
Though Public Enemy and the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy have played with us in the past, it took a lot of balls for Kanye to come on tour with U2. He chose the least cosmopolitan places in America. Most of our crowd looked Irish. Very white, pink even. He didn't have to play "special guest to U2." He's the biggest star in America right now. But he won't be put in any box. He has to keep moving. He told me he wanted to figure out how to put on big live shows. Historically, hip hop has not been so successful in the live arena.
Kanye is a master and student, art student actually ... he likes to draw, likes design, likes directing his own videos. He's a multitasker--I can relate to that, too.
--Q
Ed. Note: In the April issue of Q Bono pays tribute to the man who's rumored to be playing with U2 in Australia later this year--Kanye West.
A tribute to the "multitasking" Mr. West. By Bono.
Kanye West arrives in a tradition somewhere between Chuck D's righteous anger and [Dr.] Dre's Hammer Horror sassiness. He has some rage, swagger and poetry in him ... plus the boy's a natty dresser. He's fun, but he's serious fun. He's one to watch, I'd say, and I don't just mean as a pop star but as a man.
I wouldn't want to weigh him down with any baggage--he makes and breaks rhyme, that's enough--but we need people like him in the fight for equal opportunities on the African continent. He has a certain dignity, plus he's African-American ... which could give him a lot more authority than I have, giving out to the United States Congress.
Though Public Enemy and the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy have played with us in the past, it took a lot of balls for Kanye to come on tour with U2. He chose the least cosmopolitan places in America. Most of our crowd looked Irish. Very white, pink even. He didn't have to play "special guest to U2." He's the biggest star in America right now. But he won't be put in any box. He has to keep moving. He told me he wanted to figure out how to put on big live shows. Historically, hip hop has not been so successful in the live arena.
Kanye is a master and student, art student actually ... he likes to draw, likes design, likes directing his own videos. He's a multitasker--I can relate to that, too.
--Q
He usually writes much better things than that, especially when he's speaking well of other people.
