Kanye West has hit back at reports that he asked wheelchair bound fans to stand up, during his show in Brisbane, Australia on Monday. Watch the video below.
If West's rants at the start of his summer tour had the feel of a contractual obligation, of late a real venom has returned. This time round he launched a lengthy diatribe (reported in full on HypeTrak) regarding the sensationalist reporting of his treatment of disabled fans at an Australian concert. "Welcome to today's news ladies and gentlemen, we got Americans getting killed on TV, kids getting killed every weekend in Chicago, we have unarmed people being killed by police officers, and we have Kanye West buying ice cream - and also that squirrel can jet ski."
West also wanted to make some stressing both the positive effects of his music, his status as a "married Christian man with a family" but also that saying offensive things was "like my brand". He explanined "It's not G rated. It's rap fucking music. It's real music. it's real expression. This is real artistry. An artist's career doesn't happen in the cycle of one week of news an artist's career happens in a lifetime and if you're a true artist you're willing to die for what you believe in."
Although no release date has been set Kanye West is strongly rumoured to be releasing a new album before the end of 2015.