This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Artist News
Kanye West addresses Oxford University
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 3 March 2015
Kanye West gave a guest lecture at Oxford University yesterday afternoon, in the institution’s Museum Of Natural History.
Organised by the Oxford Guild Business Society, the talk was the first in a series of lectures from high profile speakers, and saw West discuss everything from his ego to hip hop rivalry to affordable fashion to new taboos in society. In fact, he covered so much that every tweeted quote from the event seemed to come from an entirely different lecture.
Amongst other things, he seemed to show some actual self-awareness, commenting at one point: “One of my biggest achilles heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, can remove my ego, I think there’s hope for everyone”. Which seems like quite an egotistical thing to say, so let’s not all start getting too hopeful just yet. In fact, maintain your despair until Kanye shows us the true way forward, people.
Getting slightly less egotistical, he then spoke about Nicki Minaj’s contribution to his ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ album, admitting: “One of the best things about the album was Nicki Minaj, and that she kicked my ass, on my own song…”
And just to remind us what song that album was on again, he clarified “…on the best album of the last 25 years”.
So apparently there is no hope for any of us. Anyway, a full video of the speech is apparently due to be uploaded at some point in the coming days.